04
feb
20:00
Studium Generale | Lezing, Engelstalig
New Insight in Collective Trauma: Migrants, Refugees and Ourselves
Violence, warfare and forced migration leave traces in mind, spirit and body. ‘War trauma’ is a developing concept. Early 20th-century ideas of ‘shell shock’, culminating in ‘post-traumatic stress disorder’ (PTSD), have us navigating between medical, human rights and cultural perspectives. Van de Put will try to show how there is a trend towards an understanding that unites these different perspectives, which may change not only the way we look at ‘survivors’, but also our own society.
![Refugees on a boat](/sites/default/files/2023-03/van_de_put.png)
Auditorium, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
Extra information
Date
Monday 4 February, 20:00
Entrance
Free
About the speaker
Willem van de Put
Senior Research Fellow at Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp (ITM), founder of Culture4Change