{"id":6554,"date":"2025-09-02T00:08:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T22:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/evenementen\/the-sound-of-freedom\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T09:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:50:42","slug":"the-sound-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/en\/events\/the-sound-of-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sound of Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6554\" class=\"elementor elementor-6554 elementor-6498\" data-elementor-post-type=\"event\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-417267dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"417267dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ae76cb8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ae76cb8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24bb4007 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24bb4007\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This event will be held in Dutch. The conversation with Katsiaryna Lozka will be in English.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-459aa5be elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"459aa5be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/paxchristi.be\/agenda\/boekvoorstelling-peter-vermeersch-polsslag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M190.5 66.9l22.2-22.2c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0L441 239c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L246.6 467.3c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.2-22.2c-9.5-9.5-9.3-25 .4-34.3L311.4 296H24c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24v-32c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h287.4L190.9 101.2c-9.8-9.3-10-24.8-.4-34.3z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Register now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-310c702b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"310c702b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d16ef73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d16ef73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>UCSIA is organizing this event in collaboration with Pax Christi Flanders. It is part of the UCSIA Solidarity Academy and Pax Christi&#8217;s Peacebuilders campaign.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b907cd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6b907cd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/en\/projects\/the-solidarity-academy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M190.5 66.9l22.2-22.2c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0L441 239c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L246.6 467.3c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.2-22.2c-9.5-9.5-9.3-25 .4-34.3L311.4 296H24c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24v-32c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h287.4L190.9 101.2c-9.8-9.3-10-24.8-.4-34.3z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more about the Solidarity Academy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48949db elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"48949db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paxchristi.be\/nieuws\/onze-nieuwe-vredescampagne-vredesbouwers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/polsslag-rb4w9lvsjyjzmi97on4h8jp5fouucqzzls7zpp6uhs.webp\" title=\"polsslag\" alt=\"&apos;Polsslag&apos;, het nieuwe boek van Peter Vermeersch\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b0fce4f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b0fce4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32d00ed3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32d00ed3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-142d5857 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"142d5857\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Music in Resistance \u2013 Resistance in Music<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-237e9966 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"237e9966\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Authoritarian regimes are not uncommon today. They exist on the fringes of Europe, and even within Europe itself. Autocratic leaders are becoming increasingly bold in their efforts to silence dissident voices.<\/p>\n<p>Music gives citizens the strength to keep their spirits up and continue to hope for a better future. Music becomes an instrument of resistance. And that is precisely why authoritarian regimes see music as a threat that must be silenced, by force if necessary. But this is also the power of music: it continues to inspire, connect and make people dream of a free world.<\/p>\n<p>Writer and professor of international politics Peter Vermeersch witnessed first-hand how, five years ago in Belarus, a pop song became the battle cry of a generation yearning for freedom. Peter followed a group of young musicians and witnessed their journey full of hope and despair, despondency and perseverance.<\/p>\n<p>Through music, he gained a different perspective on the recent history of Belarus and Eastern Europe. By following in the footsteps of these young musicians, he tried to unravel the secret of music in the struggle for freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Vermeersch will talk about his encounters in Minsk, his journey with young musicians in Belarus and Eastern Europe, and his view of the power of music in repressive regimes. He will illustrate his talk with images he took himself.<\/p>\n<p>Musician, singer and composer Thomas Devos performs songs of resistance live in our venue \u2013 in Russian and Dutch.<\/p>\n<p>Peter also welcomes Katsiaryna Lozka, a young Belarusian researcher at Ghent University who studies the politics of violence and resistance in Belarus and Ukraine. He talks to her about the resistance against Lukashenko and about Belarusians abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Vermeersch has also written a new book about his journey. You can buy <em>Polsslag<\/em> afterwards, and the author will be happy to sign it for you.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-482e79d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"482e79d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3335aa79 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3335aa79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62202060 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"62202060\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:152,&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dbacd86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4dbacd86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The schedule<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-266b1028 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"266b1028\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49c0ebe3 elementor-list-item-link-inline elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"49c0ebe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">07:30 pm<br>Welcome by Erik De Bom, acting director at UCSIA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">07:40 pm<br>The Sound of Freedom: a talk by Peter Vermeersch (author and professor of internation politics at KU Leuven) <br>Conversation with Katsiaryna Lozka (Belarusian and postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven and Egmont Institute)<br>Music performed by Thomas Devos (musician, singer, composer, and founder of the band Tommigun)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">09:00 pm<br>Closing address by Annemarie Gielen, movement worker at Pax Christi Flanders<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">09:05 pm<br>Reception<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">10:00 pm<br>Ending<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e16d896 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e16d896\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-689627c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"689627c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60f7dfdd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60f7dfdd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:152,&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc50935 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bc50935\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Organisers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a331fdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a331fdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>UCSIA organizes this event in collaboration with Pax Christi Flanders.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72bbddde e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72bbddde\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b0bf125 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b0bf125\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ebfc0de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ebfc0de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/UCSIA-logo-negatief.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1191\" alt=\"Logo UCSIA\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/UCSIA-logo-negatief.png 1001w, https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/UCSIA-logo-negatief-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/UCSIA-logo-negatief-768x243.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" 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In 2020, it became the anthem of the resistance in Belarus. The authoritarian regime is trying to silence critical voices, but the people are fighting back with music.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Vermeersch, writer and professor of international politics, presents his latest book, Polsslag (Pulse). 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