Agenda

25 09 24
Reframing nature: tracing shifting ecologies through art

Depictions of the natural world in art offer profound insights into historical perspectives on humanity’s relationship with nature. In conversation with Estelle Zhong Mengual, Julia Kantelberg and Colin Sterling, we discuss the relation between aesthetics and ecology. How might art help us rethink our place within the natural world?

Datum
Woensdag 25 sep 2024 17:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
26 09 24
The effectiveness of psychoanalysis today

What is the place of psychoanalysis in facing human suffering, in the context of the current discontents in civilization? More than a century after its invention by Freud, an attempt was made to return to Lacan’s formula that defines psychoanalysis as a therapy unlike any other.

Datum
Donderdag 26 sep 2024 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
09 10 24
Shaping society: fashion, culture and identity

Students from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) dive deep into the intricate relationship between fashion, identity, and cultural dynamics. Raising critical questions about identity formation, digital culture, and the ethics of cultural exchange, the speakers shed light on the intersection of fashion and broader societal and cultural phenomena.

Datum
Woensdag 9 okt 2024 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
18 10 24
Panel International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs
Emergencies of Authoritarianism: Global Entanglements

A rich panel of internationally renowned scholars sheds light on the global entanglements of authoritarianism. Based on their specific local experiences and situated knowledge, they discuss  some of the main characteristics of authoritarianism today. How are its different variations connected with each other? How are they dependent on other global developments?

Datum
Vrijdag 18 okt 2024 19:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
19 10 24
Who’s Afraid of Gender? A Conversation with Judith Butler

What does ‘gender’ mean today? How can we understand the increasing attacks on what conservative-religious groups, trans-exclusionary radical feminists, emerging authoritarian regimes, and fascists governments call ‘gender ideology’? How did we get here, and how do we move from fear to freedom?

Datum
Zaterdag 19 okt 2024 20:00 uur
Locatie
Aula
28 10 24
The Architects of Dignity
Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization

In his new book, The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization, Kevin Pham introduces Vietnamese political thought to debates in political theory, showing how Vietnamese thinkers challenge Western conventional wisdom. These thinkers’ arguments are worthwhile for anyone concerned with freedom, democracy, and cross-cultural thinking. Tonight, Pham will discuss his book with scholar Yen Vu.

Datum
Maandag 28 okt 2024 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25