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The documentary produced as part of the experimental archaeology research project, "Specularia", wins an award at an American festival, organized by the University of Pittsburgh and the University of South Carolina!

This week, UNamur is hosting an international conference organized as part of the "Philippine studies" project, which aims to strengthen exchanges between Filipino and European academics. Today, Dr. Kerby Alvarez tells us about his doctoral thesis on the history of earthquakes and the socio-cultural interpretation of disasters, completed at UNamur under the supervision of Prof. Isabelle Parmentier.

Over-indebtedness, addiction, homelessness, lack of access to rights, begging... Professionals in the health, education and social action sectors are directly confronted with social inequalities and precariousness. Their commitment requires them to work in an interdisciplinary way, to take a reflective look at their practices and to use relevant theoretical models. In response to this need, UNamur, HENALLUX, HEPN and UCLouvain, in collaboration with Formanam and Resinam, are organising a Certificate in Supporting Extreme Precariousness. A discussion with Christine Mahy, General Secretary of the Walloon Anti-Poverty Network (RWLP), was held to open up the debate on some of the key issues that will be addressed during this continuing education course.

On 20 June 2023, the F.R.S.-FNRS published the list of winners of the various doctoral and post-doctoral mandates. Among them, 16 researchers from UNamur obtained funding.

Making students active participants in their own success, getting them more involved and developing their soft skills - these are the challenges that assistants working on practical work in the law of obligations have set themselves. Since last year, they have been rethinking the way they teach by changing their posture with the aim of encouraging student success.

A frightening figure in traditional tales, the wolf is the object of a myth carried by the popular memory of our elders. Long gone from our landscapes, this large predator is making a comeback in Wallonia and is posing us with major challenges. Does it still have a place? A historian and a veterinarian talk about this fascinating natural phenomenon.

More than 300 students in the Bachelor of Law programme, from both the daytime and the evening shift, took their heads out of their syllabi for an evening to project themselves into their future. Like every year, their faculty had invited them to meet with law professionals. Each of them shared their passion, their daily life, but also the darker aspects of their work. It was a perfect opportunity to discover what lies behind the many opportunities in law, grouped into five panels: lawyers, the judiciary, notaries, bailiffs, and politicians (parliamentary attachés or diplomats).

Congratulations to Carla Coduti and Matteo Ghislain who respectively received the public and jury prizes in the International Humanitarian Law mock trial! This very special exercise demonstrates the active pedagogical approach dear to the UNamur Faculty of Law.

"Politic tac, tic tac, le climat n'attend pas!", "A diploma but no future?", "Cop ou pas cop de tenir vos engagements" What is behind the slogans of the Youth for Climate movement? Laura Degrande, a doctoral student in languages, literature and translation, is conducting research on the wild writing of protest. During the NaLTT Institute's Spring 2023 lecture series, she will present the first results of her research.

As part of the Francqui Chair 2022-2023 of the Faculty of Law, Lucie Cluzel, professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris Nanterre, was invited to discuss topics related to digital law. Students, staff members and the general public responded massively by participating in three interactive lectures.

Laura Rizzerio is Professor of Philosophy at UNamur. Part of her research focuses on the notion of the common good. This theme was at the heart of the reflections on the occasion of the annual Chair of the Notre-Dame de la Paix University Centre, continuing an approach already begun the previous year during a research seminar. Laura Rizzerio takes a closer look at this concept and reviews the exchanges that took place.

Bachelor 2 and 3 students in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures have taken on a rather unusual challenge: creating audio guides to London's main monuments and sites. An original and successful educational project, well worth a listen!