Events

April 2026

Wed 22 April 2026

Hybrid knowledge session | Understanding China’s export controls

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Different experts analyze China’s legal framework, institutional structures, evolving rationale, and historical development in this domain. In The Hague.

Wed 22 April 2026

RMO lecture | Byvanck-lecture 2026

Naoíse Mac Sweeney (University of Vienna) talks about Greek cities in Cilicia (South East Turkey). They are considered settlements founded from the 8th century BC by migrants who brought their own culture and identity with them. 

Thu 23 April 2026

RMO rondleiding | Verhaal op zaal

De wetenschappers achter de tijdelijke tentoonstelling Discovering Ancient Egypt vertellen over hun onderzoek en de fascinerende verhalen achter de objecten in de tentoonstelling.

Thu 23 April 2026

Debate | Sounds of Formosa

During a seminar and Q&A with Ambassador Chung-Kwang Tien of Taiwan we discuss Taiwan's international geopolitical position, as well as academic exchange opportunities in Taiwan. In The Hague.

Thu 23 April 2026 - Fri 24 April 2026

Conferentie | Neerlandistiekdagen

Studenten maken kennis met lopend onderzoek en actueel onderwijs binnen de neerlandistiek via workshops en lezingen, onder andere over straattaal. Ook wordt gevraagd hoe de neerlandistiek van de toekomst eruitziet.

Thu 23 April 2026

Lecture | Women, mushrooms, and other social-botanical minorities in the first illustrated Dutch flora

Luiza Teixeira-Costa (Meertens Instituut) discuss some of the plants and people involved in the first illustrated flora of the Netherlands, focusing on women and their extensive contribution to the study of mushrooms and other fungi.

Thu 23 April 2026

Online book talk | Repression and resistance on the Russian internet

Françoise Daucé and Francesca Musiani talk about their new book 'Digital Authoritarianism in the Making: Repression and Resistance on the Russian Internet'. In it, they discuss the rise of authoritarianism and its domination of the Russian digital space. 

Thu 23 April 2026

KITLV online seminar | Apocalypse forgotten: Memories and histories of natural disaster in Indonesia

Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan (Australian National University, Canberra) reviews  why natural disasters did not always survive in the written historical record  in Javanese, Balinese, Sasak and Malay. He explores how Indonesian communities preserved their memories of disaster in ways that are less easily accessible to modern historians. 

Thu 23 April 2026

Lezing | Van posthuman-isme naar post-humanisme

Drs. Jasmijn Leeuwenkamp (Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis) stelt dat het posthumanisme (ca. 1980 – nu) aantoont dat mensen altijd al onderdeel zijn geweest van grotere netwerken.

Fri 24 April 2026

Publiekslezing | Voorspellen met boeken - Bijzondere Collecties in de schijnwerpers

Hoe kreeg men in verschillende periodes grip op de toekomst? Aan de hand van vroegmiddeleeuwse handschriften en vroegmoderne drukken wordt laten zien hoe de toekomst naast elkaar gezet wordt.

Fri 24 April 2026

WML artist talk | Rogue agents of history

Larissa Sansour en Søren Lind gaan in gesprek met curator Nat Muller over de eerste solotentoonstelling in Nederland van de bekroonde Palestijnse kunstenaar Larissa Sansour. In Amsterdam.

Fri 24 April 2026

Neerlandistiekdagen | Neerlandistiek: de toekomst!

Deze dag is speciaal voor docenten uit het vo, hbo en wo, onderzoekers en andere vakgenoten binnen de neerlandistiek. Centraal staat de vraag hoe de neerlandistiek van de toekomst eruitziet.

Tue 28 April 2026

Guest lecture | The European Union, the use of force and international law

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Dominique de Villepin (French PM 2005-2007, French Foreign Minister 2002-2004) talks about the use of force and international law in the context of the European Union. In The Hague.

Tue 28 April 2026

Middagprogramma | Giant robots, big ideas

Wetenschappers op het gebied van Japanse animatie, film- en literatuurwetenschap en cultuurgeschiedenis onderzoeken hoe 'giant robots' diepere vragen weerspiegelen over technologie, kunstmatige intelligentie, oorlog en de relatie tussen mens en machine.

Wed 29 April 2026

Conference | Materiality and historical research

The Leiden University Greek and Roman History Research Team organises a workshop of short presentations about a single object, or group of objects, that can demonstrate the importance of materiality in historical research.

