NIAS is pleased to announce the programme for the seminars this fall.
About NIAS Seminars
NIAS Seminars are aimed to stimulate scientific cross-pollination within the NIAS academic community, but seminars are open to others who are interested. Please let us know if you wish to attend.
They take place in the Conference Room (third floor), Korte Spinhuissteeg 3 and start at 11.30.
Programme
Thu 27 Oct, 11.30
“Neoplatonists on the educational function of myth and history” by Bert van den Berg
Thu 3 Nov, 11.30
“The beauty (?) of mathematical proofs” by Catarina Dutilh Novaes
Thu 10 Nov, 11.30
“The Pen and the Sword. The Fechtbücher corpus as a new source to the study of European cultural history” by Karin Verelst
Thu 17 Nov, 11.30
“Universe or Multi-Verses” by Ahmed Farag Ali
Thu 24 Nov, 10.30 (!)
“Imagining Consciousness”, an interdisciplinary workshop on imaging consciousness with introductions by Sarah Durston, Hanneke Grootenboer, Bert-Jaap Koops and Karin Verelst.
Thu 1 Dec, 11.30
“Body motion has an impact. Simple motion cues from politicians’ body movements affect people’s impressions” by Markus Koppensteiner
Thu 8 Dec, 11.30
“Representing the Camorra as a Global Criminal Actor: A multimodal critical discourse analysis” by Giuditta Caliendo
Thu 15 Dec, 11.30
“Nation-States, Citizenship, and Human Rights” by Nadia Latif
Thu 12 Jan, 11.30
“Mining an uncharted continent. Popular conceptions of Europe in twentieth-century Dutch newspapers” by Joris van Eijnatten
Thu 19 Jan, 11.30
Seminar by Femke Nijboer
Thu 26 Jan, 11.30