The Huizinga Lecture (
Dutch: Huizingalezing) is an annual lecture in the Netherlands about a subject in the domains of cultural history or philosophy.[1] The lecture is in honour of
Johan Huizinga, a distinguished Dutch historian (1872–1945) who worked in the first half of the 20th century. The Lecture is organized by nationwide daily general newspaper
NRC Handelsblad, the Faculty of Humanities of
Leiden University, and the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde (Society of Dutch Literature). Attendance at the lecture was free of charge for subscribers to NRC Handelsblad, members of the Faculty of Humanities, and members of the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde until 2010. From 2011 onwards tickets have to be bought. The lecture is held alternately by a Dutch and a non-Dutch
intellectual.
The Huizinga Lecture started in 1972 and is held annually in December in the
Pieterskerk in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Lectures
This is a complete list of the Huizinga Lectures from the beginning in 1972 to the present date.
1972:
Rudy Kousbroek – Ethologie en cultuurfilosofie (Ethology and cultural philosophy)
1973:
Mary McCarthy – Can There Be a Gothic Literature?
1974:
Jan Pen – De cultuur, het geld en de mensen (Civilization, money and the people)
1975:
Jean-François Revel – La tentation totalitaire (The totalitarian temptation)
1976:
Arthur Lehning – Over vrijheid en gelijkheid (On liberty and equality)
1992:
E. de Jongh – Kunst en het vruchtbare misverstand (Art and the fruitful misunderstanding)
1993:
Christian von Krockow – Schwierige Nähe. Zur Geschichte und Zukunft der Deutsch-Niederländischen Beziehungen (Hard neighborship: On the history and future of Dutch-German relations)
1994:
A.Th. van Deursen – Huizinga en de geest der eeuw (Huizinga and the spirit of the age)
1996:
Henk Wesseling – Zoekt Prof. Huizinga eigenlijk niet zichzelf? Huizinga en de geest van de jaren dertig (Is prof. Huizinga as a matter of fact in search of his own self? Huizinga and the spirit of the thirties)
Alle cultuur is streven. De verzamelde Huizinga-lezingen 1972-1986 (All culture is aspiration. The collected Huizinga Lectures 1972-1986) (with an introduction by
H.L. Wesseling), Amsterdam: Bert Bakker 1987
ISBN90-351-0567-2
The Huizinga Lecture (
Dutch: Huizingalezing) is an annual lecture in the Netherlands about a subject in the domains of cultural history or philosophy.[1] The lecture is in honour of
Johan Huizinga, a distinguished Dutch historian (1872–1945) who worked in the first half of the 20th century. The Lecture is organized by nationwide daily general newspaper
NRC Handelsblad, the Faculty of Humanities of
Leiden University, and the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde (Society of Dutch Literature). Attendance at the lecture was free of charge for subscribers to NRC Handelsblad, members of the Faculty of Humanities, and members of the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde until 2010. From 2011 onwards tickets have to be bought. The lecture is held alternately by a Dutch and a non-Dutch
intellectual.
The Huizinga Lecture started in 1972 and is held annually in December in the
Pieterskerk in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Lectures
This is a complete list of the Huizinga Lectures from the beginning in 1972 to the present date.
1972:
Rudy Kousbroek – Ethologie en cultuurfilosofie (Ethology and cultural philosophy)
1973:
Mary McCarthy – Can There Be a Gothic Literature?
1974:
Jan Pen – De cultuur, het geld en de mensen (Civilization, money and the people)
1975:
Jean-François Revel – La tentation totalitaire (The totalitarian temptation)
1976:
Arthur Lehning – Over vrijheid en gelijkheid (On liberty and equality)
1992:
E. de Jongh – Kunst en het vruchtbare misverstand (Art and the fruitful misunderstanding)
1993:
Christian von Krockow – Schwierige Nähe. Zur Geschichte und Zukunft der Deutsch-Niederländischen Beziehungen (Hard neighborship: On the history and future of Dutch-German relations)
1994:
A.Th. van Deursen – Huizinga en de geest der eeuw (Huizinga and the spirit of the age)
1996:
Henk Wesseling – Zoekt Prof. Huizinga eigenlijk niet zichzelf? Huizinga en de geest van de jaren dertig (Is prof. Huizinga as a matter of fact in search of his own self? Huizinga and the spirit of the thirties)
Alle cultuur is streven. De verzamelde Huizinga-lezingen 1972-1986 (All culture is aspiration. The collected Huizinga Lectures 1972-1986) (with an introduction by
H.L. Wesseling), Amsterdam: Bert Bakker 1987
ISBN90-351-0567-2