Curriculum Vitae. Prof. Dr Marie-Claire Simone France Ghislaine Foblets

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1 Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr Marie-Claire Simone France Ghislaine Foblets Married to Jan Velaers Citizenship: Belgium Professional address: Department of Law & Anthropology Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Advokatenweg Halle/Saale/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany tel.: + 49 (0) fax: +49 (0) foblets@eth.mpg.de EDUCATION Bachelor degrees Law: University of Antwerp (1979) Philosophy: University of Antwerp (1979) Masters degrees Law: Catholic University of Leuven (1982) Philosophy: Catholic University of Leuven (1984) &Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, Germany Anthropology: Catholic University of Leuven (1985) Ph.D. in Social and Cultural Anthropology: Catholic University of Leuven (1990) ACADEMIC POSITIONS October 1985 September 1990 Research Assistant, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Catholic University of Leuven October 1990 September 1995 Post-doctoral Fellowship, N.F.W.O. [National Foundation Scientific Research] & Assistant Head, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Catholic University of Leuven October 1991 to March 2012 October 1992 to 2008 Professor of Anthropology (Social & Cultural), Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Antwerp (10% position) Professor of Anthropology (Social & Cultural), Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Catholic University of Brussels (10% position) October 1993 to October 1996 Teaching Associate (Legal Anthropology), Laboratoire d anthropologie juridique de Paris, Université Paris I/Sorbonne October 1993 September 1995 October 1995 to January 2008 Associate Professor of Legal Anthropology, Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Leuven Professor of Law and Anthropology (with tenure), Faculty of Law & Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Catholic University of Leuven

2 October 1998 October 2003 March 1998 to August 2003 February 2008 to March 2012 Since March 2012 Since June 2014 Promoted Hoogleraar Promoted Gewoon Hoogleraar (Ordinarius) Head of Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Catholic University of Leuven Full time professor at the Law Faculty, Catholic University of Leuven, Chair of the Institute of Migration Law and Legal Anthropology; Member of the Leuven Center for Global Governance Studies & Research Group Human Rights & International Justice Director of the Department of Law & Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany Honorary Professor of Law & Anthropology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany SPECIALIZED TRAINING October 1985 to January 1994 Member of the Brussels Bar (l Ordre Français des Avocats du Barreau de Bruxelles) PUBLICATIONS (overview , see separate file) VISITING LECTURESHIPS 1993 to 1996 Teaching Associate at the Université Paris I/Sorbonne [Laboratoire d Anthropologie Juridique de Paris (L.A.J.P.)] April 1994 December 1994 Academic year January 1996 January 1996 to 2000 October 1996 & 1997 October 1997 January 2000 & 2001 The University of California at Berkeley, Center for Western European Studies [Boalt Hall] Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam Faculty of Law, doctoral seminar Appointed to the Jacques Leclercq Chair at the Université de Louvain-la-Neuve Faculty of Law, Pretoria (Unisa), Center for Jurisprudence, doctoral seminar European Academy of Legal Theory/Académie européenne de théorie du droit (Brussels), seminar in Legal Anthropology Vaucresson (France) Formation de la magistrature française Master s programme in Human Rights and Democratization (Faculties of Law of Padua, Leuven, Bochum, Maastricht, Essex, Coimbra, Strasbourg, Deusto, Dublin & Abo-Turku) International Institute of Sociology of Law (I.I.S.L.), Oñati (Spain) (Master s programme) Master class in Legal Anthropology 2

3 November 2001 September 2002 July 2003 September 2004 April 2005 July 2005 & July 2006 Fall 2006 October 2006 November 2006 November 2006 Universiteit Leiden (the Netherlands), doctoral seminar Universiteit Maastricht (the Netherlands), doctoral seminar UniversitéLyon III, Ecole doctorale, doctoral seminar Facultéde droit Tunis, Ecole doctorale, doctoral seminar Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Zaragoza, doctoral seminar UniversitéLyon III, Ecole doctorale, doctoral Summer School Law Faculty Zü rich, master class (upon invitation of Prof. Shalini Randeria) Faculty of Law, Oslo, Center for Human Rights, expert seminar Max Planck Institute (Halle & Berlin), expert seminar University of Toronto, doctoral seminar Facultéde Droit Rabat/Agdal, doctoral seminar September 2008 August 2009 September 2009 September 2009 Law Faculty, University of Cape Town (Middle Campus), expert seminar Director of Studies at the Hague Academy of International Law, Center for Studies and Research, Programme 2009 (topic: Cultural Diversity ) Law Faculty, University of Ottawa, expert seminar Law Faculty, Universitéde Montréal, doctoral seminar September to December 2009 Comparative Islamic Law at Harvard Law School, Cambridge/Boston, (LL. M. program ) June 2011 October 2014 University of Palermo, European Academy of Legal Theory, Intensive Courses Program European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice, doctoral seminar MEMBERSHIPS Member of the Board December 1990 to 2002 Nederlandse Vereniging voor de Sociaal-wetenschappelijke Bestudering van het Recht December 1993 to 2008 December 1993 to present Association Française des Anthropologues du Droit (AFAD), Elected Co-President: November 2002 Commission on Legal Pluralism 3

