A theatrical experiment on justice in times of ecological crisis THIS IS NOT A TRIAL is a theatrical experiment that invites you to become part of the urgent conversation on how society…
Moderated by Susanne Knittel and Birgit Meyer. Join us for this conversation with two leading scholars in the fields of Heritage and Memory Studies! We will talk about the relationship between these…
On 10 April, the Memory & Heritage Network of Utrecht University and the ERC project Ecologies of Violence: Crimes Against Nature in the Contemporary Cultural Imagination (EcoViolence) are organizing a workshop on…
We are excited to announce this year’s UU Heritage Lecture, followed by the Dr. Albert van der Zeijden Thesis Award ceremony to honour the best thesis on intangible heritage. The Lecture and…
Clara de Massol de Rebetz, King’s College London. This talk revolves around my recent book, Remembering the Anthropocene: Memorials Beyond the Human. The book defines and apprehends the developing field of environmental…
The first meeting of Utrecht University’s Impact Network Culture, Heritage & Arts (CHAIN) will take place January 31st at the Utrecht University Museum. This afternoon focuses on projects that generate impact, build bridges with…
To continue building an interdisciplinary network among colleagues researching memory and heritage at Utrecht University we invite you to a one-day workshop on 10 December 2024, 09.30-17.00h. Memory is always selective. Especially…
On 6 December, 2024, at 16.15, Ann Rigney will mark her official retirement from Utrecht University with a farewell lecture entitled “Protest Memory: How Narrating the Past Changes the Future”. This will…
Lecture by Olívia Maria Gomes da Cunha. As many Cottica Ndyuka recognize, the events and the memory of the war provoked critical political changes in the Cottica area of Eastern Suriname. The…
On June 4, 2024, we are delighted to welcome former UU instructor and BA/RMA alum Yael van der Wouden for a reading and open discussion on her debut novel The Safekeep. The…
Kirsten Mahlke, Universität Konstanz. Respondent: Jamila Mascat Abstract: Discussions surrounding restitution not only involve colonial artifacts housed in museums. They also delve into emotive realms, tackling issues of cultural identity, interpretive sovereignty,…
On 30 April, an expert meeting on heritage and conflict in Ukraine and beyond takes place at Utrecht University. The session aims to draw light to the relationship between communities’ well-being and…
What defines how we commemorate? With historian Dr Lorena de Vita. On May 4 we remember all victims who have been killed or murdered in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or anywhere…
Speaker: Dr. Susanne KnittelDiscussant: Dr. Luísa Netto Ecocide raises fundamental questions regarding the way we think about guilt, liability and the duty of care. How do we determine who is responsible and how…
This event is organized by UFMS member Nermin Elsherif On April 15th, 2023, the clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in Sudan, leading…
Speakers: Dr. Roberta Biasillo – Utrecht University (uu.nl) (Assistant Professor in contemporary political history, Dept of History and Art History); Dr. Maria Bonaria Urban (Director of Studies in History at the KNIR;…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A theatrical experiment on justice in times of ecological crisis THIS IS NOT A TRIAL is a theatrical experiment that invites you to become part of the urgent conversation on how society…
Moderated by Susanne Knittel and Birgit Meyer. Join us for this conversation with two leading scholars in the fields of Heritage and Memory Studies! We will talk about the relationship between these…
On 10 April, the Memory & Heritage Network of Utrecht University and the ERC project Ecologies of Violence: Crimes Against Nature in the Contemporary Cultural Imagination (EcoViolence) are organizing a workshop on…
We are excited to announce this year’s UU Heritage Lecture, followed by the Dr. Albert van der Zeijden Thesis Award ceremony to honour the best thesis on intangible heritage. The Lecture and…
Clara de Massol de Rebetz, King’s College London. This talk revolves around my recent book, Remembering the Anthropocene: Memorials Beyond the Human. The book defines and apprehends the developing field of environmental…
On 6 December, 2024, at 16.15, Ann Rigney will mark her official retirement from Utrecht University with a farewell lecture entitled “Protest Memory: How Narrating the Past Changes the Future”. This will…
Lecture by Olívia Maria Gomes da Cunha. As many Cottica Ndyuka recognize, the events and the memory of the war provoked critical political changes in the Cottica area of Eastern Suriname. The…
On June 4, 2024, we are delighted to welcome former UU instructor and BA/RMA alum Yael van der Wouden for a reading and open discussion on her debut novel The Safekeep. The…
Kirsten Mahlke, Universität Konstanz. Respondent: Jamila Mascat Abstract: Discussions surrounding restitution not only involve colonial artifacts housed in museums. They also delve into emotive realms, tackling issues of cultural identity, interpretive sovereignty,…
On 30 April, an expert meeting on heritage and conflict in Ukraine and beyond takes place at Utrecht University. The session aims to draw light to the relationship between communities’ well-being and…
What defines how we commemorate? With historian Dr Lorena de Vita. On May 4 we remember all victims who have been killed or murdered in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or anywhere…
Speaker: Dr. Susanne KnittelDiscussant: Dr. Luísa Netto Ecocide raises fundamental questions regarding the way we think about guilt, liability and the duty of care. How do we determine who is responsible and how…
This event is organized by UFMS member Nermin Elsherif On April 15th, 2023, the clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in Sudan, leading…
Speakers: Dr. Roberta Biasillo – Utrecht University (uu.nl) (Assistant Professor in contemporary political history, Dept of History and Art History); Dr. Maria Bonaria Urban (Director of Studies in History at the KNIR;…
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…
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…
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…
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…