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11.05pm – 12.15pm
Liberalism – What’s the story?
Is Dutch society a model of political and social tolerance? Writer and journalist Joris Luyendijk joins author and human rights lawyer Naema Tahir
to discuss.
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2.45pm – 3.45pm
Stories of Nazi occupation
War, occupation and resistance are etched into the psyche of Dutch and Flemish literary history. Bart van Es discusses his biography The Cut Out Girl alongside Jeroen Olyslaegers, author of Will, set in occupied Antwerp.
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12.35pm – 1.45pm
Welcome to the Dark Side
Esther Gerritsen, author of Roxy and Herman Koch, discussing
his latest novel The Ditch, explore the dark side of the human psyche in their fiction.
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4pm – 5.15pm
Why is Dutch art so good?
Simon Schama is an historian and broadcaster of great distinction, who shares his abiding interest and knowledge of Dutch history and culture at this keynote talk.
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