The Frankfurt Book Fair: 16th century to 2016

The Frankfurt Book Fair, held annually in October, always makes for press headlines - especially in 2016, with the Netherlands and Flanders as guests of honour. But did you know that over five hundred years of history have shaped this book industry event?

Archeologies of the Face

Anke Bangma: “Renewal can also be found in reinterpreting the historical."

In this post, Anke Bangma tells the LUCAS blog about strategical approaches she has undertaken toward the inclusion of contemporary Indonesian art within the national collection of The Netherlands.

We love what we see, so make the humanities count

While LUCAS can be proud that prof. Ineke Sluiter stars in a current six-part Dutch documentary on academia, the fact that she is the only humanities scholar among twelve interviewees is cause for worry...

A Little Documenta in Arnhem

Leonor Veiga visited the 2016 Sonsbeek exhibition and interviewed Indonesian artist and curator Ade Darmawan.

Helena Spanjaard: “Hey, this is funny, they make modern art here”

In this post Dutch art historian Helena Spanjaard recounts her journey to become the first Dutch art historian on Indonesian modern art in the Netherlands, and the unfolding of the discipline of modern Indonesian art history in her country.

Interview Helena Spanjaard: “Indonesian modern art should be studied by art historians”

For the first post on the field of Indonesian art in the Netherlands, the LUCAS member Leonor Veiga interviewed the renowned Dutch art historian Helena Spanjaard, who recently launched a new book.

Open Science: A Necessary Call for Action?

The EU member states’ ministers for research and innovation unanimously signed the Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science in May. Proponents claim that mandatory open access policies champion the general public’s interests. But is that really the case?

Welcome to the Chernobyl Nature Reserve

Plans to turn part of the Chernobyl exclusion zone into a nature reserve are in the pipeline. But what does it actually try to preserve? A queer ecosystem or merely a fantasy of resilient nature?