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’84 STAPPEN’ (Goethe Institut)
84 STEPS is an initiative that features projects at the intersection of art and education hosted on the third floor of the Kunstinstituut Melly in Rotterdam, where a white-cube gallery was transformed into a dynamic space for socializing art.
Podcast: Czech Next Wave
Czech Next Wave is a podcast produced jointly by the Czech Centres network and Radio Prague International. Its aim is to introduce listeners around the world to emerging, exciting and highly talented young Czechs in various areas of the arts and beyond. The latest episode is an interview with actress Martha Issová. You might know […]
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Dance: Faun
Inspiried 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 non conformist bodies and personalities that choose different paths, whether they concern choices around gender and sex, shape, work, role, ethnicity, beliefs, age,… Not abiding […]
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Panel talk: Women and journalism
Panel talk: Women and journalism
On 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 Spain. During the talk, the panellists will touch upon themes such as the role of journalism in current affairs, the challenges that lie in the […]
Discussion: Consent Law
Discussion: Consent Law
No 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, for years the worldwide legislation did not match this public opinion – until now. In 2022, several Nordic countries have implemented consent laws in their […]
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Discussion: Climate action in Higher Education
Discussion: Climate action in Higher Education
Following 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 Wednesday 09 March 2022 at TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht for an interactive panel discussion. The event will serve as an opening to the dialogue between Dutch […]
An evening on pacifist literature
An evening on pacifist literature
The 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 (Bertha von Suttner, Andreas Latzko and Józef Wittlin) will be discussed by experts on their writing. PROGRAMME: Jeroen Vervliet: Introduction Daria Bouwman on Bertha von […]
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Performance: Zuidpool
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 […]
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Symposium: All good things must begin – roots and routes
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 […]
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Comenius Day
Comenius Day
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 […]
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Wine tasting
Wine tasting
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 […]
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Exhibition: Pedro Escalona
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 […]
Film Screening and Q&A: How Far the Stars
Film Screening and Q&A: How Far the Stars
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. […]
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Writer’s talk with Juan Gómez Bárcena
Writer’s talk with Juan Gómez Bárcena
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 […]
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Performance: De nieuwe man
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 […]
ENFF: In focus: “New, Vibrant Slovenian Cinema”
ENFF: In focus: “New, Vibrant Slovenian Cinema”
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 […]
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Performance: L’EUROPE NOIRE
Performance: L’EUROPE NOIRE
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, […]
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Book presentation: Jan Amos Comenius
Book presentation: Jan Amos Comenius
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 […]
