Events

May 2025

Mon 12 May 2025

ASCL Workshop | African Migration: Political Framings and Tactics of Resistance

Countries all over Europe seem to increasingly converge in their strong anti-immigrant political discourses. In this hybrid workshop, we have a look at the political framings of African migration and how they relate to political, social, and economic dynamics in these countries.

Mon 12 May 2025

Lecture | The Tree as Weapon

Trees symbolize connection and identity but are also tools for control in Israel’s Negev/Al Naqab. Erella Grassiani examines how tree planting supports nationalist agendas, blending security policies with state-extremist collaborations to reshape land ownership and power.

Mon 12 May 2025

Seminar | Keeping the Nukes out, from Hawaii to Malta

Historian Maria-Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou (VU University Amsterdam) specializes in the relationship between art and science with an emphasis on nuclear technologies. In her talk she talks about 1980s antinuclear feminisms, in and through art. This seminar is part of the Peace Histories Seminar Series, focusing on how different actors, organisations, powers, and regions perceive peace.

Mon 12 May 2025

Lecture | Chinese and Russian self-praise on social media

Yaping Guo compares Chinese and Russian self-praise practices on social media. He explores how culture and norms of politeness impact their similarities and differences. This lecture is part of the Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series by the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL).

Mon 12 May 2025

Seminar | Greek Processes of Dying

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Associate Professor Takashi Fuiji (Kyoto University) talks about her research on "Greek Processes of Dying: Transformation from the Hellenistic Period to the Early Empire." This seminar is part of the Ancient History Research Seminar series, focusing on the unification of the Mediterranean world (400BC-400AD).

Mon 12 May 2025

Online seminar | Translating with confidence

Alina Karakanta discusses how Large Language Models (LLMs) can help translators correct texts. She explores the impact of LLMs on translators' efficiency and the translation quality. She also talks about translators' trust in LLM corrections compared to human corrections.

Mon 12 May 2025

Lecture | Hosting Global Justice - The Netherlands and International Courts

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As the host state of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, the Netherlands holds a “special position” in terms of following the rules of international law. This Studium Generale lecture discusses what this means exactly. Location: The Hague.

Mon 12 May 2025

Seminar | Unraveling tiredness of life among older adults

Being ‘tired of life’ has become a prominent topic in media discourse and debates. It is often linked to discussions on euthanasia and perceived as a recent development. Is this true? Who are these older individuals experiencing tiredness of life? Stefanie Meul unravels cultural historical dimensions of these experiences.

Mon 12 May 2025

Lecture | After the March 19 Crackdown: Is Turkey an Autocracy?

Berk Esen (Sabancı University) is specialized in modern Turkish politics, specifically the potential democratic backsliding in Turkey. In this lecture, he explores whether the March 19 crackdown means Turkey has become an autocracy. Location: The Hague.

Tue 13 May 2025

RMO lezing | Een Exclusief Inkijkje in 'Boven het Maaiveld'

In een hybride lezing biedt Ivo van Wijk als medesamensteller een unieke en exclusieve blik achter de schermen van de tentoonstelling 'Boven het maaiveld.' Deze expositie belicht de meest indrukwekkende en spraakmakende ontdekkingen uit 25 jaar Nederlandse archeologie.

Tue 13 May 2025

Museum visit | A talk with Colombian Artist Nika Sorzano

BOCA invites us to visit the Museum West Den Haag, where we meet with Colombian artist Nika Sorzano about her work 'Cannibal Enfleshments.' BOCA explores new forms of communicating academic knowledge as a way to strengthen the connection between the university and society. Location: The Hague.

Wed 14 May 2025

Lecture | Adjudicating Legal Pluralism in South Africa's Constitutional Democracy

The South African Constitution recognises both indigenous law and common law and statute. Kate O'Regan served as one of the first judges of South Africa’s Constitutional Court (1994 - 2009). She discusses how the Court has handled cases about selecting new traditional leaders.

Wed 14 May 2025

Seminar | The Scholar Who Robbed the Sages

Jeffrey Moser discusses the Lü family's cemetery. This Northern Song cemetery reveals a rich funerary archive that sheds light on social status, mourning practices, and family life in premodern China. Among the most striking finds were ancient and imitation ritual objects, intentionally buried to honor the past and reflect the family's values. 

Wed 14 May 2025

Lecture | Can Neurodiversity be a Lens to Study Sufism?

