Cleveringa 2021
More than eighty years ago, professor Cleveringa read aloud his now famous protest speech in the Great Auditorium. He denounced the measure taken by the Germans of removing all Jewish professors from their posts.
In collaboration with the Cleveringa committees, we organise live and hybrid (live and online) meetings on and around 26 November, to commemorate professor Cleveringa's brave speech.
Live from Leiden
From the Great Auditorium, in the same place where professor Cleveringa gave his impassioned speech, we will broadcast a live event – entirely in English – on Thursday 25 November.
Commercial space flights have prompted new questions. What limits are there to the exploitation of space, both in practical and in legal terms? What is possible and what should we want? These questions are the subject of the 2021 Leiden Cleveringa Meeting entitled 'Freedom, Outer Space, and the Role of the Law'. More information about the speakers and the event can be found on the university website.
Below you'll find all the live English Cleveringa Meetings across the globe. Perhaps you speak Dutch as well? Then please have a look at the other Cleveringa Meetings you can join on Thursday 26 November.
Speaker: Prof.dr. Peter Ho
Language: English
| Date | To be determined date in January |
| Time | 18:00 - 20:30 (Beijing time) 18.00 Walk-in from 18.30-18.45 Introduction with Ambassador from 18.45-19.30 Presentation from Peter Ho Q&A Reception |
| Location | The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in China |
| Sign up | Via pek-cco@minbuza.nl |
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in China requests the pleasure of your presence at their Cleveringa Meeting at the Embassy, followed by a reception.
This year’s lecture features prof. Peter Ho from the Netherlands, a Beijing-based specialist of Chinese development at the London School of Economics. For his scientific achievements, prof. Ho was awarded several international awards. The European Research Council listed him as a “leading thinker” and “world renowned scholar.”
Prof. Ho has published twelve books and has advised both Chinese and Dutch national leaders and members of parliament, including the Dutch Prime Minister and the Chinese Minister of Land and Resources.
The title of his lectur is 'Why worry about the land under my house?'. In light of acute and critical developments on China’s property market, Prof. Ho will speak to us about the politics of China’s land reform in the past and present.
Democratic backsliding and public administration: Politicians, civil servants and the ascendance of populist parties in governments
Speaker: prof.dr. Kutsal Yesilkagit
Language: English
| Date | Wednesday 24 november |
| Time | 19.00-21.30 |
| Location |
Participants who have registered will be informed about the location and time |
| Costs | No costs |
| Register | btl@minbuza.nl RSVP before 22 november |
You can also participate in the online version of the Cleveringa Lecture held by Professor Yesilkagit for students of the Comenius University:
Date: Friday 25 November 2021
Time: 10.50
Follow online via Embassy of the Netherlands in Slovakia | Facebook.
Public International Law
Speaker: prof. mr. Nico Schrijver
Language: English
The meeting has been cancelled due to Covid measures. If you have any questions, please contact us at cleveringa@LUF.leidenuniv.nl.
Vaccine equity in development and distribution: on COVID vaccines and beyond
Speaker: prof.dr. Meta Roestenberg
Language: English
| Date | Wednesday 24 november |
| Time | 17.00 uur (Israel), 16.00 uur (Nederland) |
| Location | Online via Zoom (link in bevestigingsmail na aanmelding) |
| Costs | No costs |
| Register | Naar het aanmeldformulier |
For questions and information, please contact our Cleveringa Committee member at ioh@netvision.net.il.
Vaccine equity in development and distribution: on COVID vaccines and beyond
The rapid development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines as a crucial tool to halt the pandemic is an unprecedented scientific achievement. Now, by the end of 2021, only 20% of the poorest population has vaccine access to only 4% of the vaccines. Depending on the country vaccine coverage varies widely between 0.1% and 88%.
Every year more than 400 000 children die from malaria. Decades of research and development have now led to the approval of the first malaria vaccine with an efficacy of 30%. Although a similar unprecedented achievement, the contrast with SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development is shocking. Why is the development of vaccines for poverty-related diseases slow? How can we enhance equity in vaccine development and distribution?