Wed 29 April 2026

Lecture | The rise and fall of imperial calligraphy on clay tablets for the Great Goose Pagoda

Foong Ping ( Seattle Art Museum & University of Washington) discusses pressed clay tablets at the Tang-dynasty capital of Chang’an. He focuses especially on the Great Goose Pagoda, two imperial encomiums transcribed by Chu Suiliang.

Wed 29 April 2026

Lecture | Bijutsu: The key issue of contemporary Japanese art

Kiyoko Mitsuyama-Wdowiak (SOAS, University of London) explores why contemporary Japanese art used to be seen as an imitation of Western art and why it has turned into a fascinating subject since the late 1980s.

Thu 30 April 2026

Online lecture | Tribulation and refuge after the Syrian revolution

Basit Kareem Iqbal (McMaster University) discusses how religious imaginations animate giving against the backdrop of war and displacement. When "God grants relief," how do humans find refuge in what is lost? 

Thu 30 April 2026

Lecture | The art and activism of Ai Weiwei

Foong Ping (Seattle Art Museum & the University of Washington) discusses Ai Weiwei works, where he questions forms of power, disrupts artistic canons, and challenges political authoritarianism. In Amsterdam. 

Thu 30 April 2026

NINO studentensymposium | Rediscovering Ancient Egypt

Sprekers van de opleidingen Oude Nabije Oosten Studies (BA) en Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA) presenteren hun lopend onderzoek in verband met de Egyptische en Nubische collecties van het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.

Thu 30 April 2026

Lecture | Influencing maternal employment after childbirth: Japan  & EU countries

Youngjae Koh examines the factors and processes influencing the length of continued employment after childbirth in Japan and in the three European countries.

Thu 30 April 2026

Lezing | Auschwitz et après: Kampliteratuur van Charlotte Delbo

Charlotte Delbo's driedelige 'Auschwitz et après' bleven binnen de kampliteratuur altijd onderbelicht vanwege hun experimentele karakter.  nnelies Schulte Nordholt en Tommy van Avermaete nemen een aantal tekstfragmenten van Delbo onder de loep, om te begrijpen wat haar proza zo bijzonder maakt.

Thu 30 April 2026

Lecture | Precarious choices: How foreign books are censored in China

Svetlana Kharchenkova (Leiden University) discusses how this censorship of foreig books in China works in practice.

Thu 30 April 2026

Lezing | Ken onszelve

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Filosofen Savriël Dillingh en Floris Schleicher onderzoeken wat het betekent om jezelf te kennen en wat de grenzen daarvan zijn. 

May 2026

Sun 3 May 2026

Concert | Lustrum spring concert Sempre Crescendo

With soloists Albert Jan de Boer, Sander de Jong, and Sara Corbey, and pianists Yiyuan Chen and Javier Hombria Hernández, student music organisation Sempre Crescendo  promises to be an impressive performance. The orchestra and the Madrigaal and Padrigaal choirs will also perform various pieces.

Sun 3 May 2026

Filosofiemiddag | Het ideaal van het goede

Onder begeleiding van filosoof en docent Werner van Rossum worden ideeën en idealen over het Goede bediscussieerd.

Tue 5 May 2026

Festival | Liberation festival The Hague

Come to the HI The Hague Student Experience on the Malieveld on May 5th from 12:00 PM. It's the place where you can party all day long to the hottest tracks, participate in fun activities, and take on sporting challenges. 

Wed 6 May 2026

Studieavond | Femicide

Verschillende wetenschappers bespreken verschillende aspecten van femicide. In Den Haag.

Thu 7 May 2026

Seminar | Radicalism and radicalization: Where to draw the line?

Prof.dr. Rik Peels (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) talks about the evolving belief-systems of radicalized groups and the increasing difficulty of locating radicalization. In The Hague.

Thu 7 May 2026

Hybrid lecture | A visual world study of culmination in Hindi perfective verbs

Myrte Vos presents a visual World eye tracking study with a sentence-picture matching task in the context of Hindi speakers. 

Thu 7 May 2026

RMO lezing | Een middeleeuwse bestseller

Emilie van Opstall (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) verzorgt de jaarlijkse Zenobia-lezing. Ze vertelt over het Boek van Sindbad de Filosoof / Zeven Wijzen van Rome, een raamvertelling die vanaf de middeleeuwen tot de vroegmoderne tijd erg populair was.