4 Deutsch-Französische Rechtsanthropologengruppe/Rencontre franco-allemande d anthropologie juridique June 1997 to present November 2002 to 2005 Vereniging voor de Bestudering van het Recht van de Islam en het Midden-Oosten, (Association for the Study of Islamic law and the Law in the Middle East; Faculties of Law of Leiden, Maastricht and Utrecht), Elected Co-President: June 2002 to present (President: Prof. Dr. R. Peeters, Amsterdam) Science Sharing (Vlaamse Raad voor Wetenschapsbeleid), 1993 to present Antwerps Centrum voor Migrantenstudies (ACMS, University of Antwerp), (new name: Cemis) Chair: April 1995 to September 2000 October 1993 to September 1998 National Council of Women, Chair Commission Migration 2006 to present Leuven Research Group Human Rights & International Justice 2008 to present UCSIA (Universitair Centrum Sint-Ignatius Antwerpen), Representative for the KU Leuven 2011 to present Leuven Institute for Human Rights and Critical Studies 2011 to present Laboratorio Diritti Fundamentali (Academy of Sciences Turin, Italy) President: Vladimiro Zagrebelski, former Italian judge at the Court of Human Rights in Strabourg 2012 to present REMEP International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment Member 1985 to present Laboratoire d anthropologie juridique de Paris (L.A.J.P.), Paris I/Sorbonne 1987 to present Association Droit et Cultures, Paris X/ Nanterre - Centre Droit et Cultures (co-director) 2005 to present Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts 2007 to present Leuven Center for Global Governance Studies, Research group International Justice and Human Rights FNRS Commission des Sciences Sociales, Politiques et des Communication 2011 to present Dutch Association for Migration Research 2014 Scientific Committee of Science Europe International Board Memberships 4

5 Scientific Committee of the FP7 (EU) research project: EUMAGINE. Imagining Europe from the outside ( ) 2011 & 2012 Expert for the EURIAS Fellowship Programme selection 2011/2012 ( European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant Review Panel for the panel SH Environment, space and population in the Advanced Grant 2014 evaluation Advisory Board of the ERC starting grant research project: Directions in Religious Pluralism in Europe: Examining Grassroots Mobilisations in Europe in the Shadow of European Court of Human Rights Religious Freedom Jurisprudence (Effie Fokas, Athens) CONSULTING OR ADVISORY EDITOR OR REVIEWER Since 1985 Since 1997 Since 2001 Since April 2003 Panopticon (Tijdschrift voor Strafrecht, Criminologie en Forensisch Welzijnswerk) Kluwer Rechtswetenschappen/Antwerpen Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law (Birmingham) Droit et Cultures (Paris X/Nanterre) Civilisations (Brussels, Institut de Sociologie) 1993 to 2000 SYBIDI-périodique (Système Bibliographique et Documentaire Relatif à l Immigration), Université Catholique de Louvain-la- Neuve, G.R.E.M. (Groupe de Recherches sur les Etudes Migratoires) Since 1994 Since 1992 Since 2004 Since 2006 Since 2010 Since 2012 Since 2011 Tijdschrift voor Vreemdelingenrecht (V.M.C., Brussels, specialised journal in immigration law) Revue du Droit des Etrangers (Association du Droit des Etrangers/Brussels) Kolor (Journal of Moving Minorities) Publiekrechtelijke Chronieken (Public Law Reviews, Bruges, Vanden Broele) Studies on Islam and Muslim Societies (Leiden University Press) Revue Interdisciplinaire d Etudes juridiques (RIEJ, Université St. Louis, Brussels) Oxford Journal of Law and Religion Reviewer Ethnicities (Bristol) Revue Droit et Societé 5

6 Editor of scientific series Since 1995 Since 1995 Since 2002 Migratie- en Migrantenrecht. Recente Ontwikkelingen [Migration Law. Recent Developments], Bruges, La Charte/Maklu Minderheden in de Samenleving [Minorities in Contemporary Societies], Leuven, Acco (editor-in-chief, series established in 1995) Studia Anthropologica, University Press Leuven Codex Vreemdelingenrecht, Bruges, La Charte/Die Keure (with B. HUBEAU & M. TAVERNE) Oñati Series Law and Society, Hart Publishers Since 2010 RELIGARE series (in association with Cultural Diversity and Law series), Ashgate Since 2013 Oñati Socio-Legal Series, member of the editorial board since 2013 Since 2014 ICLARS Series on Law and Religion, Ashgate HONORS February 1993 Academic year 1995/1996 National Bank of Belgium Award, [Bijzonder krediet ter bevordering van het wetenschappelijk onderzoek: Hedendaagse rechtsantropologie en de sociaal-wetenschappelijke bestudering van rechtsculturen in westerse en niet-westerse landen / Special award for the advancement of scientific research: Contemporary legal anthropology and the social-scientific study of legal cultures in western and non-western countries ] Elected Chaire Jacques Leclercq Professor at the Faculté des Sciences Sociales, Louvain-la-Neuve Since November 2001 Member of the Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten [Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences and Arts] 2004 Winner of the Francqui Prize (Human Sciences) July 2006 Fall 2009 Research Fellow at the Bellagio Center of the Rockefeller Foundation & German Marshall Fund Foundation (Special Program on Migration & Integration Policies) Erasmus lectureship (Harvard/Boston) on the History and the Civilization of Flanders, Scholar elected November 2013 Nominee of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts for the 2014 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Transcultural Understanding, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts 11 December 2013 Awarded best FP7 research project and accomplishment in the humanities; celebration honouring the university s FP7 researchers and their accomplishments and launch of Horizon 6

