independent school for the city

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Independent School for the City organizes various public events, addressing topics that respond to current relevant issues in urbanisation, and offers a platform to other organisation dealing with the city. The events are accessible to all 'urban' professionals in Rotterdam and beyond.

Over the next century we will face several climate crises that might force millions of people to leave their homes. The third in a series of three evenings about geopolitics, climate migration and the potentialities of space. During the evening we examine the intersections between climate justice and migration.

Tuesday 03 December, 19:00 - 21:00 (doors open and dinner served at 18:00) Tickets for this separate event costs 17,50 euro and include a simple dinner. An entrance package for all three evenings is available for 45 euro. Get them here

Nov 13

This evening seminar will explore the critical role of architecture, urban planning, and landscape design in the ongoing destruction and colonisation of Palestine. The evening will begin with a performative talk and food gestures by architect and educator Saja Amro followed by lectures by Leopold Lambert, editor-in-Chief of The Funambulist and Nama'a Qudah, BK Scholars for Palestine. The evening and talks will be moderated by Ali T. Asad, researcher, architect, and editor-in-Chief of MAKAN Journal of Culture & Space.

Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 18:30 - 20:30 (Doors open at 18:00) - This event is fully booked.

Nov 29

For this School’s Out! on Friday 29 November, we invited curator Sofía Hernández Chong Cuybon.

From 2018 to 2023, Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy (she/her) was director of Kunstinstituut Melly in Rotterdam, the institution formerly known as Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art. In 2023, she was also a Mellon Visiting Lecturer in the Art History Department at CUNY Graduate Center in New York. Sofía regularly participates in jury panels and advisory committees. Among these are the 2023 Frieze Tate Acquisition Fund in London, the 2018 Hugo Boss Prize at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award in 2017, and the 55th Venice Biennial in 2013. Since 2022, she is a board member of International Manifesta Foundation.

Dec 03

Over the next century we will face several climate crises that might force millions of people to leave their homes. The third in a series of three evenings about geopolitics, climate migration and the potentialities of space. During the evening we examine the intersections between climate justice and migration.

Tuesday 03 December, 19:00 - 21:00 (doors open and dinner served at 18:00) Tickets for this separate event costs 17,50 euro and include a simple dinner. An entrance package for all three evenings is available for 45 euro. Get them here

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