The Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy and Letters of Liège is organizing a day of study on "Revolution and democratic practices in Rojava", on 8 December. Those who want to attend should register before 1 December here

"The event will allow us to collectively explore what this political experience can teach us from a philosophical and political theoretical point of view, as well as a sociological, legal, and political one," wrote the organizers of the event.
Address:

University of Liege

Place du 20 August 7

Clock Room

Here is the program for December 8:

10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Welcome and introduction by Bruno Frère and Chiara Collamati

10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

From theory to practice

Moderator: Bruno Frère

Vincent Gerber: Democratic Confederalism, from Murray Bookchin to Abullah Öcalan

Pierre Bance: The social contract of Rojava: from texts to reality

12 p.m.-1 p.m.

Discussion
1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. 

Lunch break

2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.

The international situation of Rojava

Moderator: Nicolas Destrée

Anne Lagerwall: The rights of the people of Rojava under international law

Giuseppe Acconcia: The Kurds of Syria: From Popular Committees to Fighting Units

4-5 p.m.

Discussion

5 p.m.-5:15 p.m.

Coffee break

5:15-6 p.m.

Lessons from the Field

Moderator: Chiara Collamati

Abdullah Demirbas: Building Democratic Confederalism

6 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Discussion and exchange

Followed in the evening by a more militant conference ("Rojava: The Forgotten Revolution") with testimonies from local elected officials who visited Rojava in March 2023, the screening of the documentary "A utopia under construction" by Chris Den Hond and in the presence of Mizgin Ahmad, representative of AANES, who will talk about the current situation (meeting at the PolyCulture Center of Resistance (rue Jonruelle 11), with collaboration from the Kurdish Cultural Center, the Serhildan network and the association of popular education Against the tide.