7 2020, KU Leuven & EU Commission (DG Research) SUPERVISED MAIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS Short-term projects January to November 2001 April 2000 to March 2003 Migratiestromen naar België: het mechanisme van de migratiebewegingen [Migration Fluxes to Belgium: the mechanisms of migration movements] Financed by: Koning Boudewijnstichting Researcher: Dr. J. Wets Results published in J. WETS (ed.), Migratie en asiel: vluchten kan niet meer. Syntheserapport van een onderzoeksproject inzake het migratie- en asielbeleid in België, Brussels, Koning Boudewijnstichting, November 2001 Wat verwachten allochtonen van het recht in België/Qu attendent les étrangers du droit en Belgique? [What do foreigners (i.e., people from migrant origin) expect from the Law in Belgium?] Financed by: Federale Diensten voor Wetenschappelijke, Technische en Culturele Aangelegenheden (DWTC) bij de Eerste Minister With a team of two researchers: Badra Djait, & Bonaventure Kagné in collaboration with University of Liège (M. Martiniello & P. Martens) Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, M. MARTINIELLO et al. (eds), Wat denken personen van vreemde origine over recht en gerecht in België?/Les populations d origine immigrée face au droit en Belgique, Gent, Academia Press, 2004, 471 pp. March to June 2000 De tewerkstelling op de Belgische arbeidsmarkt van vreemdelingen die zich kandidaat hebben gesteld in toepassing van de Wet op de regularisatie [Employment on the Belgian Labour Market of Foreigners who Applied for Regularisation] Financed by: Federaal Ministerie van Tewerkstelling en Arbeid (Ministry of Employment & Labour Unpublished report February to April 2001 September to December 2001 Nieuwe arbeidsimmigratie in België toelaten? [Should we Allow New Labour Migration to Belgium?] Financed by: V.B.O./F.E.B. (Verbond van Belgische Ondernemingen/Fédération des entreprises belges), February to April 2001 Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, S. BOUCKAERT, Nieuwe arbeidsimmigratie de lege lata en de lege ferenda, Journal des Tribunaux du Travail, 20 juni 2001, Nr. 801, (also published in Oriëntatie. Sociaal Recht Personeelsbeleid, 2001, Nrs. 6-7, ). De rechtspositie van niet-begeleide minderjarige vreemdelingen zonder (gestabiliseerd) verblijfsstatuut. Wie is bevoegd voor het onthaal? [The Legal Position of Non-Accompanied Children Without Residence Permit: which authority is competent?] Financed by: Vlaams Minderhedencentrum (V.M.C.) Researcher: C. Ryngaert Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, S. BOUCKAERT, C. RYNGAERT, 7

8 De rechtpositie van niet-begeleide minderjarige vreemdelingen zonder (gestabiliseerd) verblijfsstatuut. Een overzicht van de belangrijkste ontwikkelingen tussen 1999 en 2001, getoetst aan enkele grond- en mensenrechtelijke verplichtingen en geproblematiseerd vanuit het vraagstuk van de grondwettelijke verdeling van bevoegdheden in ons land, in M.-C. FOBLETS, B. HUBEAU, D. VANHEULE (eds), Migratie- en migrantenrecht. Recente ontwikkelingen (Vol. VII), Bruges, Die Keure, 2002, January to December 2003 March to June 2003 November to December 2003 Allochtone (jeugd)delinquentie bij 15 tot 25-jarigen in Vlaanderen [Delinquency Among Adolescents (aged 15-25) of Migrant Background in Flanders] Financed by: Flemish Government, Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Afdeling Algemeen Welzijnsbeleid, January to December 2003 With a team of two researchers: B. Djait, K. Pieters Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, B. DJAIT, K. PIETERS, Mietjes en macho s: Allochtone jeugddelinquentie. Getuigenissen van autochtone en allochtone jongeren ( Minderheden in de Samenleving, nr. 15), Leuven/Leusden, Acco, Inburgering in Vlaanderen: wie zijn de doelgroepen en wie kan worden verplicht? Toets aan de internationale verdragsverplichtingen van België/Vlaanderen [Integration ( inburgering ) in Flanders: who is the target group and who can be compelled to integrate? An examination in the light of the international treaties that are binding on Belgium and the Flemish Government] Financed by: Flemish Government, Departement Welzijnsbeleid Researcher: S. Loones Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, D. VANHEULE, S. LOONES, Inburgering in Vlaanderen: enkele vragen bij de afbakening van de doelgroep en de verplichting tot inburgering onder het inburgeringsdecreet, Tijdschrift voor Vreemdelingenrecht, 2004, nr.1, De Internationale VN-Conventie en de rechten van migrerende werknemers. Weerslag in het Belgische recht van een eventuele ratificatie [The International UN Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers. What would be, in the case of ratification by Belgium, the impact on its internal legislation?] Financed by: Vlaams Minderhedencentrum Researcher: S. Loones Publication: D. VANHEULE, M.-C. FOBLETS, S. LOONES, S. BOUCKAERT, De betekenis van de VN- Arbeidsmigrantenconventie van 18 december 1990 in het geval van ratificatie door België, Journal des Tribunaux du Travail, Acquisition and Loss of Belgian Nationality Financed by: The European Commission, November 2004 to June 2005 Coordination: NATAC-project Universität Wien (Prof. Reiner Bauböck) Researcher: S. Loones Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, S. LOONES, Belgium, in R. BAUBÖCK, E. ERSBOLL, K. GROENENDIJK, H. WALDRAUCH (eds.), Acquisition and Loss of Nationality (Vol. 2: 8

9 Country Analyses), Amsterdam U.P., IMISCOE Research, 2006, Onderzoek ter voorbereiding van een pilootproject preventie van jeugddelinquentie [Preparatory research with a view to an experimental (pilot) project on the prevention of delinquency among adolescents] Financed by: the City of Mechelen Researcher: Ellen Ceulemans No publication of the final report (no permission) March 2004 February 2005 January December 2005 January December 2007 January-December 2007 Consultation: Les expressions actives de convictions religieuses ou philosophiques dans la sphère publique/raadpleging betreffende de actieve veruiterlijking van godsdienstige en filosofische overtuigingen [Enquiry on the expression of religious and philosophical convictions in the public sphere] Sponsored by: Centre pour l égalité des chance et la lutte contre le racisme (CECR)/Centrum voor de Gelijkheid van Kansen en voor Racismebestrijding (CGKR) Researchers: team of researchers selected by the CECR/CGKR Publication: report Vrijwillige retour. Onderzoek naar de terugkeerperspectieven (naar het land van herkomst) van vluchtelingen en kandidaatvluchtelingen [Voluntary Return. Research on the Motives of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers to Return on a Voluntary Basis to the Home Country] Financed by: Fedasil (Belgium) Researchers: Azrah Karim Rasput & Wouter Voorspoels Publication: report Culturele en levensbeschouwelijke diversiteit op school: wat zijn juridisch correcte beleidsbeslissingen in de relatie tussen leerlingen en schooldirectie en leerkrachten, en tussen de school en de ouders? [Cultural and Philosophical Diversity at School: what is (legally) acceptable behavior in the relationships between teachers, school administrations and the pupils and between the school and the parents?] Financed by: Flemish Government, Department of Education Output: a casebook Team: Dr. Adriaan Overbeeke (UA); Prof. Brems (UGent) & M.-C. Foblets Publication: A. OVERBEEKE, M.-C. FOBLETS, E. BREMS, Culturele diversiteit op school. Een werkboek, Leuven, Acco, 2009, 135 p. Conformity checking of Measures of Member States to Transpose Directives in the Sector of Asylum and Immigration (2007 project) Financed by: European Commission Coordination: Ph. De Bruycker (U.L.B.; Institut d Études Européennes) Researchers: 27 teams (for each member state) No publication of the final report (no permission by the European Commission) Le droit de la famille face aux diversités culturelles et religieuses. [Family Law Facing Cultural and Religious Diversity] 9

