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SPUI25 in spe
29 09 20
Political Commitments and Practices on the Ground
Gender Inequality in Academia

Gender equality, equal treatment, equal opportunity and non-discrimination are all, formally and in abstract, undisputed objectives. One could say that they are politically so self-evident that no one would openly (dare to) dispute them – at least not in this general and abstract form. However, the reality on the ground is in stark contrast with these proclaimed objectives and commitments.

Datum
Dinsdag 29 sep 2020 17:00 uur
Locatie
Online
21 09 20
Contemporary perspectives
Writing about Lebanon, what is happening now?

‘If you think you understand Lebanon, it’s because someone has not explained it to you properly.’ Notwithstanding this Lebanese saying, lauded author Pierre Jarawan attempts to help us analyse today’s Lebanon.

Datum
Maandag 21 sep 2020 17:00 uur
Locatie
Online
18 09 20
Telling stories in a society that’s lost the plot
The State of European Literature

Once upon a time, Western societies had a clear story. It was Christian, patriarchal and imperialist, based on the biblical injunction “subjugate the earth”. Countless people suffered from the consequences of this story, and this suffering was exposed and examined by writers seeking to describe or even end it and to open new perspectives.

Datum
Vrijdag 18 sep 2020 19:30 uur
Locatie
Online
14 09 20
Great Thinkers #1
Marco te Brömmelstroet presents Donella Meadows

Donella H. Meadows (1941-2001) was a very influential academic researcher. She was part of the MIT team that popularized the use of system dynamic thinking. Educated in chemistry and biophysics, she added specific expertise on environmental sciences to the team.

Datum
Maandag 14 sep 2020 13:00 uur
Locatie
Online
27 08 20
Journal of European Landscapes Q&A
Meet the Editors

This Q&A is an opportunity to meet the editors of the new ‘Journal of European Landscapes’ to allow prospective authors to find out how to get started with the process of publishing articles in the journal and about academic publishing more generally. The event will be of interest to researchers in the fields of archaeology, anthropology and art history, geography, earth sciences, economics, tourism studies, sociology, and the wider community of anyone interested in these subjects.

Datum
Donderdag 27 aug 2020 17:00 uur
Locatie
Online
27 05 20
Virtual Visions of Europe #5
W(h)ither the EU?
Datum
Woensdag 27 mei 2020 20:00 uur
Locatie
Online
20 05 20
Virtual Visions of Europe #4
Changing geopolitical orders
Datum
Woensdag 20 mei 2020 20:00 uur
Locatie
Online
13 05 20
Virtual Visions of Europe #3
The national and European politics of the pandemic
Datum
Woensdag 13 mei 2020 20:00 uur
Locatie
Online
06 05 20
Virtual Visions of Europe #2
Socio-economic policy and crisis response

What will be the economic and social impact of the pandemic? In the second edition of VVE we discuss new monetary and fiscal measures by the ECB and member states, the debate over solidarity, including the use of the European Stability Mechanism, the European SURE initiative for temporary (un)employment support, and the proposal for corona (euro) bonds.

Datum
Woensdag 6 mei 2020 20:00 uur
Locatie
Online
29 04 20
Virtual Visions of Europe #1
Public health: Diversity and (non-)coordination

In this first edition of VVE experts discuss the procurement and distribution of medical supplies, and their implications for free movement and border controls within the EU. Should the EU play a bigger role/be given stronger powers, and if so of what sort?

Datum
Woensdag 29 apr 2020 20:00 uur
Locatie
Online
11 03 20
Een avond met Lorraine Daston
Tegen de natuur in

Waarom verwijzen we naar de natuur als het gaat om normen voor menselijk gedrag? In haar nieuwe boek Tegen de natuur in onderzoekt wetenschapsfilosofe Lorraine Daston waarom het ‘zijn’ van de natuur bij de mens steeds weer een ‘zou moeten zijn’ wordt.

Datum
Woensdag 11 mrt 2020 20:00 uur
Locatie
Online
06 02 20
Secrecy and Methods in Security Research

What are the challenges when doing research in secretive places, like security institutions, detention centers, and digital spaces? How can students and researchers deal with those challenges? This meeting on February 6th launches the book Secrecy and Methods in Security Research and stages a discussion between some of the book’s chapter authors.

Datum
Donderdag 6 feb 2020 17:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
29 01 20
Causes, Dynamics and Consequences
Border Deaths

What is known about border deaths: statistics, causes, identity? How are the bodies of migrants treated? How are the dead, the missing and the unidentified mourned by familiars and strangers?

Datum
Woensdag 29 jan 2020 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
29 01 20
The future of porn

This event explores the future of porn. What are the challenges the adult entertainment industry faces in the coming decade? How can we create a more inclusive, female-and-nonbinary-friendly industry, and what do we need to achieve this? A discussion with awarded (erotic-) filmmaker Jennifer Lyon Bell and Eliza Steinbock.

Datum
Woensdag 29 jan 2020 17:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
23 01 20
Heritage and the Cultural Struggle for Palestine

Why do heritage projects proliferate in the West Bank and the broader Middle East? What role does heritage play in conflict (and its resolution)?

