In 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 and control; and thus by extension the collective consciousness of a community that shares that language. She finds that her language, and with it her […]

The 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 we honor those who paved the way for us? What can you learn from your roots and career? The artists who will take part in […]

On 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 for 2020 and 2022 will be awarded during this Comenius Day. The Comenius Prize is an appreciation for a person, project or organization that has […]

The 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) where you can taste the different wines and learn more about the wine region, the grape variety and the way the wine is made. The […]

The 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 which surfaces or spaces are suggested by means of lines, serves as the theatre on which the performance is presented: the concentrated compositions in dusty […]

This 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 by the great Hungarian talent Katalin Barsony will be screened at Filmhuis Den Haag. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director. […]

As 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 come to Amsterdam. He is the author of the novel El cielo de Lima, published in Dutch under the title De hemel boven Lima. His […]

ENFF’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 Venice, Cannes, and Locarno. From 20-24 April, ENFF will screen several award-winning shorts and new fiction feature films – among them Sanremo by Miroslav Mandic, the Slovenian candidate […]

The 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 come together in a restaurant. It's 2004: Harvey Weinstein is still a successful producer, the term mansplaining doesn't exist yet, coughing in public spaces is […]

L'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 new performance. She travels by train from Brussels to Lisbon and from Lisbon to Graz, back to Breda, and then back to Brussels. For example, […]

On 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 Comenius Museum in Naarden. Jan Amos Komenský was an important Czech philosopher, theologian, and pedagogue. In his life, he visited many foreign countries. In the […]

It 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 then, two calls for projects have been published and 41 alliances have been formed, involving 284 universities and colleges. A great success, which was perpetuated […]

Opening 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 her work, both in cinema and activism, is breaking with established forms and ideas, breaking the entrenched patterns of cinematographic conventions and creating ever-changing films […]

Cooking Potato Stories What can a potato tell us about ourselves? The potato is cultivated almost everywhere, and globally cherished as an important part of local food cultures. Ana Núñez Rodríguez set out on a quest to unearth local ‘potato stories’ across the world, including her own childhood memories and her migratory trajectory between Spain, […]

On Saturday 9 April, 19:00, Hungarian musicians and singers living in the Netherlands, together with the Amsterdam Hungarian Choir (conducted by Máté Lachegyi) and The Hague Hungarian Choir are performing at a benefit concert for the refugees from Ukraine at the Heilige Familiekerk in The Hague. The concert will be musically directed by Katalin Kovács. […]

On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the death of Yunus Emre (one of Turkey's foremost mystical Sufi poet), UNESCO has declared the year 2021 Yunus Emre Year. ​The Yunus Emre Institute Amsterdam  and OBA are organizing a special music and poetry evening in collaboration with  Theo Loevendie, composer and Turkish music lover. Theo […]

ENFF’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 Venice, Cannes, and Locarno. From 20-24 April, ENFF will screen several award-winning shorts and new fiction feature films – among them Sanremo by Miroslav Mandic, the Slovenian candidate […]

Cervantes Institute is happy to announce the celebration of the World Book Day and Spanish Language Day at its headquarters in Utrecht, with poetry as the main themes. Two poets will, therefore, take part of the event: the Chilean Ricardo Cuadros and the Argentine Alejandra Szir. Being a poet does not only mean writing poetry but also reading other poets' work, […]

Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Amsterdam and the Italian Studies Working Group (WIS) present "A multicultural island - The Archeology of Sicily during the Byzantine, Islamic and Norman periods". Lecture by Prof. dr. dr. Joanita Vroom, Professor of Archeology of Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia Faculty of Archeology Leiden University. The event will be held […]

Pavel Fuksa is a highly successful graphic designer, illustrator and creative director. His client list is like a who’s who of top international brands and includes such names as Nike, Facebook, Lego and Google. In this broad-ranging chat Fuksa (39) discusses his creative process and distinctive style, which brings a fresh spin to classic Czechoslovak […]