10 Financed by: French Ministry of Justice Coordination: CNRS & GIP Mission Droit & Justice Researchers: 7 teams (Egypt, Tunis, Morocco, France, Belgium & Spain) Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, Les Juges Belges et l Application de la Loi Etrangère en Droit de la Famille (Belgian Judges and the Application of Foreign Law in Family Matters), in Ordre Public et Droit Musulman de la Famille en Europe et en Afrique du Nord (Public Order and Islamic Family Law in Europe and North Africa). Edited by N. BERNARD-MAUGIRON and B. DUPRET, pp Paris/Brussels: Bruylant/IRD Editions. February to August 2007 November 2008 January to June 2009 January to December 2009 January to September 2010 Nieuwe arbeidsimmigratie in België toelaten: onderzoek naar de positie van destakeholders [New Labour Migration to Belgium: an inquiry among the stakeholders] Financed by: FBR/KBS (Fondation Roi Baudouin) and Centre pour l égalité des chance et la lutte contre le racisme (CECR)/Centrum voor de Gelijkheid van Kansen en voor Racismebestrijding (CGKR) No publication of the final report State-Church Relations Improving the Representation of Islam within the Belgian Constitutional Model Financed by: Belgian Ministry of Justice Coordination: M.-C Foblets & Silvio Ferrari (Milan) Objective: Comparative research on the representation of Islam to the State authorities in five European countries (Germany; Austria; Spain; Italy and Belgium) Unpublished report Les accommodements raisonnables : limites et potentialités en contexte européen d un concept empruntéaux Etats-Unis et au Canada Consultant to the Council of Europe Financed by: Direction Générale de la cohésion sociale (contract: DGIII/20/2009) Endeavour: A cost-benefit analysis of the reasonable accommodation/adjustment approach (management of cultural and religious diversity) as it was developed in Canada and Europe, for the European context. Publication: P. BOSSET, M.-C. FOBLETS, Accommodating Diversity in Québec and Europe: Different concepts, Similar results?, in X., Institutional Accommodation and the Citizen: Legal and Political Interaction in A Pluralist Society, Strasbourg, Council of Europe (Trends in Social Cohesion, nr. 21), 2010, EUCITAC: Comparing Citizenship in Europe. Review of list of national legislations for database Country report for Belgium Financed by: European Commission and EUI/Florence (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies) Contract: JLS/2007/IF/CA/009 Endeavour: Contribute to the documentation and analysis of citizenships legislations/policies in the 27 EU Member States. Publication: website Long Term Residents in Federal Countries. Transposition and 10

11 Implementation of Directive 2003/109 Country report for Belgium Financed by: European Commission and Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Law Team: K. Groenendijk (Nijmegen) & Maaike Luiten (Nijmegen) Researcher for Belgium: Annika Mortelmans Unpublished report January 2009 to March 2010 June to September 2010 January to December 2010 Civil Justice in Situations involving two or more countries. Prevention of International Child Abduction. Supervisor for Belgium, research based on interviews and life stories Financed by: European Commission Specific Programme Civil Justice Contract: JLS/CJ/2007-1/07 Researcher for Belgium: Dr. Thalia Kruger (postdoctoral researcher) Publication: Th. KRUGER, International Child Abduction. The Inadequacies of the Law, Hart (Studies in Private International Law), 2011, 261 p. Temporary and Circular Migration: Empirical Evidence, Current Policy Practice and Future Options in EU Member States Country report for Belgium Financed by: European Migration Network Contract: European Commission/Directorate B Immigration & Asylum Unit B1 Researcher for Belgium: Annika Mortelmans Unpublished report Integration and Naturalisation Tests, the new way to European Citizenship. Measures for the integration of Third-Country Nationals. A critical evaluation Country report for Belgium Financed by: European Commission Contract: JLS/2008/EIFX/CA/1002 (partner: Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Law) Team: Ricky Van Oers (Nijmegen) Researcher for Belgium: Zeynep Yanasmayan Publication: Z. YANASMAYAN, M.-C FOBLETS, Pros and Cons of Compulsory Inburgering : Mapping the Views of Newcomers in Flanders and in Brussels, in Which Integration Policies for Migrants? Interaction between EU and its Member States. Edited by Y. PACCOUAU and T. STRIK, pp Nijmegen: Wolf Legal Publishers. Long-term research projects (in most cases, with a view to Ph.D. research) OT Research Project: Nationaliteit als rechtsgrond van ongelijke behandeling: huwelijk, echtscheiding en afstamming. Een analyse van de Belgische rechtspraak tussen 1970 en 2000 [Unequal Treatment based on Nationality: Marriage, Divorce and Descent. An Analysis of the Belgian Jurisprudence ( )] Financed by: Onderzoeksraad K.U.Leuven [OT] Ph.D. project ( ) Researcher: Sarah D hondt Co-promoter: Prof. Patrick Senaeve 11

