Past Events
Film Screening | Seeing Colonial Violence: Film, Memory, and the Legacies of German Colonialism
Date: 12 May 2026 Time: 15:00 – 19:00 Location: Theaterzaal, Muntstraat 2A, Utrecht Film Screening & Panel Discussion: Der vermessene Mensch (OL with English subtitles) The Utrecht Forum for Memory Studies invites you to a special screening of the German historical drama Der vermessene Mensch (Measures of Men, dir. Lars Kraume, 2023), followed by a panel discussion with scholars from…
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UU Heritage Lecture by Jaswina Elahi
Date: 27 March 2026 Location: Janskerkhof 2-3, Room 0.19, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL On 27 March, the UU Memory & Heritage Network and the Dutch Centre for Intangible Heritage organise the UU Heritage Lecture and present the annual Dr Albert van der Zeijden Thesis Prize. The award was given to the best thesis on intangible cultural heritage….
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Cultural Practices of Fascism(s) and Populism(s) from a Transatlantic Perspective (Book Launch)
Argentine historian Federico Finchelstein famously argued that the transnational dynamics of fascism and populist movements become clearer when viewed from the margins, because it was in Latin America – and not in Europe – where fascism and populism first intersected, with Argentine Peronism as the paradigmatic case. When adopting such a transatlantic perspective, how can…
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Stories, Memory, and Method: Rethinking How We Study the Past – A Workshop with David Mwambari
21 November 2025, 13.30-17.00, Utrecht University Library, Drift 27, Room 1.25 (Tielezaal) How do we study memory in societies marked by displacement, conflict, and loss? Please come join David Mwambari in a workshop that will explore creative and collaborative approaches drawing on orature, arts-based practices, and qualitative research to reimagine how we gather and understand…
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