Anwesha Sengupta (Columbia University) explores if neurodiversity as a framework can be productive in studying Sufism. What is “neurodiversity” and how do its medical and social aspects intersect with society? Can “madness” associated with being the Sufi “Majzub” be reframed as being neurodiverse?

Wed 14 May 2025

NINO Lunch Talk | A biography of an excavation

This lunch talk reports on the ongoing studies of the finds of the Austrian (1913–14) and German (1926–1939) excavations under the direction of Ernst Sellin and its connections with Frans de Liagre Böhl and the Dutch Sichem committee. The excavation was never published as Sellin’s manuscript was destroyed during World War II.

Thu 15 May 2025

IIAS Hybrid Seminar | Modernizing Urban Food Provisioning: The 1936 Shanghai Fish Market

Initiated by Republican China’s Ministry of Industry, the Shanghai Fish Market (1936) briefly served as a wholesale center that allowed state intervention in the supply chain. In this hybrid talk, Zhengfeng Wang explores how this market became part of the treaty port city’s daily life.

Thu 15 May 2025

Seminar | The Heavenly Deities Supervise All 天神共鑒

Max Oidtmann explores the Qing resolution of the dispute between the Rma Lho Khoshud Mongols and the Mdo ba Tibetans around 1862-1882. He discusses how local actors used Qing state resources to change legal and governing norms. He also shows how the Qing state was not a uniform actor in the Tibeto-Mongol borderlands.

Thu 15 May 2025

Symposium | De Middeleeuwen als inspiratiebron

Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden organiseert een symposium naar aanleiding van de publicatie van het rijk geïllustreerde publieksboek 'Schatten op schrift, 50 manuscripten uit middeleeuws Europa.' Verschillende sprekers praten over hoe de middeleeuwen doorwerken in de moderne tijd. 

Thu 15 May 2025

Roundtable | 80 Years of Peace in Europe?

May 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe. For many in 1945, this was a time of great hope and the imagining of a different world. Fast forward to today and much that was built from 1945 is being questioned. In this roundtable, speakers reflect on where we are now and how we got here.

Thu 15 May 2025

IIAS Lecture | The Dynamic Entanglement of Migration and Platform Work

Roy Huijsmans investigates the entanglement of migration and platform work. His research is based on long-term ethnographic research (2019-2022) conducted among highly educated migrants who work as food deliverers through online platforms in The Hague.

Thu 15 May 2025

Lezing en muzikaal optreden | Kartini: idealist en feminist

Aan het begin van de twintigste eeuw schreef Kartini, dochter van een regent uit Jepara, brieven over de onderdrukking van Javaanse vrouwen. Ze pleitte voor emancipatie. Lara Nuberg en Feba Sukmana bespreken Kartini’s werk in deze lezing. Naast de lezing zal Francesca Pichel een optreden geven. Locatie: Den Haag.

Thu 15 May 2025

Lecture | On Blinding Future Generations

Current generations face urgent environmental crises, including climate change and biodiversity loss. Catriona McKinnon explores how "intergenerational environmental blinding" may prevent future generations from fully understanding these issues. 

Thu 15 May 2025

KITLV Book presentation | Legacies of colonialism in museum collections

In this hybrid talk, Mirjam Shatanawi discusses her book on the (un)making of Indonesian Islam in the Netherlands. She finds that Indonesian Islamic heritage rarely receives the attention it deserves in museum collections and exhibitions.

Fri 16 May 2025

Workshop | In contact met collecties

Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden organiseert een workshop met zeldzame en bijzondere oude boeken uit de collecties. Kasper van Ommen toont uiteenlopende en bijzondere boeken die in Leiden zijn gedrukt door de drukkers die aan Universiteit Leiden waren verbonden, onder wie Plantijn, Elsevier en Luchtmans.

Fri 16 May 2025

Seminar | Navigating Married Life in the Late Medieval Low Countries

This presentation explores marital life in the late medieval Low Countries by analyzing town court records and private agreements between spouses. It reveals that while canon law emphasized consent and spousal harmony, the lived experience of marriage often entailed negotiation and community involvement. 

Fri 16 May 2025

Webinar | Open Science and Authoritarianism

In this webinar, Sara Rouhi (AIP Publishing) and Dan Rudmann (Utrecht University Library) discuss the implications of the recent attacks of the Trump administration on academic freedom in the US from their perspective as Open Science practitioners. How can Open Science help protect research from overt political intervention?

Fri 16 May 2025

Workshop | An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Heritage Reparations

The impacts of climate change on cultural heritage have assumed growing prominence in recent years. The interdisciplinary workshop 'Heritage Reparations: Responding to Climate-Induced Damages’ explores the matter of providing reparations for climate change.