12 Results: Ph.D. thesis entitled: Nationaliteit als rechtsgrond van ongelijke behandeling: huwelijk, echtscheiding en afstamming. Een analyse van de Belgische rechtspraak tussen 1970 en 2000 Public defence: October 20, FWO Research project: De rechtspositie van documentloze vreemdelingen. Grondrechten als doorbraak. Een rechtsvergelijkende studie van het recht en zijn toepassing in België en zijn buurlanden binnen de Europese Unie (Nederland, Duitsland en Frankrijk) [The Legal Position of Undocumented Foreigners. The Protection of Fundamental Rights. A Comparative Analysis (Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, France] Financed by: F.W.O.-Vlaanderen Ph. D. project ( ) Researcher: Steven Bouckaert Results: Ph.D. entitled Grondrechtenbescherming voor documentloze vreemdelingen doorheen de Belgische en internationale rechtspraak vanaf Verwezenlijkingen en uitdagingen [Fundamental Rights Protection of Undocumented Foreigners. An Analysis of the case law - Belgian and international - since Latest Developments and Challenges] Public defence: 15 February ; (renewable) FWO Wetenschappelijke Onderzoeksgemeenschap [Research Group]: Vreemdelingenrecht: Transpositie van en rechtsbescherming onder het Europees migratierecht [Transposition of and Legal Protection under (new) European Migration Law] Financed: F.W.O.-Vlaanderen Co-promoter: Prof. Dirk Vanheule (UA) Network of researchers from Germany, the Netherland, France and Belgium; the purpose is to promote research and scientific publications on the increased impact of the European Law (E.U.) in the field of migration from outside Europe and to encourage comparative research Impulsfinanciering Onderzoeksraad K.U.Leuven (Research Council, K.U.Leuven): European Member States and the challenges of Diversity: Comparative legal and social psychological perspectives Financed by: Onderzoeksraad/Research Council K.U.Leuven Researcher: Zeynep Yanasmayan Co-promoters: Prof. Karen Phalet (K.U.Leuven) & Prof. Norbert Vanbeselaere (K.U.Leuven) Results: Ph.D. entitled Turkey entangled with Europe? A qualitative exploration of mobility and citizenship accounts of highly educated migrants from Turkey (manuscript submitted for publication, with Ashgate) Public defence: 23 April FWO Research project: De omzetting van Europees migratierecht in intern Belgisch recht ( ). Onderzoek naar de impact voor de bescherming van de verblijfspositie van vreemdelingen niet-eu onderdanen [The Transposition of European Migration Law in (Internal) Belgian Law.( ). An Analysis of Its Impact on the (Protection) of the Rights of Third Country Nationals (non EU), in Particular as Regards the Right to Enter the Territory and to Long-Term Residence] 12

13 Financed by: F.W.O.-Vlaanderen Ph. D. project ( ) Researcher: Marleen Maes Expected results: Ph.D. in Law (2014) F.W.O. Research project: De doorzetting van niet-westerse rechtsstelsels in België/Europa. Een vergelijkende studie van de (wederzijdse) aanpassingsprocessen die de acculturatie van nieuwe cultuurgemeenschappen met zich meebrengen [Non- Western Legal Systems in Belgium/Europe. A Comparative Study of Processes of Legal Accommodation] Financed by: F.W.O.-Vlaanderen Revised and updated manuscript: to be published in M.-C. FOBLETS, Recht op maat. Culturen in de rechtszaal (provisional title) [Justice made to measure. Cultures in the Courtroom] Antwerp/Apeldoorn, Maklu, Forthcoming FWO-Research project: Het nieuwe Belgische internationaal privaatrecht: een studie naar de betekening en de impact voor het internationaal familierecht [Belgian International Private Law. A Study of the Relevance and the Impact of the New Code (2004) in the Realm of Family Law] Financed by: F.W.O. Vlaanderen Ph. D. project ( ) Researcher: Jinske Verhellen Public defence PhD: 6 September 2012 Publication: J. VERHELLEN, Het Belgisch Wetboek IPR in Familiezaken. Wetgevende Doelstellingen Getoetst aan de Praktijk. Brugge: Die Keure, FP7-SSH-2009 European Commission [Cooperation Programme/Theme 8/ Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities] Religious Diversity and Secular Models in Europe Innovative Approaches to Law and Policy (Acronym RELIGARE ) Financed by: European Commission (Framework Programme 7; SSH Religion and Secularism Across Europe ; EU contribution: 2,699,943 Euro) Researchers: consortium of 13 partners throughout Europe (ten Members States + Turkey) Duration: 38 months Coordination: K.U.Leuven, Institute for Migration Law and Legal Anthropology (M.-C. Foblets) Project started February 1 st, 2010 (38 months) Expected output: Collective academic publications and five Ph.Ds In the capacity of supervisor PhD-EXAMINATIONS 6 September 2012 Name of PhD-candidate: Jinske Verhellen Title of Thesis: Het Belgisch Wetboek IPR in familiezaken. Wetgevende doelstellingen getoetst aan de praktijk Institution: University of Ghent Co-supervisor: Johan Erauw (University of Ghent) 13

