Identifying with Europe
In 2006 and 2007, SICA, EUNIC and Boekman gathered a number thinkers and philosophers for analysing the political impact of the concept of a European cultural canon. Proceedings of these meetings have been compiled in Identifying with Europe. Reflections on a Historical and Cultural Canon for Europe. In a series of articles the concept on the European cultural canon has been further developed, ultimately aiming on providing European politics and culture with new perspectives on the matter of the canon. The first issue of Identifying with Europe will be handed out to the Dutch minister of culture and education, Ronald Plasterk, French politician Jack Lang and German politician Annette Schavan on 11 december 2009, on the occasion of the debate on transnational history. Identifying with Europe was publshed by Boekmanstudies, EUNIC Netherlands en SICA. It was edited by Ineke van Hamersveld (Boekmanstichting) and Arthur Sonnen (EUNIC/ SICA).

Booklet EUNIC Creative Cities
At 20 November Arthur Sonnen handed the EUNIC’s Creative Cities booklet to Sheamus Cassidy of the European Commission. This brochure gathers the reports of ten lectures on the creative cities of Linz, Wroclaw, Turijn, Pecs, Leipzig, Almere, Glasgow, Marseille, Vilnius en Sevilla, that were held by EUNIC members as part of the programme of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. Download the booklet here (pdf 2,1 Mb).

EMAJ Seminar 2009
EUNIC co-organises EMAJ (Euro-Mediterranean Academy for Young Journalists Amsterdam). EMAJ is a 10-day training course on journalism and intercultural dialogue in which active discussions on current issues, lectures from experts on relevant subjects, and practical assignments are tools in challenging mutual misperceptions. The 2009 iteration of the EMAJ (October 5-16, 2009) has focused on the challenges posed by global migration. More information is found on the EMAJ pages (hosted by the Goethe Institut).

Festival 1989+20
In a series of exhbitions and lectures, the festival 1989+20 has commemmorated the collapse of the Iron Curtain. The program has marked past events, but also looked ahead at the future of a united Europe. Download the short report of the event here.

Lectures Creative Cities
Al EUNIC members will present a creative city in their home land. During these presentations the main question will be what makes a creative city? The results of all ten lectures have been presented at the conference Enjoy Creativity and Innovation, held in Maastricht (The Netherlands) at 16 October 2009, and all lectures were also assembled in a booklet that you can download here (pdf 2,1 Mb).

Celebration of European Languages
EUNIC members organised a celebration of European Languages for Dutch students aged 11-13. More info on the event is available in this pdf-document (Dutch).

DOKU-Arts
In 2009 EUNIC has been co-producing DOKU-Arts, the international festival for film and the arts. Read more about the DOKU-Arts festival here.

Writing Europe II
Writing Europe II was the title of a series of lectures in the program of Amsterdam Wereldboekenstad. During the series of eight lectures, Writing Europe II presented an overview of the many faces of exile in literature.

Exposition Walker and Gyebnár
EUNIC Netherlands organised an exposition of atwork by Jane Walker and István Gyebnár.

EJID project: Alter Ego
In 2008 EUNIC Netherlands took part in the Ater Ego project, part of the European theme year of Intercultural Dialogue. Read more at Alter Ego (Dutch website).