Datum
Donderdag 23 jan 2020 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
22 01 20
On the Spitzenkandidaten procedure and the challenges
The new European Commission

Now that the new European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen set off, it is time to look back at what happened after the elections. This evening we discuss the process and members of the new commission.

Datum
Woensdag 22 jan 2020 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
16 01 20
Masters of narrative history
Dan Jones

Mention The Crusades and our imagination comes alive with images of chivalry and adventure, of rape and pillage, of wars of civilisation ancient and modern. Yes, The Crusades have come to represent all that; but they are also a series of concrete historical events in which historical persons of all sorts were swept up. Leave it to Netflix-historian Dan Jones to bring those persons to life.

Datum
Donderdag 16 jan 2020 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
13 01 20
Southern Europe in comparative perspective
Protest movements and electoral politics

What determines the prospects of contemporary protest movements – or lack thereof – to induce significant changes in electoral politics? Why have some protest movements been more effective in reshaping the electoral politics than others?

Datum
Maandag 13 jan 2020 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
28 11 19
Platform Imaginaries
On value and visibility

In this final episode of Platform Imaginaries we research the role of platforms like Instagram in the art world. What kinds of value do artists create through digital platforms? Are they working in free labor for visibility, and might these attentions change the kinds of value that their artworks represent economically and socially?

Datum
Donderdag 28 nov 2019 17:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
17 11 19
Een avond met Julian Barnes

Met een feestelijk programma vieren we de publicatie van het nieuwe boek van Julian Barnes, De man in de rode mantel. Eva Rovers gaat met Barnes in gesprek over zijn schrijverschap en oeuvre. Met een laudatio door Marja Pruis.

Datum
Zondag 17 nov 2019 20:00 uur
Locatie
Aula
28 10 19
Algorithms of violence

We are growing familiar with the use of algorithmic systems in the field of security through state-of-the-art visual technologies, such as face recognition, autonomous weapons, and situational awareness displays. These technologies affect how public and private actors understand, justify and define violence.

Datum
Maandag 28 okt 2019 17:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
25 10 19
ARIAS network meet-up
The Shadow of Knowledge

Autumn arrived. It’s bronze light casts long shadows that bring another kind of being of things, less tangible but not less real. Let’s meet there, in the shadow of what is known, and stay for a while… In this meet-up we delve into what artist Falke Pisano called ‘the gaps – the not knowing – [that] play a big role in artistic research’.

Datum
Vrijdag 25 okt 2019 10:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
23 10 19
1989. A concept challenged

Thirty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, historian James Mark challenges the idea of 1989 revolutions as simply a turn to a liberal West. At this public launch, he will present and discuss his new book, arguing that the long history of resistance against the liberal outcome of 1989 helps us understand the ideological depth of the current authoritarian counter-revolution.

Datum
Woensdag 23 okt 2019 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
16 10 19
Gerard van Westerloolezing 2019
Lisa Taddeo

De jaarlijkse Gerard van Westerloolezing is een eerbetoon aan één van de grondleggers van de verhalende journalistiek in Nederland. Elk jaar spreekt een bekende schrijvende journalist over de keuzes die hij of zij heeft gemaakt: welke verhalende tools zet diegene in en waarom? Wat kunnen andere journalisten hiervan leren? Dit jaar is de Amerikaanse journalist en schrijver Lisa Taddeo te gast.

Datum
Woensdag 16 okt 2019 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
16 10 19
A debate with Pierre Rosanvallon
The future of progressive politics

At the occasion of the publication of Pierre Rosanvallon, ‘De democratie denken. Werk in uitvoering’, Rosanvallon will discuss the challenges and opportunities of a progressive politics with prominent Dutch voices in the debate about progressive politics. With: Klara Boonstra, Sarah de Lange and Paul Scheffer. Moderator: Ido de Haan.

Datum
Woensdag 16 okt 2019 17:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
14 10 19
Platform Imaginaries
On self-driving cars and the new mobility

Waze, Car2Go, Uber, ViaVan, Here and Google Maps are amongst some of the most popular mapping technologies that support Amsterdam city life. They allow people to move efficiently around a city; they dynamically regulate the city’s chaos with a tap of a smartphone. In this edition of Platform Imaginaries we reflect on the way platforms are changing mobility in and around the urban environment with presentations from UvA lecturer and researcher Alex Gekker, Gerrit Rietveld Academie’s artistic researchers Esther Polak and Ivar Van Bekkum, and as moderator author of ‘The Platform Society. Public values in a Connective World’ Martijn de Waal.

Datum
Maandag 14 okt 2019 17:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
10 10 19
A seminar on systems and perspectives
The work behind data

Data has become central to many aspects of our society. However, the social and technical work that lies behind data is often overlooked. This seminar will explore the challenges and state of the art in working with data from both these vantage points.

Datum
Donderdag 10 okt 2019 13:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
07 10 19
Een avond met Dick Harrison
De geschiedenis van de slavernij

Met Zweedse hoogleraar geschiedenis Dick Harrison en moderator Martijn Icks kijken we naar de geschiedenis van de slavernij, van de vroegst bekende beschavingen tot hedendaagse dwangarbeid.

