LUCAS Explains #7: How can we use an age-old text to understand the case of child refugees Lili & Howick?

Remember how unfair it felt when you heard that child refugees Lili and Howick had to go back to their mother’s home country Armenia? In this vlog, Merel Oudshoorn explores how a different system of law might have allowed them to stay.

A Reaction to "A Letter to My Academic Community"

Former Diversity Officer and member of LUCAS Isabel Hoving shares her thoughts on Bareez Majid's blogpost, continuing the Black Lives Matter dialogue within our institute.

LUCAS Explains #6: Why would you rather see a 3D printed copy of the Goldfinch than the original?

Being in (partial) lockdown since March, it has become hard if not impossible to bathe in the ‘aura’ that original artworks radiate. Liselore Tissen explains how a 3D printed copy of the Goldfinch can bring you even closer to your beloved authentic artwork than ever before.

Visibility and Vulnerability in the Physical Space of the LGBTI+ Archive

The Complex Interplay of Experiences During a Museum Visit (in Corona Times)

On 1 June 2020 at 12.00hrs, Dutch museums will reopen their doors now that the government is easing on the regulations. But why visit a museum in the first place? Nynke Feenstra explains how a museum visit is part of a complex interplay of experiences that transcend the time and place of your visit.

Becoming a Woman Through the Eyes of Simone de Beauvoir

What would be the title or theme of your autobiography? Would you try to impress, add some glitter? It’s what Simone de Beauvoir could have done, but didn’t, as Kate Kirkpatrick shows in a new biography.

Redefining Europe’s Identity During Corona

During the Covid-19 crisis, almost all public life has come to a standstill for the past two months and the cultural sector seems to be hit the hardest financially. But what is the impact of the current crisis on Europe’s cultural life from a Humanities perspective?

V-Steaming: On Paltrow and Hippocrates

What do Gwyneth Paltrow and the Hippocratics have in common? Both endorse(d) vaginal steaming! Glyn discusses the ancient Greek phenomenon of uterine vapour baths, focussing on similarities between the cultural ideas underlying Hippocratic treatments and modern discussions of ‘v-steaming.’

House of Industry – An Arsenal without its Researchers

March 20th 2020 would have been a momentous day: the day that the LUCAS would move into its new location the Arsenaal. It had been a long process to bring all the members of the institute together—not just in mind but also in place. But history proved its bitter irony once again.