Fri 16 May 2025

Workshop | Downsize My Democracy?

In vrijwel alle Europese landen worden steeds meer overheidstaken gedecentraliseerd van nationale naar sub-nationale bestuurslagen. Tijdens deze workshop wordt gedeeld wat de democratische gevolgen van deze decentralisaties zijn. Vertegenwoordigers uit de lokale politiek slaan een brug tussen deze bevindingen en de politieke praktijk. 

Sat 17 May 2025

RMO lezing | Homeruslezing 2025 'Het drama van de tragedie'

Tijdens de Week van de Klassieken organiseert Het Nederlands Klassiek Verbond samen met uitgeverij Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep jaarlijks de hybride Homeruslezing. Tom Lanoye verzorgt de achtste editie over tragedie. Voor hem draait tragedie om dilemma’s: verscheurdheid en onoplosbare levensvragen.

Mon 19 May 2025

Lezing | Het geheugen van geur

Ben jij nieuwsgierig naar de kracht van geur in het verleden, hoe dit is veranderd en wat onze hersenen hiermee te maken hebben? Nadine Akkerman, Hanneke Hulst en Ineke Huysman nemen je mee in het fascinerende samenspel tussen geurherinneringen en de neurowetenschap van ruiken, gebaseerd op recepten uit het werk van de renaissance virtuoos Constantijn Huygens.

Tue 20 May 2025

Lecture | Global Forces, Local Contexts, and Urban Environmental History

Matthew Vitz explores urban-environmental change by examining both local urban details and global patterns shaped by capitalism and colonialism. He offers a roadmap for a global urban environmental history, emphasizing the need for a more environmentally just future.

Tue 20 May 2025

Lecture | Rites of Passage in Ancient Near Eastern Rituals

Sociologists and anthropologists have been fascinated by the concept of “rites of passage”. Arnold Van Gennep claimed that such three-stage rituals occur in every significant event in people’s lives. Ilan Peled presents his book on magical rituals from the ancient Near East as rites of passage that used makeshift gates and house doors.

Tue 20 May 2025

Symposium | Integrating safety & security to prevent industrial domino effects

Natural disasters and cyber attacks affect safety and security. At industrial sites threats can lead to ‘domino effects’: chain reactions of incidents due to safety and security threats that reinforce each other and lead to disastrous consequences. This symposium discusses how these risks can be reduced. Location: The Hague.

Tue 20 May 2025

Lecture | Imagistic Care: Growing Old in a Precarious World

This lecture explores a book on 'Imagistic Care,' examining how images function in our writing and lives. How can image-based investigation help us understand the connections between self and other, dependence and independency, good and bad aging, and practices of care in old age? 

Tue 20 May 2025

RMO lecture | A Plundered Imperial Shrine

Elizabeth Marlowe (Colgate University) discusses, in this Babesch Byvanck lecture, a corpus of dozens of life-size bronze statues of Roman emperors and empresses that were looted in Turkey in the 1960s. These statues ended up in collections across the U.S. She discusses the site, the looting, and the resistance by some museums to return these statues.

Tue 20 May 2025

Seminar | From Hygienic Cities to Fossil Urbanism

In 1968, the book 'The Population Bomb' made people fear that cities, especially in the third world, were harmful to nature. Later, environmental thinking became more global. Matthew Vitz argues that studying both cities and global forces like capitalism helps us better understand urban environmental change.

Tue 20 May 2025

Lecture | We died the day we left the forests

Online lecture documenting the collective memories of the lost heritage of the Basua of Bundibugyo (Uganda). Saudah Namyalo (Makerere University) explores the cultural threats faced by the Basua people of Bundibugyo, following their forced displacement from their traditional home in the Ugandan forest. She also discusses attempts to document the collective memories of their lost heritage.

Wed 21 May 2025

Seminar | Obsolete Media in Post-socialist China

Qin Dao presents his work, which centers on rare and outmoded film formats from the 1960s to 1990s. Through his living-room projects "On Kino" and "On Analogue," he explores forgotten media. His practice revives marginalized memories by creatively collecting, archiving, exhibiting, and publishing these materials.

Wed 21 May 2025

IIAS Hybrid Workshop | Rethinking New Order Indonesia

This hybrid workshop discusses two article drafts on law, military politics, and governmentalities under the New Order dictatorship (1966-1998) in Indonesia. Despite democratization following the fall of the order, problematic legacies from the regime remain such as political dynasties holding power and corruption among officials.

