Remembering Khayyam: Episodes of Unbelief in Persian Thought I am currently in the final stages of completing a book project that I have been working on for two years, as part of the ERC project Beyond Sharia led by Prof. Asghar Seyed-Gohrab at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. At its core, Beyond Sharia aims to explore antinomian…

During this session Sarah Adams will present her book Repertoires of Slavery: Dutch Theater Between Abolitionism and Colonial Subjection, 1770-1810 (Amsterdam University Press 2023). Through the lens of a hitherto unstudied repertoire of Dutch abolitionist theater productions, this study prises open the conflicting ideological functions of antislavery discourse within and outside the walls of the…

Organized by Orli Fridman and Jovan Ivanovic “Theoretical approaches to Slow Memory” The Slow Memory Cost Action invites applications from junior scholars and PhD students for our 2024 training school that will focus on “Slow Memory theory”. The training school will take place at the Faculty of Media and Communications (FMK) in Belgrade on May 27-28. For admitted participants,…

On 18 January, Italian activist Porpora Marcasciano will launch her book AntoloGaia: Queering the Seventies, A Radical Trans Memoir. She will be in dialogue with Gianmaria Colpani (Gender Studies, Utrecht University), Monica Jansen (Italian Language and Culture, Utrecht University), Marijke Huisman (Cultural History, Utrecht University), and Vreer Sirenu (TGEU and Principle 17, Amsterdam). AntoloGaia AntoloGaia offers…

On February 20th, visiting scholar Vanessa Tautter will give a talk about their current PhD project. The event is open to all and no registration is necessary. For more information, see below. Implication, Complicity and Silences in Family Memory Since the 1980s, dominant memory cultures and politics in many European countries have shifted towards a…