Join us in our annual Consortium Meeting 2025: Embodied & Braided on the 19th and 20th May in the Wereldmuseum Leiden! We are happy to present our programme for the third annual gathering of the Re/Presenting Europe consortium. We are thrilled to welcome project members alongside participants, commentators, students, and those of you who are simply curious and want to hear more about our work. All are welcome! Scroll down or find our full programme here.
For attending this event, registration through this link is mandatory. The Consortium Meeting 2025 will be open to the public starting the Monday’s afternoon. Remember to check out Reframing HERstory Performances as part of our closing program here.
Our inspiration this year is to consider the embodied, and braided histories and experiences of people and communities in the Netherlands and, more broadly, Europe who have been affected by migration and colonialism – which is all of us. These experiences which are embodied, spiritual, and societal, have braided new communities together in ways that are entangled with violence, trauma, and also joy. This year we pay particular attention to the oceanic connections linking the Netherlands, Suriname, and the Caribbean.
We have intentionally foregrounded the work of our early-career researchers in the program. We invite you to enjoy, reflect on, and offer responses to, their work now they have reached the mid-point of their research journey in the project. In addition to their research panels, we have responsive workshops that rely on our active participation to reflect on how we work together in community-engaged research, teaching, and classrooms.’
The program brings together bodies, senses and minds, with music, food, dancing, and lively panel discussions of fiction and history. Farida Nabibaks and “Re/Framing Herstory” showcase embodied research in a stunning dance triptych, performed in its entirety across the two days – and tickets come with a free drink ( more info here)! Kaiama Glover and Laurent Dubois begin a lively roundtable on their new translation of Jean-Claude Fignolé’s novel Aube tranquille (Quiet Dawn), by reading from it. The novel and round table will explore the challenges of translation across disciplines, languages and time, resonating with themes of braiding past and present, oceanic and Caribbean connections, communities and the legacies of colonialism.
A final word of thanks and inspiration. We are grateful to the Wereld Museum Leiden for hosting us, and invite you to take advantage of the opportunity to explore the museum in our extended lunch break on Tuesday – or on any of the breaks.
Enjoy! Engage with our work, and thank-you for your presence.
Cover Image by Lis Camelia
Grant number: NWA.1389.20.076.
