The Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study will celebrate the Opening of the Academic Year 2020/21 with the theme Being an Intellectual Haven for All
This year’s theme of the Opening of the Academic Year is Being an Intellectual Haven for All
The event will take place in a hybrid form; in-person and online and will be broadly divided into three parts to facilitate online participation.
Please email events@nias.knaw.nl to register for the event. As in-person seats are limited we would appreciate it if you could inform us if you cannot make it.
Programme:
14.30h: Doors open
15.00h: Start programme
An Intellectual Haven for All
Introduction and Welcome word; Why does NIAS want to be an Intellectual Haven for All
Speakers:
Ineke Sluiter, President Royal Netherlands Academy for Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Jan Willem Duyvendak, Director NIAS and Fenneke Wekker, Head of Academic Affairs NIAS
NIAS Fellows 2020/21
Some fellows from the 2020/21 cohort will present their research questions in 3 minutes.
Lisa Becking, Onookome Okome, Iris van Rooij, Maxime Rovere , Myungji Yang Stephan Sanders
Moving Forward
The convergence of Arts, Science & Culture. Discussion Micha Hamel, Lectureship Performance Practice at Codarts Rotterdam, Robert Glas, NIAS Artist-in-Residence 2019/20, and Fenneke Wekker, Head of Academic Affairs NIAS
Performance
Location:
EYE Filmmuseum, IJpromenade 1, 1031KT, Amsterdam
Watch the full programme here: