Lecture series 'Curious about the Dutch'
The lecture series on Dutch Culture and Society is a course aiming not only at foreign students, but also at visiting faculty members or employees of international business companies. In fact, every non-Dutch visitor to Groningen interested in any aspect of Dutch society will find something of his or her interest in this series.
Every Wednesday evening, a lecture will be given on a broad range of topics: for instance Dutch film, theatre, literature, politics, law, religion, landscape history, archaeology with a focus on the regional past, economics, mass media, and the former Dutch colonies.
Schedule (subject to changes)
Semester 1
| Prof. dr. M.G.J. (Maarten) Duijvendak | Between Civil Society and Dutch Miracle: a Socio-historical Overview |
| Dr. J.L. (Jan) de Jong | 16th and 17th Century Dutch Painting |
| L.D.M.E. (Lucia) van Heteren, MA | Performing Arts in the Netherlands |
| Prof. dr. C. (Cor) Wagenaar | Groningen: an Urban Biography |
| Dr. B. (Bart) Hollebrandse | Double Dutch: Language in the Low Lands |
| Prof. dr. M.M.T.A. (Marcel) Brus | The Netherlands and International Law, Peace and Justice |
| R. (Rozemarijn) van der Wal, MA | 'The Radical Notion That Women Are People': a History of Suffrage, Feminism and Gender in the Netherlands |
| Dr. N.A. (Nienke) Busscher | From Commercial Success to Slow Disaster: Gas Extraction and Aarthquakes in Groningen |
| Prof. dr. B.A.M. (Bart) Ramakers | Sinterklaas and Black Pete (Zwarte Piet) |
Semester 2
| M. (Mirjam) Hofman, MA | Religion in the Netherlands |
| B.J. (Jacco) Kuper, M.Sc | Water Management in the Netherlands |
| Prof. dr. D.J. (Dirk Jan) Wolffram | Dutch Political Cuture |
| Prof. dr. J. (Jan) van der Harst | The Netherlands and the EU |
| Prof.dr. M.P.J. (Mathijs) Sanders | Dutch Fiction after the Second World War: Realism and Imagination |
| Dr. J.A.C. (Joëlle) Swart | Dutch Media: An Introduction |
| Dr. S.J. (Sjoerd-Jeroen) Moenandar | Islamization as Technique – The Negotiation of Superdiversity in 21st Century Dutch Artworks |
| Drs. M.I.H. (Mia) Vrijens | 40 years of AIDS/HIV in the Netherlands |
| Dr. T. (Tom) Slootweg | Ups and Downs in Dutch Cinema |
When and where?
9 Wednesdays, 7-9 pm
Offerhauszaal and Geertsemazaal, Academy Building
| Last modified: | 01 February 2022 11.04 a.m. |