Please join us for the screening of three short films and a discussion about everyday (migrant) activism. Together with Piotr Goldstein, (co)creator of the three films, we will talk about what activism is. Does it only happen in organizations and movements? Does all activism make sense? Who can b...

Every 3rd Friday of the month we come together to share new decolonial research via short presentations and conversations and end the afternoon with drinks.

In the elective ‘Decolonising Media Studies: From Theory to Practice’, students produce their own projects addressing, tackling, and practicing decolonisation in the field of media.

Every 3rd Friday of the month we come together to share new decolonial research via short presentations and conversations and end the afternoon with drinks.

One cannot think decoloniality without rethinking modernity. Join us for the screening of the Philippine independent film Perfumed Nightmare.

A book discussion with dance and cello performances.

Every third Friday of the month, we come together to share new decolonial research by means of short presentations and discussions, and we close the afternoon with drinks.

In this last, public class of the course “Post-Colonial Encounters in Arts and Culture” (BA European Studies) students reflect on their own position as students in the course.

In a lesser known chapter of World War II, Black people living in Germany and occupied Europe found themselves caught up in the Nazis’ genocidal campaign. In the absence of public commemoration, African diaspora artists and creative writers have preserved the stories of these forgotten victims of...

MA Theater Studies and the Master International Dramaturgy will performatively reflect on their theatrical interpretation of Carthage/Cartagena by Caridad Svich.

In the wake of an international ‘ICare4Justice’ project aiming to develop a global antiracism framework, UvA’s Central Diversity Officer dr. Machiel Keestra hosted a group of students of the University of Connecticut at the VOC-room on June 5, 2023.

The Civil War and Reconstruction remade the United States Constitution leading many historians to call it the Second American Revolution or the Second Founding. However, few are aware that this process of constitutional change began with the abolitionist debate over the nature of the Constitution...

UvA students and employees are welcome to join the Keti Koti ("break the chains") dialogue table on June 28. 

Anyone walking through Amsterdam’s historical city centre is closely surrounded by colonial history. But which colonial histories do the University of Amsterdam and its buildings harbour?

TRANS(IN) MOAN(IN) is a sonic performance by choreographer Raoni/Muzho Saleh in collaboration with a composer.

Mourning Sociality is a public collective ceremony facilitated by choreographer Raoni/Muzho Saleh. This event, which takes place throughout four hours, centers the public expression of collective grief by moaning in togetherness.

Anyone walking through Amsterdam’s historical city centre is closely surrounded by colonial history. But which colonial histories do the University of Amsterdam and its buildings harbour?

Organisers: Erella Grassiani, Mikki Stelder, Ihab Saloul, Chiara de Cesari, Sudeep Dasgupta, Yolande Jansen | A three-week interactive lecture series about the political and social reality in the region and how we got here. | Amsterdam University Library (Doelenzaal)

This event has been cancelled because three of the speakers are joining the strike in support of Palestine.

This programme will shed light on decolonial marxism, led by a wide variety of researchers and activists.

NOTA BENE: New Location: REC C002 Organisers: Erella Grassiani, Mikki Stelder, Ihab Saloul, Chiara de Cesari, Sudeep Dasgupta, Yolande Jansen | A three-week interactive lecture series about the political and social reality in the region and how we got here

Under the banner of the Artistic Research Research Group (ARRG) - and with the support of NICA - this (private) event aims to explore emerging methodologies and strategies for inheriting otherwise in times of rapid social and ecological change.

Tune in to the colonial histories of radio and the decolonial possibilities of listening.

New Location: OMHP D009 Third meeting of a three-week interactive lecture series about the political and social reality in the region and how we got here. | Organisers: Erella Grassiani, Mikki Stelder, Ihab Saloul, Chiara de Cesari, Sudeep Dasgupta, Yolande Jansen | Location OMHP D009

This dialogue will engage discussions on slavery legacies, arts and cultural heritage and what decoloniality, transnationalism, and Afrofuturism mean for the Black (African/Afro-diasporic) communities, led by a wide variety of interlocutors and with music and dance performances.

In this event we will discuss colonialism and decolonization in relation to global health. Krish Seetah will give a lecture on this topic, based on his extensive research in the Indian Ocean through multidisciplinary approaches. Alessandra Cianciosi will present the results of an archaeological p...

Across the country, during the year of 2023 saw student occupations demand decolonisation and decarbonisation of Dutch universities. In this programme, we will explore the links between climate breakdown, militarization and colonialism.

During this new edition of Decolonial Dialogues: Talks en Drinks, we will discuss the layout and the historical use of the former headquarters of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and, in particular, the directors’ room (bewindhebberskamer). What could be seen, and smelt, there and what was the ...

Join us for a talk by Thais Di Marco, project coordinator of the art project The Goldfish Bleeding in a Sea of Sharks, a poetic and historical attempt to connect liberal and neoliberal cultural politics to a geopolitical scenario, and how this scenario impacts artists and art productions with spe...

In this symposium, we ask the question: how does the University of Amsterdam curate its locations? The event is moderated by Margriet Schavemaker & Lateesha Verwey.