Thu 7 May 2026

Seminar | Water movements

Maud Rijks focuses on the historical roots and underlying structures of water movements and solidarity netoworks, to better understand their increasing presence, and expanding roles.

Thu 7 May 2026

KITLV hybrid seminar | Translanguaging and the circulation of Korean language in Indonesia

Nurenzia Yannuar (Universitas Negeri Malang) discusses how the Korean Wave (Hallyu) has actively introduced the Korean language into Indonesia’s sociolinguistic landscape. She focuses on Indonesian K-pop fans engaging in translanguaging by switching between Indonesian, local languages, Korean, and English to construct shared identities. 

Thu 7 May 2026

ASCL seminar | Intentional hope, social change and leadership

Dr. Irene Guijt discusses hope as a choice, offering links to agency and leadership, particularly in African contexts.

Thu 7 May 2026

Joint talk | Art talk by Matthew Rampley and Vera Wolff

Matthew Rampley examines recent debates over socialist globalism in art.  Vera Wolff situates the highly controversial exhibition 'Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1939' within a broader field of contemporary projects in global art history and Cold War history of knowledge. 

Fri 8 May 2026

Symposium | Flitsen uit de historie van de belastingheffing

Verschillende sprekers reflecteren op de geschiedenis van belastingheffing in Nederland. 

Tue 12 May 2026 - Wed 13 May 2026

WML workshop | Indigenous futures - on ancestral remains in the Netherlands

New theory and policy input on the framework of repatriation and handling of ancestral remains in the Netherlands is discussed, centring the perspectives of Indigenous and formerly colonised peoples.

Tue 12 May 2026

Lecture | The biological roots of musicality

Michelle Spierings explores how musicality emerges across the animal kingdom. By comparing primates, songbirds, and parrots, her research reveals which cognitive and vocal abilities lead to music perception, production, and appreciation.

Tue 12 May 2026

Lecture | Life-course and mobility among enslaved people in plantation hierarchies

Enid Holweg explores how the roles and social positions of enslaved people on plantations in 18th and 19th century Suriname changed over the course of their lifetimes. She also researches whether access to skilled or higher-status positions was concentrated within particular families and passed down through generations.

Tue 12 May 2026

Hybrid knowledge session | From China with love

China is often accused of espionage. How do these claims stand up to scrutiny? China expert Fred Sengers argues that we often go too far in our fear of Chinese products and technology. 

Wed 13 May 2026

Kick-off meeting | Profiling heritage

A team of university experts  of the Leiden heritage community invites all interested individuals to make a short pitch to share your insights, comments and suggestions during the event.

Wed 13 May 2026

Lunch lecture | Transformations in global climate finance

This talk focuses on the reasons that have driven the emergence of global climate finance institutions from the dimensions of governance, operations, issue area, and control.

Wed 13 May 2026

Book talk | Israeli-Turkish relations at the end of the Cold War: Denyal of Armenian Genocide

Eldad Ben Aharon traces Israel’s diplomatic maneuvering through key geopolitical events and places them within broader regional and global shifts. He challenges the common idea that credits American Jewish organisations and Turkish Jews with shaping Ankara–Jerusalem relations and influencing Washington’s policies. 

Wed 13 May 2026

Lezing | Een historische en etymologische blik op co-spraak gebaren en tekens

Emily Shaw (University of Gallaudet) presenteert etymologisch onderzoek naar Amerikaanse Gebarentaal (ASL) en Franse Gebarentaal (LSF). Ze focust op hoe gebaren zijn overgedragen, getransformeerd en hergeïnterpreteerd over generaties en nationale contexten heen.

Thu 14 May 2026

RMO hybride lezing | Het voeden van de purpergekte

Sem van Atteveld (MA Ancient History in Leiden) legt uit hoe de Romeinen hun kostbare purper kleurstof maakten uit zeeslakken en wat u er nog van kunt zien in de museumcollectie.

Sun 17 May 2026

Wereldwandeling | Sporen van de Slavernij in Leiden

Aan de hand van deze wandeling door de straten van de historische binnenstad van Leiden, leer je meer over de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenhandel en slavernij, lopend langs gebouwen waar handelaren, tot slaafgemaakten, en voorvechters voor de afschaffing van slavernij woonden.

