50 Years of Academic Freedom
During this special anniversary edition, we celebrate that for the past fifty years, scholars, journalists and artists at NIAS have been able to pursue curiosity-driven research. We also celebrate the importance of places like ours which safeguard academic freedom and the individuals behind institutions who make this possible.
Jan Willem Duyvendak will give his opening speech on NIAS celebrating fifty years of academic freedom and on maintaining that freedom to nourish innovation in science.
Guest speakers, Nadia Al-Bagdadi, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Central European University and Robbert Dijkgraaf, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study will reflect on safeguarding academic freedom from global perspectives.
There will be spoken word by alumna Hagar Peters, Writer-in-Residence 2019/20, and presentations by current fellows, Rahul Rao, Stella Nyanzi, Lukas Verburgt, Sarah de Lange and Ghazwan Yaghi.
Preliminary Programme
Registration
In-person registrations are now closed, but you can register to receive the viewing link.
For the in-person opening please bring your passport or ID and proof that you are fully vaccinated, have recovered from corona less than 6 months ago or have a negative test result less than 24 hours ago. We accept the CoronaCheck app or paper proof. Please let us know via events@nias.knaw.nl if you cannot make it.
