Upcoming events

Architecture and Democracy: Past and Present? – Lecture by Jan Werner Müller (Princeton)

Date and time: 3 FEbruary 2025, 16.00-18.00
Location: Amsterdam, Bushuis F 1.14

This lecture is preceded by a workshop on Democracy: Past and Present? This event is organised by Matthijs Lok with the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies.

For more information, see: https://aces.uva.nl/content/events/2025/02/the-history-of-democracy.html?origin=NY%2F9hMhAQhOv8%2FEeoPahTA

Knowledge Without Territory: An Abject Vassal’s Claim to Kingship (South India, late 18th c) – Lecture by Shahzad Bashir (Aga Khan University)

Date and Time: 11 February 2025, 16.00-18.00
Location: Amsterdam, University library, Belle van Zuylenzaal

This lecture is organised with the research group Global Political Thought of the University of Amsterdam. See: https://ash.uva.nl/content/research-groups/global-political-thought/global-political-thought.html

The limits of Enlightenment: Frederick II, the philosophes and the common people – Lecture by Avi Lifschitz (Oxford)

Date and time: 18 March 2025, 16.00-18.00
Location: Amsterdam, University Library, Potgieterzaal

This lecture is organised with the research group Global Political Thought of the University of Amsterdam. See: https://ash.uva.nl/content/research-groups/global-political-thought/global-political-thought.html

Beyond the ‘Minister-Concubine Complex’: Rethinking Bureaucracy and Masculinity in Ming China (1368-1644) – Lecture by Ying Zhang (Leiden)

Date and time: 21 May 2025, 16.00-18.00
Location: Amsterdam, University Library, Potgieterzaal

This lecture is organised with the research group Global Political Thought of the University of Amsterdam. See: https://ash.uva.nl/content/research-groups/global-political-thought/global-political-thought.html