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…

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…

Friday September 12, 2025 Interdisciplinary research workshop Organized by Erik Meinema in the context of the NWO Veni-project ‘Art, Religion, or Heritage?’ This workshop aimed to critically analyse how the frames of ‘art’, ‘heritage’ and ‘religion’ are mobilized to (re)present elements of the past and mark these as relevant for the present. Within critical heritage…

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the City as an Agent in Historical Culture. 1-Day Workshop at Utrecht University 31 October 2023, Drift 21, room 005 This workshop aimed to bring together three overlapping networks in the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University to discuss an important theme in the politics of heritage and memory. More than half…