Wed 21 May 2025

Lecture | The City on a Lake

Particular Environments and Global Paradigms in the Making of Mexico City. Mexico City, one of the first megacities outside Europe and the United States, experienced explosive population growth and industrial development in the 20th century that led to the formation of informal settlements and environmental problems. Matthew Vitz explores the city's history of water and land struggles and connection to larger global trends. 

Wed 21 May 2025

ASCL Seminar | Africa in the Polycrisis, Vulnerability and Resilience

Wim Naudé discusses his contribution to the 2024 Economic Development in Africa Report. He examines optimal strategies for African countries and the private sector to reduce trade risks associated with uncertainties created by the global polycrisis.

Thu 22 May 2025

RMO lezing | De Kelten

Peter Schrijver (Universiteit Utrecht) spreekt over Kelten, hun talen en de vroege culturen van het Middellandse Zeegebied: Keltiberiërs, Lepontiërs, Galaten en hun buren. Ze ontwikkelden een karakteristieke cultuur, waarin overgeërfde, oer-Keltische elementen werden verbonden met lokale innovaties en invloeden van hun buren.

Thu 22 May 2025

Lecture | From Virtue to Money: The Concept of Trust in Stoic Ethics

Aistė Čelkytė explores how Epictetus compares virtue to money. She notes that Roman money changed from being based on valuable materials to money that only has value because people trust it. This shift shows the importance of trust in the Stoics' understanding of knowledge and social life.

Thu 22 May 2025

Lezing | Schrijversmythen

In de twintigste eeuw beïnvloedden schrijvers de publieke opinie en werden ze publieke figuren met grote maatschappelijke impact. Sander Bax bespreekt in deze hybride lezing hoe schrijvers hun identiteit vormgeven en de impact van schrijversmythen vandaag de dag.

Fri 23 May 2025

WML Evenement | Imagine Peace: Leven zonder islamofobie

Islamofobie wordt vaak gereduceerd tot individuele vooroordelen of incidenten, maar het is diep verankerd in institutionele structuren. Dit evenement markeert de officiële lancering van het rapport van Stichting Meld Islamofobie en biedt een open gesprek en ruimte voor reflectie en actie.

Fri 23 May 2025

Lezing | De jeugd heeft de toekomst

Judi Mesman en Ton Liefaard stellen dat de toekomst bij uitstek een thema is dat intergenerationeel bekeken moet worden. Ze praten met jongeren en jongvolwassenen over wat zij belangrijk vinden voor een rechtvaardige toekomst. Locatie: Kunstmuseum Den Haag.

Fri 23 May 2025

RMO lezing | 12 Provinciën-lezing, Provincie Utrecht

2025 is het 'Jaar van de Nederlandse archeologie.' Het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden zet archeologie in het zonnetje. Het organiseert 12 lezingen over archeologie in 12 provinciën. Deze hybride lezing focust op de provincie Utrecht en de vondsten in de stad Utrecht, Nieuwegein, polder Rijnenburg en Austerlitz.

Sat 24 May 2025

Lezing | Homo ludens: spelen met normen voor lichaam en geest

Joseph Jordan en Paul van Trigt (Universiteit Leiden) bespreken Johan Huizinga's homo ludens, de spelende mens. Ze praten over hoe mensen wier lichamen en geesten niet voldoen aan wat als normaal en beschaafd wordt gezien, aankijken tegen de spelende mens. Locatie: Kunstmuseum Den Haag.

Sun 25 May 2025

Leidse Wereldwandeling | Sporen van de Slavernij

Eeuwenlang was Nederland betrokken bij slavenhandel en slavernij, een geschiedenis van uitbuiting en racisme. Aan de hand van deze wandeling door de straten van de historische binnenstad van Leiden, leer je meer over deze geschiedenis. De wandeling is samengesteld door Mapping Slavery in Leiden i.s.m. het KITLV, de Universiteit Leiden en LeidenGlobal.

Mon 26 May 2025

Lecture | The Non-Religious Zaydi Literary Canon

Valentina Sagaria Rossi (University of Rome Tor Vergata) explores non-religious Zaydi writings by studying old Yemeni manuscripts. The Zaydis, a Shiʿite group that founded a state in Yemen in the 10th century, were central to the region’s politics. Her talk is part of the Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series.