14 Co-examiners: Gerd Verschelden (University of Ghent), Katharina Boele-Woelki (the Netherlands), Sabine Lust (Council of State), Patrick Wautelet (Université de Liège) 23 April 2013 Name of PhD-candidate: Zeynep Yanasmayan Title of Thesis: Turkey entangled with Europe? A qualitative exploration of mobility and citizenship accounts of highly educated migrants from Turkey Institution: KU Leuven Co-examiners: Peter Vermeersch (KU Leuven), Riva Kastoryano (Paris), Adrian Favell (UK), Marc Hooghe (KU Leuven), Johan Wets (KU Leuven) 13 December 2013 Name of PhD-candidate: Norah Karrouche Title of Thesis: Memories from the Rif. Moroccan-Berber activists between history and myth Institution: University of Rotterdam Co-supervisor: Dick Douwes (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) Co-examiners: Marjo Buitelaar (Groningen, the Netherlands), Maria Grever (Rotterdam), A.A.A. van Supriaan Luïscius (Rotterdam), Bertram Turner (MPI Halle, Germany) In the capacity of co-examiner 12 January 2012 Name of PhD-candidate: Karen de Vries Title of Thesis: Integration at the border Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Co-examiners: Ben Vermeulen (VU Amsterdam), Hemme Battjes (VU Amsterdam), Kees Groenendijk (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen), Kay Hailbronnenr (Germany) Sarah van Walsum (VU Amsterdam) 19 December 2012 Name of PhD-candidate: Bert Ingelaere Title of Thesis: Peasants, power and the past. The Gacaca courts and Rwanda s transition from below Institution: University of Antwerp Co-examiners: Filip Reyntjens (University of Antwerp), Bernard Hubeau (University of Antwerp), Johan Bastiaensen (University of Antwerp), Barbara Oomen (the Netherlands), Luc Huyse (emeritus, KU Leuven) 22 January 2013 Name of PhD-candidate: Hanane El Qotni Title of Thesis: Les droits de l enfant. Etude du droit français et du droit positif marocain à travers la source du droit musulman Institution: Université Lyon III, Jean Moulin (Faculté de Droit) Co-examiners: Hugues Fulchiron (Lyon III, France), Fatna Sarehane (Casablanca), Christine Bideau-Garon (Lyon III, France), Adeline Gouttenoire (Bordeaux IV, France) 18 June 2013 Name of PhD-candidate: Dominik Kohlhagen Title of Thesis: Diasporas africaines et mondes de droit. Une anthropologie juridique d une migration entre Douala et Berlin Institution: Université Paris I, Sorbonne 14

15 Co-examiners: Etienne Le Roy (Paris I, Sorbonne), Danièle Lochak (Paris 10), Jerôme Valluy (Paris I, Sorbonne) 12 September 2013 Name of PhD-candidate: René Gonzàlez de la Vega Title of Thesis: Tolerance as a moral ideal in contemporary liberalism. A conceptual and justificatory analysis Institution: KU Brussels Co-examiners: Bert Demarsin (KU Brussels), Luc Wintgens (KU Brussels), Frank Fleerackers (KU Brussels), Tim Heysse (KU Leuven) 7 October 2013 Name of PhD-candidate: Friso Kulk Title of Thesis: Laverend langs grenzen. Transnationale gezinnen en Nederlands en islamitische familie- en nationaliteitsrecht Institution: Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen Co-examiners: Ashley Terlouw (Nijmegen), Betty de Hart (Nijmegen), Léon Buskens (Leiden), Frans van der Velden (Utrecht) 28 January 2014 Name of PhD-candidate: Sarah Grosso Title of Thesis: Extraordinary ethics: an ethnographic study of marriage and divorce in Ben Ali s Tunisia Institution: London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Anthropology Co-examiners: Martha Mundy (LSE, London), Tobias Kelly (University of Edinburgh) 27 February 2014 Name of PhD-candidate: Federica Sona Title of Thesis: In the shadow of uniformity: Islamic and Muslim marriages in contemporary Europe Institution: SOAS, University of London Co-examiners: Werner Menski (SOAS, London); Maleiha Malik (King s College London) February 2014 Name of PhD-candidate: Leandro Varison Costa Title of Thesis: L Indien et le perfectionnement des techniques juridiques. Etude du statut autochtone au Brésil Institution: Laboratoire d anthropologie juridique de Pars, Université Paris I/Sorbonne Co-examiners: Gilda Nicolau (Paris I/Sorbonne); Etienne Le Roy (Paris I/Sorbonne) CONFERENCES AND COLLOQUIA (CO)ORGANISED April 1-4, 2000, Oñati, (Spain) Healing the Wounds/Cicatriser les violences. On the Processes of Reconstructing Societies - ideologically, socially and legally that have been traumatized by war or threatened by the risk of collapsing/les processus contemporains de restructuration idéologique, sociale et juridique de sociétés traumatisées par les guerres et les menaces d éclatement Sponsored by: International Institute for Sociology of Law, Oñati 15

16 (Spain) Co-organised with: Rencontres européennes des anthropologues du droit Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS T. von TROTHA (eds.), Cicatriser les Violences/Healing the Wounds, Oxford, Berg, 2004 Since 1996 June 6, 2001, Leuven April 25, 2003, Brussels June 8, 2004, Antwerp June 16 & 17, 2005, Oñati, (Spain) Yearly series of classes Migratie-en migrantenrecht at the University of Antwerp (yearly 7 classes) In collaboration with the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp (Centrum voor Beroepsvervolmaking in de Rechten ) & Antwerps Centrum voor Migrantenstudies Publication: XII volumes: Migratie- en migrantenrecht. Recente Ontwikkelingen, Bruges, Die Keure/La Charte, 13 volumes so far. Een nieuw nationaliteitsrecht. Een jaar toepassing van het nieuwe wetboek van de Belgische nationaliteit (wet van 1 maart 2000) Devenir belge. Un an d application du nouveau Code de la nationalité belge (loi du 1er mars 2000) Sponsored by: Ministry of Justice & Hoge Raad voor de Justitie/Haut Conseil de la Justice, Formation des Magistrats Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, R. FOQUE, M.VERWILGHEN (eds.), Naar de Belgische nationaliteit. Een jaar toepassing van het nieuwe wetboek van de Belgische nationaliteit (wet van 1 maart 2000) Devenir belge. Un an d application du nouveau Code de la nationalité belge (loi du 1er mars 2000), Brussels/Antwerp, Maklu/Bruylant, 2002, 880 pp. Wat verwachten vreemdelingen en allochtonen van het recht in België? [What do Foreigners Expect from Law and Justice in Belgium?]) Sponsored by: DWTC (Diensten voor Wetenschappelijke, Technische en Culturele Aangelegenheden) Co-organised with: Université de Liège Workshop with 45 invitees (experts in migration law) Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, M. MARTINIELLO et al. (eds.), Wat denken personen van vreemde origine over recht en gerecht in België?/Les populations d origine immigrée face au droit en Belgique, Gent, Academia Press, 2004, 471 pp. De nieuwe Mudawannah: ook voor Marokkanen in België [The New Mudawannah: also applicable to Moroccans residing in Belgium], University of Antwerp Organisation: Leuven Institute for Migration Law and Legal Anthropology & Antwerps Centrum voor Migrantenstudies (Antwerp) en het Centrum voor Beroepsvervolmaking van de Rechten (UA) Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, Het nieuwe Marokkaanse echtscheidingsrecht (2004) en Belgisch internationaal privaatrecht: nieuwe regels en hun weerslag voor Marokkanen in België, Tijdschrift voor Vreemdelingenrecht, 2006, ) Multicultural Jurisprudence: Comparative Perspectives on the Cultural Defense Oñati, International Institute for Sociology of Law (I.I.S.L.) Organisation: Alison Renteln (Univ. California) & M.-C. Foblets Sponsored by: International Institute for Sociology of Law (I.I.S.L.) Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, A.D. RENTELN (eds.), Multicultural Jurisprudence. Comparative Perspectives on the Cultural Defense, 16

