First blog post on the conference

Click here for a first blog post reporting on the Maastricht: Lieu de Passages? event. Also includes a nice lo-fi video of the closing plenary on Friday 15 May.

two-day conference – Maastricht: Lieu de Passages?

On Thursday 14 and Friday 15 May, Maastricht University, Hogeschool Zuyd and the Jan van Eyck Academy organize in cooperation with the Municipality of Maastricht a conference on ‘Maastricht – European Capital of Culture 2018’.

The aim of the two-day conference Lieu de Passages? is to critically investigate the conditions of possibility for Maastricht to become European Capital of Culture. By inviting a diverse and international group of researchers, policy makers, cultural workers, artists and entrepreneurs at this early stage, the conference wants to actively contribute to shaping the direction this process takes.