Tue 19 May 2026

Hybrid lecture | Kremlin's control and suppression strategies between 2000 – 2021

A sentiment analysis tool is used to trace Russia's evolution from overt repression to media manipulation under Putin, exploring how state-sponsored disinformation campaigns are used to influence public opinion, legitimise violence, and suppress dissent.  

Tue 19 May 2026

Lecture | Mind tools, language and the origins of AI

Stephen C. Levinson (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) explores how mind tools (devices that strengthen our cognition) work psychologically.

Wed 20 May 2026

ASCL seminar | South-South divergence before the Green Revolution

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According to historical income estimates, Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa were more or less on similar levels in the 1960s. In 2020, per capita incomes in Southeast Asia were roughly three times higher than in Tropical Africa. Ewout Frankema (Wageningen University) tries to make sense of this dramatic difference.

Wed 20 May 2026

Workshop | Intentions in communication

Participants discuss their opinion on the significance of speaker intentions in communication, and in models of communication.

Thu 21 May 2026 - Fri 22 May 2026

Conference | The EU as a guardian of digital fairness and sustainable consumption

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In a keynote speech, a roundtable and a panel, speakers discuss EU consumer protection, integration of environmental protection in EU legislation, and the protection of personal data.

Thu 21 May 2026

RMO talk | human remains in museums

This session of the Museum Meets University series invites international scholars to discuss the topic of human remains in museums.

Thu 21 May 2026

Lezing | Leidse bespiegelingen - Filosofie en sport; spel, lichaam en politiek

Sportfilosofen Aldo Houterman en Sandra Meeuwsen reflecteren op hoe sport een onverwacht venster vormt op fundamentele vragen over mens en samenleving.

Thu 21 May 2026

Lecture | What language-specific ‘first aid kits’ can tell us about bilingualism

When we speak in another language, we often adapt sounds of that language and assimilate it to familiar sounds from our first language. In this talk, Tim Lamérises discuss phonological repair strategies in bilingualism.

Fri 22 May 2026

RMO hybride lezing | Archeologie in Zeeland

Volg vier korte lezingen over verdronken nederzettingen, een offerkuil, ringwalburgen en honderdduizend scherven in Zeeland. 

Fri 22 May 2026

Alumni event | Celebrating 40 years of the Dutch Studies programme

Enjoy a review of 40 years of Dutch Studies by (former) staff members, a Dutch Studies quiz, an alumni panel, and drinks afterwards to celebrate 40 years since the BA Nederlandkunde/Dutch Studies was established in Leiden.

Fri 22 May 2026

WML conference | Spatial justice & the Palestinian table

Researchers explores how built environments, landscapes and geographies are used as weapons. This conference aligns with the opening of the installation 'The Palestinian Table', centering food as memory of displacement and destruction in Palestine.

Sun 24 May 2026

WML workshop | Japanse Kōdō geurbeleving

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Beleef de verfijnde wereld van Kōdō – de Japanse geurkunst waarin ambacht en zintuiglijke beleving samenkomen. 

Tue 26 May 2026

Festival | Nacht van de digitale veiligheid

Experts uit verschillende disciplines vertellen over de nieuwste ontwikkelingen, bedreigingen en oplossingen op het gebied van cybersecurity. In Den Haag.

Tue 26 May 2026

Hybride lezing | Experiences of migration, a pedagogy of fiction

prof.dr. Odile Heynders houdt een lezing over haar boek 'Experiences of Migration, A Pedagogy of Fiction'. Ze onderzoekt hoe fictieve verhalen over migratie bijdragen aan een specifieke vorm van kennis.

Tue 26 May 2026

Seminar | Water worlds

Ifor Duncan (Utrecht University) challenges the traditional foundations and methods of thinking about human-water relations and discusses the deep histories of water.

Wed 27 May 2026 - Thu 28 May 2026

Conference | NEXT GEN: The Hague Security Conference

After the second world war, the post-war international order seemed to be moving towards greater co-operation, stronger rules-based international order, and deepening economic interdependence. In recent years, however, hope of a more stable world order faded. Experts and emerging thinkers and practitioners discuss sharp analyses and fresh perspectives.