17 Oxford & Portland Oregon, Hart, 2009, 378 pp.) December 2, 2005, Brussels December 8 & 9, 2005, Antwerp September, 28 to October 1, 2006, Brussels December, 3 & 4, 2006 October 4 & 5, 2007, Antwerp Le nouveau droit de la famille marocain. Son application en Belgique [The New Family Code in Morocco. Its Application in Belgium] Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Brussels Organisation: Leuven Institute for Migration Law and Legal Anthropology, Association du Droit des Etrangers, Facultés de Droit Saint-Louis & Louvain-la-Neuve Sponsored by: Ministry of Justice (Brussels) Publication: M.C. FOBLETS (with J-Y. CARLIER), Le Code marocain de la famille. Incidences au regard du droit international privé en Europe, Bruylant, Brussels, 2005, 391 pp. Instrumentalisation in the Transposition of and Legal Protection under European Migration Law Law Faculty of Antwerp Organisation: FWO-onderzoeksgemeenschap Europeanisering van het vreemdelingenrecht Sponsored by: FWO-Vlaanderen (wetenschappelijke onderzoeksgemeenschappen) Team: D. Vanheule (UA), J. Meeusen (UA), Ph. de Bruycker (ULB) & M.-C. Foblets Publication: special issue of European Journal of Migration and Law, 2007) The Response of State Law to the Expression of Cultural Identity Francqui Interdisciplinary (closed) Colloquium of lawyers and anthropologists (35 participants) Sponsored by: Francqui Foundation Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, A.D. RENTELN, J.-Fr. GAUDREAULT-DESBIENS (eds.), Cultural Diversity and the Law. State Responses from Around the World, Brussels/Montréal, Bruylant/Blois, 2010, 1007 pp. De nieuwe vreemdelingenwet (2006 & 2007): België in lijn met de Europese regelgeving [The New Legislation on Migration to Belgium: in Line with European Law?] Organisation: K.U.Leuven (Instituut voor Vreemdelingenrecht en Rechtsantropologie), UA (Law Faculty), U.L.B. (Institut d Etudes Européennes) Sponsored by: Ministry of Justice; FWO-Vlaanderen (wetenschappelijke onderzoeksgemeenschappen) Team: S. Lust (K.U.Leuven), Ph. De Bruycker & J. Jaumotte (U.L.B.), D. Vanheule (UA); M.-C. Foblets (K.U.Leuven) Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, Ph. DEBRUYCKER, S. LUST, D. VANHEULE (eds.), Migratie- en migrantenrecht. Recente ontwikkelingen (Deel 12: De nieuwe vreemdelingenwet. België in lijn met de Europese regelgeving ) [Migration & Migrants Law. Recent Developments. Vol. 12 The New Law on Migration to Belgium: in Line with European Law? ], Bruges, La Charte, 2007, 520 pp.) Legal Remedies in European Migration Law: a Critical Analysis Law Faculty of Antwerp Organisation: FWO-onderzoeksgemeenschap Europeanisering van het vreemdelingenrecht Sponsored by: FWO-Vlaanderen (wetenschappelijke 17

