/en/events/seminar-working-women-on-the-seventeenth-century-dutch-art-market In this Cultural History seminar, Marleen Puyenbroek explores women's professional involvement in the art market of the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. 151964 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0100 - Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0100 /en/events/book-launch-democracys-double-helix Beatrice de Graaf and Henk Kummeling discuss Lars Behrisch's new book Democracy’s Double Helix, which explores the historical roots of modern democracy. 152438 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:30:00 +0100 - Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0100 /en/events/phd-defence-oene-de-haan-why-reforms-succeed-or-fail On Friday 31 October, Oene de Haan will defend his PhD dissertation ‘The Implementation of Reforms’. 152483 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:15:00 +0100 - Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:15:00 +0100 /en/events/workshop-legitimate-spying-challenging-or-supporting-intelligence-services-in-europe The call for papers is now open for the workshop ‘Legitimate spying? Challenging or supporting intelligence services in Europe’ (3 and 4 November). 146976 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100 - Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0100 /en/events/symposium-postcolonial-heritage-other-perspectives On November 10, 2025, Diaspora Heritage in Movement, in collaboration with FARO and various heritage foundations, is organizing the symposium "Postcolonial Heritage: Other Perspectives" at the Maritime Museum in Rotterdam. 152384 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0100 - Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0100 /en/events/the-submissive-university During this second IOS Dialogue, co-organized with the Futures of Democracy Platform we will discuss threats to the university's core functions in a democracy. 153148 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:30:00 +0100 - Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100 /en/events/book-talk-rethinking-modern-austrian-art-beyond-the-metropolis In this Cultural History seminar, Julia Secklehner and Matisse Huiskens discuss regional cultures in Central European modern art (1918–1938), with a focus on Austria. 152356 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100 - Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:30:00 +0100 /en/events/book-launch-lottery-fantasies-follies-and-controversies-a-cultural-history-of-european-lotteries Discover during this book launch how lotteries were perceived in early modern Europe. Were they inviting fantasies, or did they lead to social misery? 153048 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0100 - Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100