Events

Following last June's publication of State and Slavery, Rose Mary Allen, Esther Captain, Matthias van Rossum, and Urwin Vyent have formulated a Research Agenda to guide future research into Dutch colonial slavery and its afterlives. The Agenda will be released on 12 April 2024 in Dutch, English, and Papiamentu. To celebrate this, an insightful afternoon
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Friends, colleagues, Re/Presenting Europe project members. It is time to gather, after a year of activity, and share our experiences, challenges, have fun, and spend time together. We will renew connections and build new ones that will work toward a more inclusive understanding of Europe and the Netherlands. We look forward to showcasing our work,
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Durwin Lynch, from our Healing research theme, will give a lecture on the meaning of Keti Koti and its repercussions in the present. Keti Koti is an annual celebration on the 1st of July which marks the abolition of slavery in Suriname 150/160 years ago. The 1st of July 2024 also marks the end of
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On Monday, July 15th we host the Documentary the ’ Wisdom of Trauma’ Summer Screening for students of the Summer School Global Mental Health. Anyone is welcome, especially our societal partners and citizens. Confirmed already is research group "Healing's" partner ‘Herstelhuis’- a 'buurthuis' in Amsterdam Zuidoost run by and for affected families of the toeslagenaffaire. Come
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Re/presenting Europe is honoured to welcome BocaFloja for an evening celebrating his multifaceted artistic journey. Join us for a screening of Después de Mañana, an intimate documentary that explores BocaFloja’s evolution as an artist while addressing themes such as cultural industries, colonialism, migration, Islam, hip hop, and raciality. Following the screening, BocaFloja will share excerpts
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