Leïla Slimani presents her latest novel, Regardez-nous danser (Kijk ons dansen), which tells the tale of her mother, who grew up on a poor farm but would later become Morocco's first female gynaecologist. The Prix Goncourt winner, Leïla Slimani (1981) was born in Morocco and moved to Paris at the age of 17 to study […]

Are you interested in AI-applications for translation? Then do not miss the workshop “The power of AI in the translation service of the European Commission” on 8 November 2022! This second workshop in the series “Language and technology: a successful combination” focuses on the rapidly developing technology of “semantic similarity”, which allows to detect similarities […]

In collaboration with the Embassy of Spain in The Hague, the Musica Antica da Camera foundation will organise a concert by lute player Miguel Rincón (1979) entitled Sones del Nuevo Mundo (Sounds of the New World), showing how South America influenced the music of important Spanish composers from the 18th century, such as Gaspar Sanz, […]

The Alliance Française d'Amsterdam is launching its Cercle de lecture! Are you passionate about literature? Would you like to discuss literature with French speakers? Join us for our first Cercle de lecture. The theme of this first meeting will be Annie Ernaux, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday 6 October 2022. […]

Passages en passant is a series of exhibitions in the corridor of the Goethe-Institut Rotterdam, in which the works of two artists engage in dialogue with each other. This format is intended as a space for exchange with and through the works, as a conversation starter and as a meeting place for interested parties. Lucie […]

For his project, Ergänzungsskulpturen, Dresden-based artist, Moritz Liebig, made numerous temporary additional sculptures during his residency in Rotterdam. To this end, he added ephemeral, figurative supplements of various materials to artworks in public spaces, with the aim of recontextualizing these works and artistically expanding existing content. The temporary interventions were documented photographically.The first results of […]

Come along to a wine tasting night with Martial Mignet, owner of Château L’Argilus du Roi, to discover the Saint-Estèphe, a rich, well-structured, fruity wine from the Médoc region in France. The wine tasting takes place at the Alliance Française in The Hague on Friday 2 December 2022, 18:00-20:00. Tickets can be purchased here.

After notallwhowanderarelost (2014) and Liedje voor Gigi (2018), Benjamin Verdonck has created a choreography for life-sized figures, an unusual planetarium made out of adhesive tape, strings and cardboard. ‘Things’ have played an important role in Benjamin Verdonck’s theatre work for some time now. But while he previously acted as a sceneshifter who manipulated these objects, […]

The Christmas concert is an annual event organised by the Czech Centre Rotterdam. This year´s edition marks the end of the Czech EU presidency and the programme is highlighted by a string quartet featuring: Natálie Kulina – violin, Francisca Portugal – violin, May Bardsley – viola and Emma Warmelink – cello. It will take place […]

Since September 2021, the Alliance Française in Amsterdam and Het Ketelhuis have been presenting Soirée ciné, a programme of French films that have not been released in the Netherlands, but which are very much worthy of being viewed. Every month, a new title is screened. The December edition of Soirée Ciné will feature the film, […]

Adrián Rodríguez Van der Spoel, conductor of the ensemble Música Temprana, offers a musical lecture, with a visual presentation, sound clips and a live performance of the music composed by the indigenous people and the Jesuits in the missions in Bolivia and Paraguay during the reigns of Charles II and Charles IV. The reforms of […]

Attend a free webinar on Art Nouveau with Alliance Française lecturer, Giulia Francheschini, to learn more about this fascinating movement which dominated European arts throughout the 19th and 20th century. The webinar has been organised by the Alliances Françaises of Portugal, Spain, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Accueil de la Haye. You can reserve […]

On December 16 and 17, de Brakke Grond presents RIGHTABOUTNOW INC. the RIGHTABOUTNOW INC. Festival 2022. The opening of the festival on December 15 will take place in Bar Bario. The RIGHTABOUTNOW Festival is a platform for remarkable new artists from different disciplines that reflect the polyphony of the city. In these times of enormous […]

The Hache Collective, whose members live in the Netherlands, Chile and Spain, has explored themes such as decentralised approaches to composition, the musicality of movement and methods of ensemble work focused on the individual since 2018. Hache perceives itself as a group of individuals who work together and look for methods of co-creation in which […]

In an almost empty world, two men stand, surrounded only by a few inanimate objects: a bucket, flour, a branch, a chair, a garden hose. Apocalyptic, futuristic, ritualistic, comical, cosmic and prehistoric images emerge. We watch two men trying to make something out of nothing. A reflection on how man is constantly trying to shape […]

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Every month, the Alliances Françaises of Portugal, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as the Accueil de La Haye, present you an Oh! on French and Dutch cultures. In January, discover a new Dutch heritage monument during a city tour of The Hague, led by Giulia Franceschini. Discover The Hague through the prism of […]

The Alliance française Amsterdam is happy to invite you to the Ciné-Club #11 in partnership with Institut Français and IF Cinéma, with the screening of the movie L'Atalante (1934), directed by Jean Vigo. The film is in French with English subtitles: Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they […]

Language technology plays an increasingly important role in the multilingual European societies we live in, a development that affects the entire language sector. Will the language specialist therefore be replaced by the data scientist or will expert knowledge of languages stay a key competence on the job market? In cooperation with Drongo, the translation service of the European Commission is organizing a panel discussion between trainers, students, companies, researchers and language professionals about the job market for language experts. The discussion will take place on the occasion of our publication of OTTO: an inventory of training programmes in the field of language and technology in the Netherlands and Belgium.

The event will be multilingual: participants can speak in Dutch, English and French.