Tue 27 May 2025

Lecture | Moving Reflections on Mortality and Morality in the Orations of Ali ibn Abi Talib

The orations of Ali ibn Abi Talib span a range of doctrinal, ethical, political, and practical concerns. Tahera Qutbuddin explores three of his themes: graphic depictions of death, the looming permanence of the hereafter, and an urgent call to lead a pious and virtuous life.

June 2025

Sun 1 June 2025

Lezing | De Flora Batava

Tussen 1800 en 1934 verscheen het groots opgezette project Flora Batava, het eerste overzicht van wilde planten in Nederland. In 2023 verzorgde Norbert Peeters samen met Esther van Gelder een nieuwe uitgave van dit lijvige werk. Peeters gaat in op het belang van dit boek voor de waardering van lokale natuur. Esmée Winkel gaat dieper in op botanisch tekenen.

Sun 1 June 2025

WML Film Festival | Leiden Shorts - Redrawing the Lines

Het filmprogramma 'We need to talk about... Redrawing the Lines. Mapping Worlds, Resisting Erasure' onderzoekt cartografie als een methode van controle en voor verzet. Drie films navigeren door landschappen die getekend zijn door verplaatsing, technologische dominantie en politiek geweld. 

Mon 2 June 2025

Lecture | CADS Spotlight

In this double lecture, Shajeela Shawkat and James McGrail talk about their PhD research. Shajeela explores art workshops as a research tool that can reveal how art promotes self-expression and identity. James explores how Singapore’s Muslims challenge AI governance, imagining alternatives beyond state control.

Tue 3 June 2025

IIAS book talk | Romanian and Chinese cinemas

In this hybrid talk, Lucian Țion discusses his book on Romanian and Chinese cinemas, showing their shared socialist roots. By comparing films from Maoist China and Ceaușescu’s Romania, he challenges Western-centric narratives that dismiss socialist-era cinema as mere government propaganda.

Wed 4 June 2025

Seminar | The Complicit Politics of EU Migration Diplomacy

Sarah Wolff discusses the enabling role of EU politics in shaping migration diplomacy. Her lecture is part of the Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminars, a series created to foster in-depth discussions on key migration-related issues.

Thu 5 June 2025

IIAS Lecture | Perception and Transformation in Tibetan Construction Rituals

Rachael M. Griffiths explores 'sa chog', a Tibetan ritual used to select and prepare land before construction, involving astrology and other practices. This ritual shapes and transforms space for human use, and reflects broader Tibetan Buddhist views on space

Thu 5 June 2025

NINO & RMO voorjaarslezing | Imponeren met macht en macht door te imponeren

Hellenistisch koningschap berustte op persoonlijk charisma, militaire prestaties en visueel machtsvertoon. Deze hybride lezing onderzoekt hoe Baktrische koningen in Centraal Azië op gelaagde en vernieuwende manieren prestige en gezag verwierven en bevochten.

Thu 5 June 2025

RMO Boekpresentatie | Het Grote Eiland

Hans Verheij en Hugo Koning bespreken hun boek 'Het Grote Eiland – De geschiedenis, het land en de mensen van Kreta.' Ze schetsen een levendig beeld van Kreta aan de hand van meer dan vierhonderd literaire en historische teksten van ongeveer honderd auteurs uit de oudheid tot aan het heden.

Fri 6 June 2025

ASCL Conference | Fifty years of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States

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The CRG Governance, Entrepreneurship, and Inclusive Development Research Group holds a one-day conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the Organisation of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific states (OACPS). The conference focuses on its evolution, operations, and activities.

Wed 11 June 2025 - Sat 14 June 2025

IIAS Conference | Africa-Asia, A New Axis of Knowledge

This conference aims to deepen discussions on the histories and connections between Africa and Asia. The conference is held in Dakar, Senegal, and highlights the city's cultural richness through a conference-festival that blends academia, society and the arts. 

Wed 11 June 2025

Symposium | Absence as artistic strategy in contemporary art

This symposium explores the theme of absence in contemporary art. From erasure and hidden narratives to negative space and invisibility, it examines how absence functions as a fundamental artistic strategy. Scholars and artists worldwide can share insights on this compelling subject.

Thu 12 June 2025

RMO boekpresentatie | Libanon – een korte geschiedenis

Jona Lendering presenteert zijn nieuwe boek over de geschiedenis van Libanon vanaf de bronstijd. Hij vertelt over Byblos, de Feniciërs, de kruistochten en de Ottomanen. Ook de moderne geschiedenis komt aan bod. Na afloop van zijn presentatie kunt u het boek kopen en laten signeren door de auteur.

