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…

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 is given to the best thesis on intangible cultural heritage. The…

Date: 28 May 2026 Location: Auditorium of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, VU Main Building, De Boelelaan 1105 On 28 May 2026, we warmly invite staff and stakeholders from across the field to participate in a national symposium organised in the context of the Sectorplan Cultural Heritage and Identiy at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The event will bring…

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…

Melancholic Historicity: Lost Pasts and Past Losses Thursday 29 and Friday 30 October 2026, Utrecht University Organizers: Katherina Kinzel and Robert Vinkesteijn Conference theme Recent reconceptualizations of historicity—most notably in the work of Walter Benjamin and related thinkers—have challenged the modern ideal of progress by foregrounding historical experiences of loss and destruction. These approaches question…