Core Courses
NICA offers research master-students a comprehensive educational programme which combines broad overviews of our field with in-depth research and methodological approaches.
Autotheory and its Negativity
Autotheory and its Negativity | Dates: 11, 18, 25 September; 2, 9, 16 October 2023 | Time: 11:00-15:00 | Location: University of Amsterdam | Instructor: Marija Cetinic (UvA) | Contact: m.cetinic@uva.nl | Credits: 6 ECTS
Archaeologies of AI: From Bots to Spectres
Archaeologies of AI: From Bots to Spectres | Dates: 18, 25 September; 2, 9, 30 October 2023 + exhibition visits | Location: Utrecht University | Instructor: Evelyn Wan (UU) | Contact: p.y.wan@uu.nl | Credits: 5 ECTS
Cultural Analysis Now!
Cultural Analysis Now! | Location: Leiden University | Instructor: Pepita Hesselberth (UL) | Contact: p.hesselberth@hum.leidenuniv.nl | Credits: 5 ECTS
Politics of Withdrawal?
Politics of Withdrawal? | Dates: November 8, 22, 29, December 6, 13, 20 (2023) | Time: 13:15-16:00 | Location: Pieter de La Court building - SA.29 (Leiden University) | Instructor: Joost de Bloois (UvA) | Contact: j.g.c.debloois@uva.nl | Credits: 6 ECTS
Attention: Economies, Media, Affect (2023)
Attention: Economies, Media, Affect (2023) | Dates: 12-17 November 2023 (intensive one-week course, online) + 24 November live meeting in Tilburg | Location: Online & Tilburg University | Instructor: Inge van de Ven (TSHD) | Contact: i.g.m.vdven@tilburguniversity.edu | Credits: 6 ECTS
Aquatic Thinking in a Fluid Age
Aquatic Thinking in a Fluid Age | Dates: Semester 2, 2024 (weekly meetings on Thursdays) | Location: Radboud University | Instructors: Jeroen Boom (RUN), Laszlo Muntéan (RUN) | Contact: jeroen.boom@ru.nl & laszlo.muntean@ru.nl | Credits: 5 ECTS
*Trans* Archives, Arts, Affects (in collaboration with NOG)
*Trans* Archives, Arts, Affects (in collaboration with NOG) | Dates: 21, 28, February; 6, 13, 20 March 2024 | Location: Maastricht University | Instructor: Eliza Steinbock (UM) | Contact: e.steinbock@maastrichtuniversity.nl | Credits: 5 ECTS
Making Texts Work: Life Writing, Media Affordances, and Circulation
Making Texts Work: Life Writing, Media Affordances, and the Circulation | Dates: 28 February; 6, 13, 20, 27 March 2024 | Instructors: Anna Poletti (UU), Erin La Cour (VU) | Location: Utrecht University, plus field work in Amsterdam | Contact: e.l.lacour@vu.nl & a.l.poletti@uu.nl | Credits: 6 ECTS
Field Theory
Field Theory | Dates: Semester 2, 2024, weekly meetings and a final presentation day (dates to be announced) | Location: University of Amsterdam | Instructor: Jeff Diamanti (UvA) | Contact: j.diamanti@uva.nl | Credits: 6 ECTS
Summer school - ‘Creative Work(s): Cultural Production Studies Across the Disciplines’ (2024)
Summer school - ‘Creative Work(s): Cultural Production Studies Across the Disciplines’ (2024) | Dates: 1-4 July 2024 | Location: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Instructors: Sara Strandvad (RUG), Kathryn Roberts (RUG) | Contact: s.m.strandvad@rug.nl & k.s.roberts@rug.nl | Credits: 5 ECTS