Sat 14 June 2025

Symposium | Asian art and material culture

The Young Scholars’ Symposium in Asian Art 2025 takes place at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam with the title "Asian art and material culture: new ways of seeing." People in the fields of art history, material culture history, archaeology, environmental art history, architecture, anthropology, contemporary art, and design are welcome. 

Tue 17 June 2025

RMO lezing | Archeologie van de Tweede Wereldoorlog

Ruurd Kok houdt een hybride lezing over onderzoek naar sporen uit de oorlogsjaren 1940-1945. Dat varieert van opgravingen in nazi-kampen tot het meekijken met vliegtuigbergingen. Hij vertelt over de uitkomsten van het onderzoek en over het verschil met archeologisch onderzoek naar oudere vindplaatsen.

Thu 19 June 2025 - Fri 20 June 2025

Conference | Grotian Law and Modernity in a New Age

On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the publication of 'De jure belli ac pacis' by Hugo Grotius in 1625, this conference explores Grotius's role in the history of international law. The central focus is on evaluating how relevant his ideas are today, and what changes may be necessary. Location: The Hague.

Fri 20 June 2025

WML Event | Imagine Peace: Justice for displaced plants

Plants also carry stories. Colonization and global trade disrupted many ecosystems. Traditional knowledge was lost. Nature became property. In this meeting, we mourn the loss of nature's balance, and listen to indigenous voices from New Zealand and South Africa. How do we take better care of the nature that remains?

Sat 21 June 2025 - Sun 22 June 2025

WML event | Matariki-weekend

Het Wereldmuseum Leiden leert je over Maoricultuur tijdens de viering van 15 jaar samenwerking met Toi Maori en The Dutch Waka Crew. Maori-gasten uit Nieuw-Zeeland en Engeland delen hun verhalen en gebruiken, en samen laten we de waka’s te water. 

Sun 22 June 2025

Leidse Wereldwandeling | Sporen van de Slavernij

Eeuwenlang was Nederland betrokken bij slavenhandel en slavernij, een geschiedenis van uitbuiting en racisme. Aan de hand van deze wandeling door de straten van de historische binnenstad van Leiden, leer je meer over deze geschiedenis. De wandeling is samengesteld door Mapping Slavery in Leiden i.s.m. het KITLV, de Universiteit Leiden en LeidenGlobal.

Thu 26 June 2025 - Fri 27 June 2025

Conference | Ælfric’s Afterlives: The Most Prolific Author of Old English

Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955 – c. 1010) wrote Old English manuscripts on Grammar, Colloquy, Catholic Homilies, saint’s lives, and the Bible. His manuscripts have been extensively studied over the last thousand years. This conference engages with this prominent author’s afterlives.

August 2025

Mon 25 August 2025 - Wed 27 August 2025

Conference | Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics

This conference explores all kinds of aspects of African languages and linguistics. It also holds a special workshop on ‘Tone and intonation in African languages.’ The format of the conference is hybrid.

September 2025

Mon 15 September 2025 - Sat 20 September 2025

RMO lezingen | Week van het oude schrift

In de oudheid waren in het Middellandse Zeegebied en het oude Nabije Oosten diverse schriftsystemen in gebruik. In het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden staat de rijke schrifttraditie uit deze regio’s centraal. Experts geven zes lezingen over schriften en de talen waarin ze werden gebruikt.

Fri 19 September 2025

WML Evenement | Imagine Peace: Vrede, kunst en antisemitisme

Deze middag gaat over pijn die niet altijd zichtbaar is. Antisemitisme is een sluipend onrecht, met diepe sporen. Tegelijk is er ook kracht: in verhalen, in muziek, in kunst. Tijdens deze bijeenkomst delen kunstenaars en ervaringsdeskundigen hun perspectieven. We staan stil bij uitsluiting en onveiligheid, maar ook bij verbinding. 

October 2025

Thu 2 October 2025

ASCL seminar | On Africa and colonial discourse

Muyiwa Falaiye (University of Lagos) finds that colonialism is often perceived either as isolated episodes in Africa’s past or as a transformative force that has reshaped its societies, ways of thinking, and worldviews. In this hybrid seminar, he examines these narratives within the broader debate on decolonization.

November 2025

Fri 7 November 2025

WML Event | Imagine Peace: Justice beyond borders and time

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In many indigenous cultures, time and borders exist differently than we are used to. They move with nature, with the community, with the seasons. In this session, we learn from Spanish and Latin American indigenous wisdom. How do they approach time and space? How does this contribute to a balanced way of living with nature?