https://www.uu.nl/en en Fri, 03 May 2024 13:40:20 +0200 PhD defence Petar Odak: The affective remnants of the socialist past of twentieth-century Europe https://www.uu.nl/en/events/phd-defence-petar-odak-the-affective-remnants-of-the-socialist-past-of-twentieth-century-europe On 3 May, Petar Odak will defend his PhD dissertation ‘Feeling Socialism Again: Affective Ambivalences of Socialist Legacies in the Context of the Experience Economy’. 137540 Fri, 03 May 2024 16:15:00 +0200 - Fri, 03 May 2024 17:15:00 +0200 Lecture Noel Malcolm: Early Modern Europe and the Origins of Modern Homosexuality https://www.uu.nl/en/events/lecture-noel-malcolm-early-modern-europe-and-the-origins-of-modern-homosexuality On 6 May, the Utrecht University Centre for Early Modern Studies organises the lecture ‘Early Modern Europe and the Origins of Modern Homosexuality’ by Noel Malcolm. 137979 Mon, 06 May 2024 17:00:00 +0200 - Mon, 06 May 2024 18:30:00 +0200 Closing conference: Blueprints of Hope https://www.uu.nl/en/events/closing-conference-blueprints-of-hope On 7 May, the closing conference for the Bluepints of Hope project takes place. The project sought the spiritual, emotional, and economic roots of European integration. 139357 Tue, 07 May 2024 13:30:00 +0200 - Tue, 07 May 2024 18:00:00 +0200 Improve your digital skills in navigating the digital collections of the library and Delpher https://www.uu.nl/en/events/improve-your-digital-skills-in-navigating-the-digital-collections-of-the-library-and-delpher During this introductory workshop on May14, you will learn to navigate through large digitized newspaper archives of Utrecht University Library and Delpher using the text and exploration tool I-Analyzer. 140276 Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 +0200 - Tue, 14 May 2024 15:30:00 +0200 Book Launch - 'Performing Sovereign Aspirations: Tamil Insurgency and Postwar Transition in Sri Lanka' https://www.uu.nl/en/events/book-launch-performing-sovereign-aspirations-tamil-insurgency-and-postwar-transition-in-sri-lanka Book launch of 'Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border'. Ieva Jusionyte follows firearms smuggled from the US to Mexico. 138971 Wed, 15 May 2024 11:00:00 +0200 - Wed, 15 May 2024 12:45:00 +0200 Launch of the Special Interest Group NLP@UU https://www.uu.nl/en/events/launch-of-the-special-interest-group-nlpuu To celebrate the official launch of the SIG NLP@UU, researchers from different domains will share with you how they apply Natural Language Processing (NLP) in their research. 139359 Thu, 16 May 2024 09:30:00 +0200 - Thu, 16 May 2024 14:30:00 +0200 Special Interest Group Text Mining Brown Bag Lunch Conversation: On Different Approaches to ‘Care’ and ‘Caring’ https://www.uu.nl/en/events/brown-bag-lunch-conversation-on-different-approaches-to-care-and-caring On 16 May, the Gender, Diversity & Global Justice Platform organises the next Brown Bag Lunch Conversation: ‘On Different Approaches to ‘Care’ and ‘Caring’’. 140028 Thu, 16 May 2024 12:00:00 +0200 - Thu, 16 May 2024 13:30:00 +0200 Lecture Maurizio Isabella: The Age of Revolutions in the South https://www.uu.nl/en/events/lecture-maurizio-isabella-the-age-of-revolutions-in-the-south On 22 April, Maurizio Isabella discusses the wave of uprisings that broke out in Portugal, Spain, Piedmont, Naples, and the Ottoman Empire in the 1820s. 140179 Thu, 16 May 2024 15:30:00 +0200 - Thu, 16 May 2024 17:00:00 +0200 Seminar 'Entrepreneurs as Initiators of Sustainable Societal Change: A Historical Perspective' https://www.uu.nl/en/events/seminar-entrepreneurs-as-initiators-of-sustainable-societal-change-a-historical-perspective The IOS platform Bottom-up Initiatives for Societal Change organises their third interdisciplinary seminar with Johan Schot, Joost Dankers and Bram Bouwens. 138234 Thu, 16 May 2024 15:30:00 +0200 - Thu, 16 May 2024 17:00:00 +0200 The Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Monthly Meeting https://www.uu.nl/en/events/the-entrepreneurial-ecosystems-monthly-meeting-3 In this monthly meeting we delve into various topics around entrepreneurial ecosystems. 