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Course Overview

NICA offers courses, seminars, conferences and reading groupss for research master and PhD-students, and serves as a professional network for affiliated scholars. For our event calendar, please see this page.

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Core Courses and Summer Schools

June 23, 2025 - June 26, 2025

Summer School 2025 – Creative Work(s): Cultural Production Studies Across the Disciplines

Summer School 2025 – Creative Work(s): Cultural Production Studies Across the Disciplines

Dates: 23-26 June 2025 | Location: University of Groningen | Instructors: Kathryn Roberts, Thijs Lijster | Credits: 5 ECTS

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September 10, 2025 - October 15, 2025

Archaeologies of AI: From Bots to Spectres

Archaeologies of AI: From Bots to Spectres

Dates: 10, 17, 24 September 2025; 1, 15 October 2025 | Time: 15:15-18:00 | Location: Utrecht University | Instructor: Evelyn Wan | Credits: 5 ECTS

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October 6, 2025 - October 10, 2025

Cultural Analysis Now!

Cultural Analysis Now!

Dates: 6, 7, 9, 10 October 2024 | Location: Leiden University | Instructor: Pepita Hesselberth | Credits: 5 ECTS

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November 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Withdrawal and Refusal: Genealogies, Theories, Politics

Withdrawal and Refusal: Genealogies, Theories, Politics

Dates: November-December 2025 (exact dates tba) | Location: University of Amsterdam | Instructor: Joost de Bloois | Credits: 6 ECTS

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November 11, 2025 - November 25, 2025

Trans* Archives, Arts, Affects (in collaboration with NOG)

Trans* Archives, Arts, Affects (in collaboration with NOG)

Dates: 11, 18, 25 November 2025 | Location: Maastricht University  | Instructor: Eliza Steinbock | Credits: 5 ECTS

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February 1, 2026 - March 31, 2026

Cultures of Populism

Cultures of Populism

Dates: February - March 2025 | Location: Radboud University Nijmegen | Instructor: Melanie Schiller (+guest lectures) | Credits: 5 ECTS

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February 11, 2026 - March 18, 2026

Black Aesthetics: Relationalities, Imaginaries, Freedoms

Black Aesthetics: Relationalities, Imaginaries, Freedoms

Dates: 11, 18, 25 February; 4, 11, 18 March 2026 | Location: University of Amsterdam | Instructor: Monique Roelofs | Credits: 6 ECTS

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April 1, 2026 - May 31, 2026

Autotheory / Negativity

Autotheory / Negativity

Dates: April-May 2026 | Location: University of Amsterdam | Instructor: Marija Cetinic | Credits: 6 ECTS

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April 17, 2026 - May 22, 2026

Aquatic Thinking in a Fluid Age

Aquatic Thinking in a Fluid Age

Dates: 17, 24 April; 8,15, 22 May 2026 | Location: Radboud University Nijmegen | Instructors: Jeroen Boom and László Munteán | Credits: 5 ECTS

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June 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026

(Post-)Capitalist Desires: Encounters of Political-Economic, Cultural, and Psychological Analysis - Summer School

(Post-)Capitalist Desires: Encounters of Political-Economic, Cultural, and Psychological Analysis - Summer School

Dates: June 2026 | Location: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Instructor: Thijs Lijster (RUG), Jamie van der Klauw (EUR) | Credits: 5 ECTS

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Conferences

June 20, 2025

Tenth Annual IASPM Benelux Student Conference – Research in Popular Music

Tenth Annual IASPM Benelux Student Conference – Research in Popular Music

Date: 20 June 2025 | Time: 9:00-17:00 | Location: Radboud University Nijmegen | Credits: 2 ECTS

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June 23, 2025 - June 24, 2025

Touching time: Duration, Bodies, Politics - Symposium

Touching time: Duration, Bodies, Politics - Symposium

Dates: 23-24 June 2025 | Location: Tilburg University | Credits: 2 ECTS

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June 24, 2025

Event | Fanon at 100, or the Pragmatics of Freedom: Aesthetics, Care, Psychoanalysis, and Revolution

Event | Fanon at 100, or the Pragmatics of Freedom: Aesthetics, Care, Psychoanalysis, and Revolution

Date: 24 June 2025 | Time: 13:00-19:00 | Location: P.C. Hoofthuis, Room 1.05 (Spuistraat134, 1012VB Amsterdam) | Credits: 1 or 2 ECTS

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Lectures

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  • Workshops and masterclasses

    June 16, 2025

    This Body is Generated: Dancing Virtual Worlds from AI to VR

    Date: 16 June 2025 | Time: 13:00-16:00  | Location: Utrecht University  | Credits: 1 ECTS

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    September 25, 2025

    Filming in European Cities: Rethinking Methodology in Film & Visual Studies - Public Lecture and Masterclass

    Filming in European Cities: Rethinking Methodology in Film & Visual Studies - Public Lecture and Masterclass

    Date: 25 September 2025 | Time: 13:00-19:00 | Location: Leiden University

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    Seminars

    June 13, 2025

    Room to Grow: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Future Hortus Medicus

    Room to Grow: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Future Hortus Medicus

    Date: 13 June 2025 | Time: 10:00-17:00 | Location: Universitry of Amsterdam, Allard Pierson | Credits: 1 ECTS

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    Other

    June 13, 2025

    NICA PhD/rMA Council Summer Borrel

    NICA PhD/rMA Council Summer Borrel

    Date: 13 June 2025 | Time: 16.30 - 19.00 | Location: Eetcafé Cloos, Plein 12A, 2511 CR, Den Haag

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    July 4, 2025 - July 10, 2025

    Energy Literacy for Just Transition - Summer School/Residency

    Energy Literacy for Just Transition - Summer School/Residency

    Dates: Remote kick-off and check-ins: 7 May, 2 June, 30 June 2025; Field trip / residency: 4 - 10 July 2025 | Location: E-WERK Luckenwalde, Germany | Credits: 4 ECTS

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    November 7, 2025 - November 9, 2025

    NICA PhD Writing Retreat 2025

    NICA PhD Writing Retreat 2025

    Date: 7-9 November 2025 | Location: Utrecht region | Registration deadline: 1 September 2025

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    National Research Schools

    • ARCHON, Research School of Archaeology
    • Huizinga Instituut
    • LOT, Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics
    • NISIS, Netherlands Interuniversity School of Islamic Studies
    • NOG, Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies
    • NOSTER, Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion
    • OIKOS, National Research School in Classical Studies
    • OSK, Dutch Postgraduate School for Art History
    • OSL, Onderzoekschool Literatuurwetenschap
    • OZSW, Dutch Research School of Philosophy
    • Posthumus Institute, Research School for Economic and Social History
    • Research School for Medieval Studies
    • RSPH, Research School Political History
    • RMeS, Research School for Media Studies
    • WTMC, Netherlands Graduate Research School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture

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    • Amsterdam Research Center for Gender and Sexuality (ARC-GS)
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    • Babylon: Center for the Study of Superdiversity, Tilburg University
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    • Centre for BOLD Cities
    • Centre for Gender and Diversity, Maastricht University
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    • Research Institute of the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies (PTR)
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