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• 22 nov 2017

  Utrecht

  Study days - Education

  The digital French-speaking world

  Comment tirer profit du numérique dans les pratiques pédagogiques ? Si la révolution numérique offre de nouvelles possibilités, elle est souvent vécue comme une contrainte pour les enseignants. Vingt-sept intervenants des Pays-Bas, de la France, de la Belgique, de la Suisse, du Maroc, de l'Algérie et du Canada analyserons la « question numérique », les mutations didactiques qu'elle implique et les expériences qu'elle permet pour l’enseignement.

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• 30 oct 2015

  Amsterdam

  Study days - History

  Denim on stage

  University meets industry at Denim City in Amsterdam

  The aim of this one-day conference is to explore the evolution of denim from its origins in the French town of Nîmes, through the American invention of the modern blue jeans, to the contemporary global manufacturing and marketing of denim and jeans. Blue denim jeans are the most worn garments in the world. Even though denim is often perceived as a symbol of American culture, the denim fabric originated in Europe and has a long history. Yet it was only when denim trousers were riveted that the first modern pair of jeans were created in the late XIX^th century. Since this invention, jeans have made grand transformations from a worker’s garment, through a uniform of non-conformity and youth protest, to an item of fashion design. Recently, the Netherlands has become an international marketing cluster for the global denim industry.

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• 08 mar 2013

  Leiden

  Study days - Europe

  The Papacy and the East

  Intellectual debates and cross-cultural interactions, 1274-1439

  This symposium brings together scholars from different backgrounds to discuss intellectual relations and cultural interactions between the Papal curia and Christian communities and Churches of the Greek, Armenian, and Syriac East between 1274-1439. Fresh empirical analysis will provide new insights into this phase of East-West relations, offering a major laboratory to explore the actors, mechanisms, tools, ideas, and purposes of overseas cultural contacts.

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