Performance: Dance of the Seven Veils
De Brakke Grond Nes 45, AmsterdamIn Dance of the Seven Veils, director Aïda Gabriëls invites musicians Colin H. Van Eeckhout (CHVE, Amenra), Pieter-Jan Van Assche (Innerwoud) and soprano Astrid Stockman to fiddle with the deeply […]
Children’s activity: Birthday every day
Instituto Cervantes (Utrecht) - Salón de Actos / Conferentiezaal Domplein 3, UtrechtThe children's theatre company Theater Stuiter presents an adaptation of the classic Spanish play 'Life is a dream' for children from four years old onwards. This version of the story […]
Dance: Faun
Plein Theater Sajetplein 39, AmsterdamInspiried by the ballet "L!apres midi d!un faun" originally choreographed by Nijinski in 1912, maker Giacomo Della Marina aims at giving life to a contemporary faun. Society struggles to accept […]
Discussion: Consent Law
OnlineNo blurred lines with a consent law? This year’s International Women’s Day Nordic Breakfast Discussion will focus on consent law. Most citizens today consider rape as “sex without consent”. Yet, […]
Panel talk: Women and journalism
OBA Amsterdam Oosterdok 143, AmsterdamOn the occassion of International Women's Day the Instituto Cervantes is organising a panel discussion on women and journalism in collaboration with EUNIC Netherlands, OBA Amsterdam and the Embassy of […]
Discussion: Climate action in Higher Education
TivoliVredenburg Vredenburgkade 11, UtrechtFollowing COP26 in Glasgow in 2021 we are bringing together students, staff and policy makers in the UK and the Netherlands for an international panel discussion. Join on us on […]
An evening on pacifist literature
Deutsche evangelische Kirche Den Haag Bleijenburg 3b, Den HaagThe Embassy of Austria in The Hague is presenting an evening on pacifist litertaure together with the Peace Palace, the Dutch-German society, and the International Joseph Roth Society. Three authors […]
Performance: Zuidpool
De Brakke Grond Nes 45, AmsterdamIn the work of Maria Stepanova (1972), war means, even more than the struggle for power and land, the struggle for language. The stake of that struggle is its possession […]
Symposium: All good things must begin – roots and routes
Goethe-Institut Amsterdam Herengracht 470, AmsterdamThe first Salwa Gathering deals with the topics of belonging, identity and diasporic memory practices and offers space for discussions. What can we learn from sharing memories and how can […]
Comenius Day
Grote Kerk Marktstraat 13, NaardenOn Saturday 12 March, the annual Comenius Day will be held in the Grote Kerk in Naarden. This year's theme is War & Peace, Freedom and Security. The Comenius Prizes […]
Wine tasting
Instituto Cervantes (Utrecht) - Salón de Actos / Conferentiezaal Domplein 3, UtrechtThe Instituto Cervantes Utrecht and Granada Wijnen bring a selection of wines from the southern half of Spain to the Netherlands. They organize two wine tastings (in spring and autumn) […]
Exhibition: Pedro Escalona
Galerie Mokum Oudezijds Voorburgwal 334, AmsterdamThe still life's of the Spanish Pedro Escalona (Fuengirola, Malaga, Spain, 1949) literally make you fall silent. The beautifully rendered light and the clear compositions exude serenity. The background, in […]
Film Screening and Q&A: How Far the Stars
Filmhuis Den Haag Spui 191, Den HaagThis year's In Focus programme organised by the Eastern Neighbours Film Festival is all about Romani Stories by Romani (female) directors. On this occasion, the movie How Far the Stars […]
Writer’s talk with Juan Gómez Bárcena
OBA Amsterdam Oosterdok 143, AmsterdamAs part of the series of encounters "The writer as protagonist" the Spanish writer Juan Gómez Bárcena (Santander, 1984), one of the most promising young talents of Spanish literature, will […]
ENFF: In focus: “New, Vibrant Slovenian Cinema”
Filmhuis Den Haag Spui 191, Den HaagENFF’s special programme highlights the new works from a small country with a great tradition of cinema. Nowadays, many new Slovenian cinema voices are being recognized at big European festivals like […]
Performance: De nieuwe man
De Brakke Grond Nes 45, AmsterdamThe sequel to De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen is finally here. In the original performance, inspired by the book by Johan Daisne, a man and a woman […]
Performance: L’EUROPE NOIRE
De Brakke Grond Nes 45, AmsterdamL'Europe noire is a poetic travelogue through black Europe. Slam poet and musician Lisette Ma Neza follows Johny Pitts' book Afropean as a travel guide and preliminary research for a […]
Book presentation: Jan Amos Comenius
Comenius Museum Kloosterstraat 33, NaardenOn Saturday, 2 April 2022 at 1.30 pm, a presentation of the book Čtyři století Komenského v Nizozemí/Jan Amos Comenius, vier eeuwen voetsporen in Nederland will take place at the […]
Panel discussion: How can European universitites play a role in creating the Europe of the future?
Leiden University - Academiegebouw Rapenburg 73, LeidenIt all started with a vision in 2017: a network of European universities that would foster strategic partnerships for student mobility and excellence, while boosting the EU's international clout. Since […]
Film: The Subjective Factor
Goethe-Institut Amsterdam Herengracht 470, AmsterdamOpening of the Helke Sander retrospective Helke Sander made a fundamental contribution to the second German feminist wave, which became known as the New Women's Movement. The main characteristic of […]