18 onderzoeksgemeenschappen) Team: D. Vanheule (UA), J. Meeusen (UA), Ph. de Bruycker (ULB) & M.-C. Foblets Publication: Intersentia, Maastricht, Fall 2010 August 27 to 29, 2007, Moncton (Canada) October 24 & 25, 2008; April 3 & 4, 2009, Leuven L insertion des convictions philosophiques et religieuses dans les droits positifs contemporains [The Accommodation of Religious and Philosophical Convictions in Contemporary Legal Systems] Sponsored by: Law Faculty, Moncton (Canada) Team: J. Vanderlinden (Centre International de Common Law en Français, Moncton); J.-G. Belley (Centre de droit civil et comparé, Mc. Gill) & M.C. Foblets (K.U. Leuven) Publication: in X., Convictions philosophiques et religieuses et droits positifs, Brussels, Bruylant, 2010, 658 pp. The International Dimension of EU Asylum and Integration Policy Organisation: Leuven Center for Global Governance Studies in collaboration with the Scientific Research Group Transposition of and Legal Protection under Future European Migration Law (FWO- Onderzoeksgemeenschap Europeanisering van het Vreemdelingenrecht ) in collaboration with the Odysseus Network on European Migration & Asylum Law Sponsored by: FWO-Vlaanderen (wetenschappelijke onderzoeksgemeenschappen) Team: M.-C. Foblets; J. Wouters (K.U. Leuven); M. Maes (K.U. Leuven) Dirk Vanheule (UA), Philippe De Bruycker (ULB) Publication: in preparation 30 & 31 January 2009, Leuven Islam and the Secular State. Conference in honour of Prof. Abdullahi An-Na im Sponsored by: Forum A. & A. Leysen Interculturele verhoudingen: Islam & Europa Format: expert seminar (10 experts on Islam in Europe, in response to Prof. A. An-Na im) Team: M.-C. Foblets (K.U. Leuven) & J.-Y. Carlier (Louvain-la- Neuve) Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, J.Y. CARLIER (eds.), Europe & Islam. Crises are Challenges, Leuven, University Press, 2010, 248 pp. June 3-4, 2010, Oñati (Spain), IISL The Family and Law in Multicultural Contexts Sponsored by: IMISCOE, British Academy of Sciences & IISL (International Institute for Sociology of Law, Oñati) Format: interdisciplinary workshop (17 participants) Team: Prakash Shah (QMUL) & M.-C. Foblets (K.U. Leuven) Publication: Forthc. with M. Rohe, T. Kruger, and P. Shah, Diverse Families and the State: European Laws in Transition, London/Burlington: Ashgate. 15 &16 December 2010, Leuven, Dertig jaar vreemdelingenwet ( ): Een kritische evaluatie in het licht van de Europeanisering van het Belgische vreemdelingenrecht [30 Years after the introduction of the New Aliens Law: Critical Assessment of Belgian migration law against the background of increasing Europeanisation] Organisation: K.U. Leuven (Instituut voor Vreemdelingenrecht en Rechtsantropologie) & UA (Law Faculty) 18

19 Sponsored by: FWO-Vlaanderen (wetenschappelijke onderzoeksgemeenschappen) Team: M. Maes (K.U. Leuven), D. Vanheule (UA) & M.-C. Foblets (K.U. Leuven) Publication: M.-C. FOBLETS, D. VANHEULE, M. MAES (eds.), Migratie- en migrantenrecht. Recente ontwikkelingen (Deel 14: Dertig jaar vreemdelingenwet ( ): Een kritische evaluatie in het licht van de Europeanisering van het migratierecht, Bruges, La Charte, Fall 2010 December 10, 2010, Antwerp January 2011, Leuven Since 2012 Circular migration. Critical Appraisal of European Migration Policies Organisation: K.U. Leuven (Instituut voor Vreemdelingenrecht en Rechtsantropologie) & UA (Law Faculty) Sponsored by: FWO-Vlaanderen (FWO-onderzoeksgemeenschap Europeanisering van het vreemdelingenrecht ) Team: D. Vanheule (UA), A. Mortelmans (UA), M.Maes (K.U.Leuven) & M.-C. Foblets Religious Diversity in the European Workplace within the framework of the FP7 Religare Project (see above) Team of researchers: Katie Alidadi & Jogchum Vrielink Publication: K. ALIDADI, M.-C. FOBLETS, J. VRIELINK (eds.), A Test of Faith? Religious Diversity and Accommodation in the European Workplace, Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2012) Within the framework of the research programme of the Department of Law & Anthropology at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany September 2012 Applied Legal Anthropology Publication: in preparation September 2012 Comparison and Comparability of Legal Cultures 4 October 2012 The European Court of Human Rights and the US Supreme Court Case-Law on Religion in the Public Space Organized jointly with Silvio Ferrari (University of Milano) and Olivier Roy (EUI, Florence) 5 October 2012 Religion and Constitutional Models on the Two Sides of the Mediterranean. A Comparison organized jointly with Silvio Ferrari (University of Milano) and Olivier Roy (EUI, Florence) May 2013 The principle of Personal Autonomy. Paradoxes and challenges. (closed meeting) November 2013 Teaching Legal Anthropology: aims and constraints in a changing academic climate in Europe Publication : in preparation May 2014 (Not) Outside My Culture: The paradoxes of personal autonomy in a plural society Publication: in preparation 19

20 Since 2012 Within the framework of the FP 7 research project RELIGARE 1-2 March 2012 International Family Law: Conflict and Accommodation in Cross- Border Legal Issues between States and Religion Co-organizer (RELIGARE project), jointly with Prof. Mathias Rohe (University of Erlangen) Publication: in preparation 27 June 2012 Religious Communities and State Support Co-organizer (RELIGARE project), jointly with Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/PRISME Société, Droit et Religion (SDRE), Strasbourg, France Publication : in preparation 28 June 2012 Negotiating Religious Pluralism in Europe: Between the EU end the ECHR Co-organizer (RELIGARE project), jointly with Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/PRISME Société, Droit et Religion (SDRE), Prof. Francis Messner, Strasbourg, France Publication : in preparation 4 September 2012 Workshop (II) on Family Law (RELIGARE research project) Co-organizer (RELIGARE project), jointly with Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL, School of Law; Prakash Shah), London, UK Publication : in preparation 4-5 December 2012 Secularism and Religious Diversity in Europe: Opportunities and Perspectives Organizer (coordinator RELIGARE project), jointly with the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS; Brussels) Publication : in preparation VARIOUS ADVISORY POSITIONS Advisor to the Commission on Gender and Development (State Department for International Co-operation) November 27, 2001 November 2001 March 20, 2002 November 7, 2002 Commission Home Affairs, Senate, in the discussion on the participation of Residents who are non-nationals, in particular non EU citizens, to local elections Advisor to the Belgian Minister of Justice in the (re)negotiation with Morocco of three bilateral private international law conventions (on marriage, divorce & custody) Justice Commission, on the prohibition of unilateral divorces ( repudiation ) Commission Algemeen Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Gelijke Kansen (Flemish Parliament), on the integration of newcomers ( Ontwerp van decreet betreffende het Vlaams inburgeringsbeleid ) 20