Following the success of its first edition, the Anti-Racism Festival is back for a second season, running from November 2026 to April 2027. The aim is to keep the fight against racism active on university campuses through diverse events such as conferences, an exhibition, theatre performances, and concerts.
The initiative is part of a broader effort to strengthen ULB's commitment against racism. This includes creating new educational programs, establishing an interfaculty chair on racism, launching an institutional survey on the experience of racism within the university, and reviving a working group (GT) for dialogue and proposals.
The program begins on November 4, 2026, with the exhibition “C’est un beau mouvement - an exhibition to respond to the racist violence of May 4, 2025, in Molenbeek”. This exhibition follows a symbolic march connecting Molenbeek to Bruges, organized after a racist attack during a football cup final. Young people created artworks from the debris of vandalized shops to share their experiences.
On November 5, 2026, an institutional survey will be launched to gather information on individual experiences of racism and discrimination within the ULB community. This survey will focus primarily on racism but will also address other intersecting forms of inequality, aiming to better understand these realities and guide future institutional policies.
Further events are scheduled, including on November 26, 2026, with the theatre play “La Minute Russe”, followed by a conference. This play pays tribute to grandparents and explores life stories marked by history, such as that of Lisa, born in Vienna in 1929.
The festival continues into 2027 with a conference by Marie-Anne Matar-Bonucci on antisemitism on February 4, a documentary by Safia Kessas on Léa Bayekula in mid-February, a conference by Rokyaha Diallo on the convergence of struggles at the end of February, and the inaugural conference of the Stuart Hall Chair on Racism on March 2 by Catherine Hall.
Other dates include the Day of the Racialized Woman in March 2027, a conference on the return of scientific racism at the University in March 2027, a concert on March 18, 2027, and a theatre play by Ras-el-hanout followed by a conference in April 2027.