137736 Fri, 17 May 2024 12:30:00 +0200 - Fri, 17 May 2024 13:30:00 +0200 PhD defence Aditi Dixit: The Asian ‘Great Divergence’ https://www.uu.nl/en/events/phd-defence-aditi-dixit-the-asian-great-divergence On 17 May, Aditi Dixit will defend her PhD thesis ‘Asian Divergence in an Age of Globalisation’. 139351 Fri, 17 May 2024 16:15:00 +0200 - Fri, 17 May 2024 17:15:00 +0200 Descartes Centre Topic Day on "Academia and Activism“ https://www.uu.nl/en/events/descartes-centre-topic-day-on-academia-and-activism The Descartes Centre has organized a first Topic Day, together with other UU institutions. This first Topic Day will revolve around Academia and Activism. 140042 Tue, 21 May 2024 13:00:00 +0200 - Tue, 21 May 2024 18:30:00 +0200 Posthumus Conference 2024 https://www.uu.nl/en/events/posthumus-conference-2024 The Posthumus Conference 2024 will be held on 23 and 24 May, with ‘Regional History in a Global Context’ being the central theme. 138279 Thu, 23 May 2024 11:30:00 +0200 - Fri, 24 May 2024 17:30:00 +0200 Seminar: Exploring Representations of Non-human Animals in Children’s Literature https://www.uu.nl/en/events/seminar-exploring-representations-of-non-human-animals-in-childrens-literature Explore the topic of non-human representation with alum Merel Hol and anthropologist, researcher, and children’s book author Jet Bakels. 140025 Thu, 23 May 2024 13:15:00 +0200 - Thu, 23 May 2024 16:15:00 +0200 Save the date: SIG fair and Assembly https://www.uu.nl/en/events/save-the-date-sig-fair-and-assembly We want to use this event to give a platform to our five Special Interest Groups and have a large network gathering of the focus area Migration and Societal Change 138773 Thu, 23 May 2024 14:00:00 +0200 - Thu, 23 May 2024 17:00:00 +0200 Symposium: “Contesting Institutions: Bridging the Gap Between Individual and Collective Change Approaches” https://www.uu.nl/en/events/symposium-contesting-institutions-bridging-the-gap-between-individual-and-collective-change The Behaviour and Institutions platform invites you to a symposium, consisting of a panel discussion with invited speakers, followed by an open discussion. 138093 Thu, 23 May 2024 14:00:00 +0200 - Thu, 23 May 2024 17:00:00 +0200 Book Launch - 'Between Neutrality and Solidarity: Swiss Good Offices in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992' https://www.uu.nl/en/events/book-launch-between-neutrality-and-solidarity-swiss-good-offices-in-afghanistan-from-1979-to-1992 Book launch of 'Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border'. Ieva Jusionyte follows firearms smuggled from the US to Mexico. 139196 Fri, 24 May 2024 15:15:00 +0200 - Fri, 24 May 2024 17:00:00 +0200 PhD defence Duygu Erbil: Remembering Deniz Gezmiş https://www.uu.nl/en/events/phd-defence-duygu-erbil-remembering-deniz-gezmis On 27 May, Duygu Erbil will defend her PhD thesis ‘Remembering Deniz Gezmiş’. 139354 Mon, 27 May 2024 10:15:00 +0200 - Mon, 27 May 2024 11:15:00 +0200 Open Session on Democracy https://www.uu.nl/en/events/open-session-on-democracy Research network Institutions for Open Societies invites everyone with an interest in democracy and especially early career researchers to Tuesday 28 May. In this meeting, we aim to build on current discussions and provide an open space to work on joint initiatives and collaborations between different IOS platforms and beyond. 139431 Tue, 28 May 2024 14:00:00 +0200 - Tue, 28 May 2024 18:00:00 +0200 (In)Equality Platform: Conference on Recolonising Empires https://www.uu.nl/en/events/inequality-platform-conference-on-recolonising-empires The IOS (In)Equality is holding a conference on 'Recolonizing Empires during the Cold War: Transitional Social Movements and Social Policy in Post-Colonial Areas'. 139400 Thu, 30 May 2024 10:15:00 +0200 - Fri, 31 May 2024 13:30:00 +0200