Thu 28 May 2026

NINO hybride lezing | F.W. von Bissing en zijn verzameling Egyptische oudheden

In deze lezing komt niet alleen  Egyptoloog-verzamelaar Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissings(1873-1956) biografie voorbij, maar kijken we ook naar de collectie en de rol die von Bissing speelde in het verwerven en distribueren van archeologische voorwerpen eind 19de en begin 20ste eeuw.

Fri 29 May 2026

Lezing | Ierland in de 21e eeuw

Literatuurwetenschapper Amaranth Feuth bespreekt hoe Ierse schrijfster Sally Rooney het beroemdste echtpaar uit de Ierse literatuur, de Blooms uit James Joyces Ulysses, weergeeft in haar recente roman Intermezzo.

Fri 29 May 2026

Boekpresentatie | Sushi eet je met je handen

Anoma van der Veere en Katarzyna Cwiertka presenteren het boek 'Sushi eet je met je handen'. Ze delen persoonlijke verhalen en onverwachte inzichten, die laten zien hoe eten het karakter van Japan weerspiegelt.

Sat 30 May 2026

RMO lezing | Soldaat in de Tachtigjarige oorlog

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Julian Kramer en Eric Norde (RAAP) vertellen over het leven van soldaten tijdens de Tachtigjarige Oorlog, aan de hand van bijzondere opgravingen bij Spijk.

Sun 31 May 2026

RMO lezing | Strijdhamers uit de Klokbekertijd

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 Karsten Wentink en Florian Helmecke (Universiteit Leiden) vertellen over strijdhamers uit de prehistorie en wat ze écht onthullen over Corded Ware-gemeenschappen.

June 2026

Mon 1 June 2026

RMO lezing | Kwik in botten

Lotte Nagelhout (Universiteit Leiden) vertelt over de geschiedenis van syfilis en de vaak ingrijpende behandelmethoden in het verleden.

Tue 2 June 2026

RMO lezing | Watertonnenwrak ’t Hart

Jeroen Oosterbaan (Universiteit Leiden) vertelt over het onderzoek naar een bijzonder scheepswrak uit de Waddenzee.

Wed 3 June 2026 - Thu 4 June 2026

Seminar | Indonesia human rights update

The seminar explores theoretical debates and gaps stemming from Indonesia’s democratic decline and its implications for human rights.

Wed 3 June 2026

RMO lezing | Onderwateropgraving Romeinse kade

Drie onderzoekers van Vestigia vertellen over een bijzondere onderwateropgraving in de Maas bij Cuijk.

Wed 3 June 2026 - Fri 5 June 2026

Conference | Staging the heroine

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Different speakers talk about the construction and performance of female heroism in literature, the visual arts and theatre between 1350 and 1800.

Thu 4 June 2026

RMO lezing | Merovingisch grafveld van Lent

Joep Hendriks vertelt over een bijzondere opgraving bij Lent, ten noorden van Nijmegen, waar een vroegmiddeleeuws grafveld werd blootgelegd.

Fri 5 June 2026

RMO lezing | Prehistorisch DNA

Eveline Altena (LUMC) vertelt hoe DNA-onderzoek ons beeld van de vroegste bewoners van Nederland verandert.

Sat 6 June 2026

WML museumnacht | Oostenwind

Laat je onderdompelen in nieuwe kunst en cultuur uit Zuid-Korea, Samoa en West-Papoea met verschillende tentoonstellingen, optredens en kunst.

Mon 8 June 2026

Lecture | The Biblical covenant and its afterlife

Robert Kawashima (University of Florida) and Stephen C. Russell (City University of New York) explore the significance of the Mosaic covenant and the influence that the biblical idea of the covenant had on early-modern political theory.

Mon 8 June 2026

NINO hybrid lecture | The Achaemenid Persian empire and world history

Prof. Dr Miguel John Versluys gives the Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture and suggests the adoption of an Afro-Eurasian perspective on the idea of universalism around 500 BCE.

Wed 10 June 2026

Hybride lezing | Geletterdheidsontwikkeling voor dove/slechthorende kinderen in de vroege jaren

Rachel Chomba (Universiteit van Zambia) onderzoekt de geletterdheidsontwikkeling van doof en slechthorende kinderen in de vroege jaren vanuit een taal-eerst en visueel gefundeerd perspectief. 

Wed 10 June 2026

Conference | Humanities and International Relations Graduate Conference 2026

This conference centers on the theme 'Reimagining international relations: Humanities and multidisciplinarity as key approaches'. In The Hague.

