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Do you never visit a church unless you're on holiday? Well, you're not alone. Many religious communities in the Netherlands are rapidly declining and searching for new ways to attract an audience thro

Date: 11 January 2023 Time: 19h30-21h30 (drinks and meal from 18h30) Place: LIVE at DutchCulture, Herengracht 474 Amsterdam Language: English

Date: Wednesday 14 December 2022 Time: 19:30-21:00 CET Speakers: Munyaradzi Elton Sagiya & Gcobani Sipoyo ONLINE VIA ZOOM

You are cordially invited to the upcoming ICOMOS Netherlands lectures evening on Wednesday 23 November. The topic of this evening will be ‘Heritage developments in the Dutch Caribbean’. For this lecture evening we take you to six islands in the Caribbean which are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Our four speakers of today will share with you some recent developments in the field of heritage, relevant for these islands. Michael Newton will provide a general overview of the heritage developments and challenges of the last decade on the six islands. Stephanie van Heijningen will share some of the findings from a recent research into the Waterfort of Willemstad on Curaçao and the future redevelopment of the vacant Plaza Hotel Complex. Gabriela Jimenez will share her experiences and take-aways of a recent masterclass held in Willemstad, which focused on the economic vitality of the World Heritage site of Willemstad. Nanette de Jong, finally, will share experiences from her recent mission to the six islands in the context of the recently signed culture covenant. Please find the program below. To register for this online event, please send an email to: lezingen@icomos.nl. We hope you will join us digitally, Kind regards, Ankie Petersen, Ardjuna Candotti, Daan Lavies, Jacomine Hendrikse, Jean Paul Corten, Maurits van Putten, Remco Vermeulen & Sofia Lovegrove

Matters surrounding the legality of ownership and the illicit trade of cultural goods are an increasingly pressing issue. It is often claimed that somewhere around the world, a cultural object is being looted, stolen from a museum, illegally excavated, or smuggled across a border every single day. EU Member States are both countries of source and of transit, but they can also be counted among the key destinations for cultural objects trafficked from areas all over the globe. In recent years the efforts to combat the illegal trade of cultural goods, as well as cases of restitution, have gained more attention in both (international) policy development and media outings. A recent example is the case of last December’s landmark restitution of over 200 looted antiquities from the U.S. to Italy, which was extensively commented on by the (inter-)national press. The development of INTERPOL’s ID-Art mobile app is another novel way the international community is facilitating this fight. Tapping directly into these actualities, the next online ICOMOS lecture on Wednesday May 11th will focus on questions of legality, ownership and restitution. Two guest speakers will approach the matter from the perspective of their own field of expertise: international law and criminology.

You are cordially invited to the upcoming lectures evening ‘Reflections on the use of Dutch colonial heritage in Indonesia’ on Wednesday 16 March.

Launch of the first ever UNESCO-IPCC-ICOMOS meeting to strengthen synergies between culture, heritage and climate change

Working together with(in) different knowledge systems: On the representation of and research into nature and biocultural heritage

You are cordially invited to the upcoming lectures evening on Wednesday 13 October on World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism: experiences from the Colonies of Benevolence (Belgium/The Netherlands).