Was kennzeichnet Mut? Einige Biografien im Vergleich
Speaker: Prof.em. Kees Schuyt
Language: German
| Date | Thursday 2 December |
| Time | 18.00 hrs |
| Location |
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Geschwister Schollplatz 1, 80539 München |
| Costs | No fee |
| Sign up | To the online form |
In collaboration with the 'Gedenkstätte Weiße Rose' Foundation and in the presence of the Consul General of the Netherlands in Munich, Paul Ymkers.
For vaccinated, recovered or tested negative, check at the entrance; face mask, depending on the prevailing rules in the lecture halls at that time. For more information, please contact Cleveringa Committee member Ms. Susanne Regehr at hofgarten.regehr@email.de.
Speaker: Prof.dr. Antoaneta Dimitrova
Language: English; the event will be held in English with a simultaneous translation into Czech and will be live streamed on Havel Channel and Vaclav Havel Library Facebook.
| Date | Wednesday 24 november |
| Time | 19:00-20:30 |
| Location |
Vaclav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic |
| Costs | No costs |
| Register | Via pra@minbuza.nl or +420 774 827 898. Your registration is subject to confirmation for reasons of capacity. |
Programme
19.00 – 19.05
Welcome; Michael Žantovský, executive director of the Václav Havel Library
Remarks
H. E. Daan Huisinga, the ambassador of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Czech Republic
Introduction Michael Žantovský
19.15 – 19.35 The Cleveringa Lecture Antoaneta Dimitrova, University of Leiden
19.35 – 19.55 Eye-witness Memories of the 1986 Award Ceremony of the Erasmus of Rotterdam Prize awarded to Václav Havel; Karel Hvížďala
19.55 – 20.30 Discussion
20.30 Vin d'honneur
Professor Comparative Governance Antoaneta Dimitrova will deliver the 2021 Prague Cleveringa lecture on the limits of post-communist transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing in particular on the effectiveness of EU conditionality.
Making the connections: raising children with developmental disorders and the importance of global mental health
Speaker: Prof.dr. Maretha de Jonge
Language: English
The meeting has been cancelled due to Covid measures. If you have any questions, please contact us at cleveringa@LUF.leidenuniv.nl.
El antiracismo y la valoración del pensamiento de las naciones originarias
La Embajadora del Reino de los Países Bajos, Sra. Carmen Gonsalves tiene el agrado de invitar a usted a la Conferencia Cleveringa, titulada “El antirracismo y la valoración del pensamiento de las naciones originarias" dictada por la Dra. Elisa Loncon Antileo, Presidenta de la Convención Constitucional y Ph.D. en Humanidades (2017) de la Universidad de Leiden.
El día viernes 26 de noviembre de 2021 a las 19.00 horas en la residencia de la Embajadora, ubicada en Camino La Fuente 1562, Las Condes, Santiago. A través de la plataforma Zoom (el enlace será enviado por correo electrónico).
E ruega confirmar asistencia a más tardar el 22 de noviembre: stg-eventos@minbuza.nl. Se solicitará pase de movilidad en la entrada y se respetarán todas las medidas sanitarias vigentes. La residencia no cuenta con estacionamientos.
Law & Society
Speaker: Prof.dr.mr. Maartje van der Woude
Language: English
The meeting has been cancelled due to Covid measures. If you have any questions, please contact us at cleveringa@LUF.leidenuniv.nl.
Speaker: Prof.dr. Rick Lawson
Language: English
The meeting has been cancelled due to Covid measures. If you have any questions, please contact us at cleveringa@LUF.leidenuniv.nl.
Keeping in touch
If you are you an alumnus and you didn’t receive an invitation to the (online) Cleveringa Meeting in your area previous years, we will be happy to check whether we have your most up-to-date contact details on file. Just send a message to cleveringa@LUF.leidenuniv.nl.