Thu 11 June 2026 - Fri 12 June 2026

Workshop | The social dynamics of communal affiliation in early Islam

In different talks and panels, scholars discuss understanding of Muslim groups in early Islam.

Fri 12 June 2026

Symposium | Humanities PhD Symposium 2026

PhD candidates from across the humanities share and discuss their ongoing research with peers and faculty members in an open, supportive setting.

Mon 15 June 2026

Oratie | Archeology of Middle America

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Alexander Geurds discusses how we can develop an archaeology of Middle America.

Thu 18 June 2026

RMO lezing | Tijd in Romeins Egypte

De Leidse Papyrologie-lezing wordt dit jaar gehouden door Sofie Remijsen (Universiteit van Amsterdam). Ze vertelt over innovatieve tijdsinstrumenten uit de Grieks-Romeinse tijd in Egypte. 

Fri 19 June 2026

ASCL meeting | Reimagining Africa

This meeting brings together librarians, archivists, and information professionals to exchange practical approaches to improving the visibility, accessibility, and active use of African Studies collections. 

Fri 19 June 2026

Study trip | Explore the Roman past of the Netherlands

Discober the Roman life near the limes in the modern province of Utrecht. Highlights of the trip include a visit to the Roman fort and Museum Hoge Woerd and a canal tour in a replica of a Roman ship.

Sun 21 June 2026

Wereldwandeling | Sporen van de Slavernij in Leiden

Aan de hand van deze wandeling door de straten van de historische binnenstad van Leiden, leer je meer over de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenhandel en slavernij, lopend langs gebouwen waar handelaren, tot slaafgemaakten, en voorvechters voor de afschaffing van slavernij woonden.

Tue 23 June 2026

WML international symposium | Pacific Arts Association

Ttiled 'Oceanic Blazing Forms: Memory, Place-making and Imagination', this symposium rethinks global art histories through the growing intellectual space of the Wereldmuseum. It challenges the structures and assumptions of both art history and anthropology through new approaches to material culture. 

Thu 25 June 2026

RMO evening programme | An evening with… Penelope

Claire Stocks (University of Amsterdam) and Aurora Raimondi Cominesi (Fondazione Brescia Musei, Italy) bring together the story of the Odyssee's Penelope. They weave together old and modern art, poetry, and film and theatre fragments.

Fri 26 June 2026

KITLV hybrid festival | Celebration 175 years KITLV !

The Institute's researchers creatively show their work, and the works produced by Atelier KITLV will be exhibited and explained. There will also be dance and spoken word. At the UBL, manuscripts, photographs, maps, and other objects from the KITLV Collection are highlighted.

Tue 30 June 2026

Conference | The Hague threat intelligence exchange

Speakers explore the landscape of cyber threats and encourage collaboration between private sector threat intelligence, government, and academia. In The Hague.

July 2026

Wed 1 July 2026 - Fri 3 July 2026

Conference | The prayer book as object and practice, 1300–1800

Different researchers explore the broader network of prayer books across late medieval and early modern Europe. They focus on the material book, its texts and images, devotions inspired by these texts and images, producers of the books, and the communities to which they belong. 

Thu 2 July 2026

KITLV symposium | Caribbean Studies: Past, present, and future of the field

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Rosemarijn Hoefte retires from her roles as senior researcher and member of the management team at KITLV. She reflects on the past, present, and future of the field of Caribbean studies.

Sun 5 July 2026 - Tue 7 July 2026

Conference | Crimmigration in an age of authoritarian drift

The fusion of criminal law and immigration enforcement (crimmigration) has intensified globally. Different speakers explore how crimmigration works as a tool of governance and political performance in democratic, hybrid, and authoritarian settings.

Sun 5 July 2026 - Tue 7 July 2026

Conference | Crimmigration in an Age of Authoritarian Drift

Criminal law and immigration are increasingly linked, known as "crimmigration." This trend has grown with the rise of authoritarian and far-right politics. The conference examines how migration has become central to nationalist agendas.

Fri 10 July 2026

Symposium | History of sign language: Emergence, transmission, and change

Researchers, students, and international professionals promote the exchange of research and experiences. They also reflect on sign languages from a broad historical perspective, discussing their early records, sociolinguistic development, and current uses. 