Datum
Maandag 7 okt 2019 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
04 10 19
De glorie van Rome

Bestsellerauteur Adrian Goldsworthy bespreekt de werking en de invloed van het Romeinse leger. Het beste beroepsleger dat de wereld heeft gekend, was niet ‘slechts’ uit op de overwinning, maar op de totale vernietiging van de vijand. Met: Adrian Goldsworthy en Diederik Burgersdijk

Datum
Vrijdag 4 okt 2019 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
04 10 19
Jet Steinz in gesprek met Simon Sebag Montefiore
Geschreven geschiedenis

Weinig is zo echt als een brief. Wij leggen onze vergankelijke gevoelens en herinneringen op papier vast om ze te delen met anderen en ze bestendigheid te geven. Brieven zijn het geschreven tegengif voor de vluchtigheid van het leven, meende ook brievenliefhebber Goethe. En dat dat klopt bespreken Jet Steinz en Merlijn Olnon (moderator) deze middag met Simon Sebag Montefiore, die voor ons de belangrijkste en opmerkelijkste brieven uit de wereldgeschiedenis verzamelde.

Datum
Vrijdag 4 okt 2019 13:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
01 10 19
Whither the two-state solution?
The future of Palestine

The recent move of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the closing down of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s PLO office in Washington as well as the cut of US funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the near east (UNRWA) have all resulted in a deadlock and breakdown of the peace process.

Datum
Dinsdag 1 okt 2019 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
26 09 19
In gesprek met Erika Fatland
Rusland als buurland

Wat betekent het om Rusland als buurland te hebben? Op zoek naar het antwoord op deze vraag, reisde Erika Fatland door de veertien landen aan de andere kant van de langste grens ter wereld. Een avond met Erika Fatland over haar boek, haar ervaringen en haar reizen.

Datum
Donderdag 26 sep 2019 17:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
21 09 19
For your convenience

Large-scale agriculture, feasting on exhausted land, plants and animal life, makes it increasingly difficult to choose what to drop into our shopping baskets. “What is it that we should be eating?” is a crucial daily decision, affecting some of the biggest issues of today; from climate change, to workers’ or animal rights and public health.

Datum
Zaterdag 21 sep 2019 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
20 09 19
SPUI25-lezing met Katie Roiphe
Disappointing the Feminists

Op 20 september geeft de Amerikaanse schrijfster Katie Roiphe in de Aula de jaarlijkse SPUI25-lezing. Daarna wordt zij geïnterviewd door schrijfster Niña Weijers.

Datum
Vrijdag 20 sep 2019 20:00 uur
Locatie
Aula
16 09 19
Visions of Europe
How to democratize Europe?

Four distinguished French public intellectuals, Stéphanie Hennette, Thomas Piketty, Guillaume Sacriste, and Antoine Vauchez , have written a draft treaty establishing a parliamentary assembly for the Eurozone, its members drawn mainly from national parliaments. During this event, Antoine Vauchez will discuss the T-Dem proposal and the key issues raised by ensuing debate with an interdisciplinary group of lawyers and political scientists from the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES).

Datum
Maandag 16 sep 2019 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
11 09 19
Design, fiction, and speculative philosophy for a planet in crisis

We are currently living through the earth’s sixth mass extinction. We need to open up new vistas for living and dwelling on a planet in crisis. This event will reflect on ways in which artists and designers can create and experiment with much needed fresh frameworks. With: Adam Nocek, Betti Marenko, and Patricia Pisters.

Datum
Woensdag 11 sep 2019 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
03 09 19
The technology behind Deep Fake
When fake looks all too real

In this program, experts will explain the technology known as ‘Deep Learning’. They will show examples of benign and malign uses such as Deep Fake applications and discuss ways in which Artificial Intelligence researchers can help avoid misuse. With: Dieuwke Hupkes, Jelle Zuidema and Paul Boersma.

Datum
Dinsdag 3 sep 2019 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
03 07 19
The History of Information Warfare and Why It Still Matters Today
News from Germany

Information warfare may seem like a new feature of our contemporary digital world. But it was just as crucial a century ago, when the great powers competed to control and expand their empires.

Datum
Woensdag 3 jul 2019 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
26 06 19
Sexual Violence in Wars of Decolonization

NIAS Fellows Stef Scagliola and Natalya Vince compare their findings on sexual violence in wars of decolonization in Indonesia (1945-1949) and Algeria (1954-1962).

Datum
Woensdag 26 jun 2019 20:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25
25 06 19
Platform imaginaries
Rethinking Airbnb and other dominant technologies

Platforms like Airbnb, Uber and Thuisbezorgd are amongst the most popular technologies that support urban living. They allow people to rent a room, hire a car, or have food delivered to their doorstep; they regulate the city’s chaos with a tap of a smartphone. During this event, we will reflect on the ways platforms incorporate state-like logic and effects, and will incite your imagination to come up with alternatives for these dominant and dominating technologies.

Datum
Dinsdag 25 jun 2019 17:00 uur
Locatie
SPUI25