12-09-2013

Doctoral degree

On 10 September 2013 Janneke Wesseling obtained her doctoral degree at Leiden University with her dissertation De volmaakte beschouwer. De ervaring van het kunstwerk en de actualiteit van de receptie-esthetica (The Perfect Spectator. The Experience of the Artwork and the Topicality of Reception Aesthetics).

21-03-2013

New publication: Veranderend Kunstonderwijs

Veranderend kunstonderwijs. De plaats van theorie aan de kunstacademie.
A publication following the conference for tutors of art theory that was organised by the Lectorate Art Theory & Practice on November 25, 2011.
Ed. Onno Schilstra and Janneke Wesseling
A publication by the Lectorate Art Theory & Practice, University of the Arts, The Hague, 2013.
With texts by Pascal Gielen, Hiryczuk/Van Oevelen, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Onno Schilstra, Steven ten Thije, Janneke Wesseling.
Language: Dutch
Design: Tomas Celizna
To order this publication please send a message to: lectoraatkp@kabk.nl

01-02-2013

Day on Research and Education, Friday March 8

The Lectorate Art Theory & Practice will organize a Day on Research and Education on Friday March 8, 2013 at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague. The aim of the day is to acquaint lecturers of the KABK with the notion of artistic research and the role of research within art education.

The programme of this study day includes lectures and presentations by:

Phil Bosch (alumnus Master Artistic Research)
Lucy Cotter (head Master Artistic Research at the KABK)
Irene Fortuyn (PhDArts doctoral student and lecturer Fine Art at the KABK)
Jan Jongert (professor Interior Architecture: Inside Flows, connected to the Master Interior Architecture at KABK)
Yolande Kolstee (professor Innovative Visualisation Techniques, connected to the AR Lab at KABK)
Ruchama Noorda (PhDArts doctoral student and alumnus KABK)
Janneke Wesseling (professor Lectorate Art Theory & Practice and co-director of PhDArts)

More information at www.lectoraatkabk.nl.

04-10-2012

Lecture: Artistic Research: Research and Performativity

On Thursday 18 October, 7 pm, Janneke Wesseling will give a lecture during a "Real World" session of Artquest at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London. The lecture is entitled: 'Artistic Research: Research and Performativity'.
The Real World considers issues which are relevant to the current real life practices of artists and engage the audience in conversation about their own experience of the particular subject of the session.
Artquest supports artists in developing their careers through connecting the with useful resources, information and one another.

16-05-2012

The PopUpUniversity

Op woensdag 13 juni vanaf 17u te Castrum Peregrini Amsterdam vindt de eerste PopUpUniversity plaats.

De officiƫle subtitel van de PopUp is "Co-creating Education." De sprekers zijn: Siep Stuurman (UU), Anneke Smelik (RU), Rosemarie Buikema (UU), Maaike Bleeker (UU), Frans Willem Korsten (LU), Arjo Klamer (EUR), Janneke Wesseling (KABK), Thera Jonker (HKU) en Bald de Vries (UU).

The PopUpUniversity - Humanities Division 
Have you always wanted your second BA/MA degree but you aren’t prepared to pay 14.000 euros? Or you simply do not have such financial funds? Would you like to enroll in a university, but are not a Dutch citizen or a legal resident? Have you always wanted your PhD degree but you cannot find a paid position? Are you interested in accessing academic knowledge but you do not have a student number? Then the PopUpUniversity is your answer.

This initiative is a form of academic activism in response to the budgetary reductions by the current governments and the attacks on the very idea of the university such as we have known it. Considering the short-term planning, the lack of a sensible rationale and the ad hoc nature of many of the measures being taken against the university in general and faculties of the Humanities in particular, we want to launch a counter-initiative in the form of: “The PopUpUniversity” (PUU). The purpose of this happening is to give students a taste of things to come because we believe that this quick and instant model is what our governments want to implement. And if this is the outcome? How will we students and teacher reappropriate it in a productive way?

Therefor the overall theme of this academic event will be ‘creative partnerships’. In order to survive and continue the Arts and the Humanities will need to collaborate with nonacademic partners. Moreover, they will need to re-insure their social relevance outside the University wall. Central questions that should be addressed in this edition are: What creative ways are needed to reconnect with society on a broader level? How will we survive outside the University walls? Also how will we engage affirmatively and constructively with these new changes? Which nonacademic partners should we look for in order to retain high quality and over-all accessibility of academic knowledge? Nine renowned teachers will provide short and inspiring lectures of their envisioning of these matters at hand.

13-01-2012

Ruby Tuesday Lecture at Schunck, Heerlen

On January 17th, 2012 Janneke Wesseling will give a lecture at Schunck, Heerlen, following her new publication 'See It Again, Say It Again. The Artist as Researcher'.

19.30 h doors open, 20.00 h start, 21.30 h drinks and snacks, SCHUNCK* Glaspaleis, filmzaal level +5
Reservations via 045 - 577 22 00 or go to www.schunck.nl for more information.

15-10-2011

Expert meeting for tutors of art theory, 25 November 2011

What is the position of art theory in contemporary art education? And what may be expected from it? These are the central question at a conference of  Dutch and Flemish theory tutors in art education at the the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KABK) in The Hague on 25 November 2011.
(Language: Dutch)
The speakers are Steven ten Thije (1980, NL,) conservator of research at the Van Abbe Museum; artist duo Elodie Hiryczuk (1977, FR) and Sjoerd van Oevelen (1974, NL); Pascal Gielen (1970, BE), art sociologist at the University of Groningen/Fontys Hogeschool Tilburg; and visual artist Wendelien van Oldenborch (1962, NL)
For more information or reservations see: Dag van de Theorie
The conference is organised by Lectoraat 'Kunsttheorie en de Artistieke Pratkijk'