{"id":125,"date":"2025-09-09T19:53:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/?p=125"},"modified":"2025-09-12T00:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:14:57","slug":"%f0%9f%8e%93open-class-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/2025\/09\/09\/%f0%9f%8e%93open-class-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf93OPEN CLASS LECTURE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-126\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2025\/09\/OPEN-CLASS-LECTURE-Sept-16-1_page-0001-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Promotional poster for an open class lecture hosted by the School of Social Justice and Global Stewardship at the University of the Fraser Valley. The event features Dr. Westen Shilaho, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. The lecture will focus on Africa and the International Criminal Court, hosted by Dr. Kirsten Van Houten. Scheduled for Tuesday, September 16, 2025, from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM in Room B101 at the UFV Abbotsford Campus. The event is open to all UFV students and faculty. The poster includes a professional photo of Dr. Westen Shilaho.\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2025\/09\/OPEN-CLASS-LECTURE-Sept-16-1_page-0001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2025\/09\/OPEN-CLASS-LECTURE-Sept-16-1_page-0001-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2025\/09\/OPEN-CLASS-LECTURE-Sept-16-1_page-0001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2025\/09\/OPEN-CLASS-LECTURE-Sept-16-1_page-0001-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2025\/09\/OPEN-CLASS-LECTURE-Sept-16-1_page-0001-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hosted by the School of Social Justice and Global Stewardship<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Join us for an open lecture with <strong>Dr. Westen K. Shilaho<\/strong> (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), who will share insights from his research on Africa and the International Criminal Court. The session will be hosted by <strong>Dr. Kirsten Van Houten<\/strong> and will explore pressing issues of human rights and justice.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccdLocation: Room B101, UFV Abbotsford Campus<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcc5Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2025<br \/>\n\u23f0Time: 2:30 PM \u2013 4:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcccOpen to all UFV students and faculty \u2013 limited seating available!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong> \ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udfebDr. Kirsten Van Houten<br \/>\nSchool of Social Justice and Global Stewardship<br \/>\nUniversity of the Fraser Valley<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest Speaker:<\/strong> \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udfebDr. Westen K. Shilaho<br \/>\nSenior Lecturer in International Relations<br \/>\nUniversity of the Witwatersrand, South Africa<br \/>\n\ud83d\udde3\ufe0fExpert in African politics, the ICC, and South African foreign policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted by the School of Social Justice and Global Stewardship Join us for an open lecture with Dr. Westen K. Shilaho (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), who will share insights from his research on Africa and the International Criminal Court. The session will be hosted by Dr. Kirsten Van Houten and will explore pressing &#8230; <a title=\"\ud83c\udf93OPEN CLASS LECTURE\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/2025\/09\/09\/%f0%9f%8e%93open-class-lecture\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-development-studies","category-sojust-community","tag-global-development-studies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}