The Postcolonial Studies Initiative is happy to announce its 8th film series with a selection of films, shown monthly, that draw on a variety of different contexts in our postcolonial world. Please join us for our upcoming screening with the film I Am Not Your Negro, which will be introduced by Alessandra Benedicty-Kokken.    Directed…

The Postcolonial Studies Initiative is happy to announce its 8th film series with a selection of films, shown monthly, that draw on a variety of different contexts in our postcolonial world. Please join us for our upcoming screening with the film Happy End, introduced by Milica Trakilović. Happy End is a drama about a family…

We are happy to announce that for our next TiM Seminar we have invited prof. Tim Ingold, who is going to talk about “On doing undergoing: Experience, Imagination, and the Principle of Habit”. The seminar will take place on January 23rd, from 15:00 -17:00. The location is again the Grote Zaal, at Munstraat 2A.  …

Pianist and composer Aeham Ahmad, known widely as “The Pianist from Yarmouk,” achieved unexpected fame after images of him performing in the ruins of Damascus went viral. As part of a visit sponsored by Residenties in Utrecht, Ahmad will join us for an afternoon of conversation about his approach to life and music. We are…

In this presentation, Nathalie Sinclair will introduce a new multi-touch app called TouchTimes, which aims to put multiplication in motion, primarily through gesture-based interactions. Instead of demanding that children memorise multiplication facts, or resorting to a sequential logic of repeated addition, TouchTimes mobilises simultaneity, hapticity and relationality. Using Whitehead’s concept of prehension, Sinclair shows how…

New technologies and datafication in so-called smart cities affect how we interface with the city. Social, economic and technological changes also lead to new urban frictions, and increasingly put strain on collectively shared urban commons and the right to the city. This shifting landscape of urban politics and power dynamics and the role of media,…

We cordially invite you to a public lecture and workshop by Jason King, Associate Professor, The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, NYU. The lecture and workshop will take place in the Grote Zaal with the entrance at Muntstraat 2A, MCW-LAB (Grote zaal KNG20) on Tuesday December 11th between 18.30 and 21.00. Tickets are free but please RSVP to: n.l.c.polson@uu.nl.    Lecture – Deconstructing Freddie Mercury…

Het onderzoeksplatform Datafied Society en Het Utrecht Data Science & Humanities Centre organiseren op 30 november een discussie bijeenkomst over Distant Reading. Aanleiding is de blogpost van Marc van Oostendorp waarin de vruchtbaarheid van de betreffende leeshouding wordt betwijfeld. De professor zal zijn twijfels in persoon komen toelichten, waarna sprekers van het Utrecht Data Science & Humanities…

As museums seek to broaden and diversify their audiences, many are turning to new digitally enhanced displays and interactive exhibits. One prominent effect of the influx of digital technologies is that historical exhibitions now often function as performances or games, dynamically changing in response to different visitors and capable of responding to new contexts as…

In this experimental two-hour workshop, which is aimed at BA/MA students in musicology and media studies, we will approach transcribing and arranging game music as a reflective practice within a Creative Humanities framework. Aside from teaching basic skills to engage practically with the subject matter we will be reflecting on the epistemic implications of our…