Welcome

TAPAS/Thinking About the PASt is an interdisciplinary forum for reflection on our relation with the past, based at Ghent University. Combing historiographical, philosophical, post-colonial, anthropological and sociological approaches, TAPAS’ aim is to give young researchers the opportunity to share their views, create a broad intellectual network, get feedback about their own work, and to organize trans-disciplinary reading groups and workshops on topics which are too uncommon in their own discipline.

Upcoming Activities

• 27/10: Lecture by Russell Kilbourn
• 7/11: Reading group I: Who owns the Past? Claiming and contesting historical knowledge and authority.
• 17/11: Lecture by Jonatan Kurzwelly
• 28/11: Reading group II: Who owns the Past? Claiming and contesting historical knowledge and authority.
• 19/12: Reading group III: Who owns the Past? Claiming and contesting historical knowledge and authority.
• 9/01: Reading group IV: Who owns the Past? Claiming and contesting historical knowledge and authority.
• 23/01: Reading group V: Who owns the Past? Claiming and contesting historical knowledge and authority.