The REPAIR Lectures are back - Join us on 18 & 20 February for upcoming talks!

Written By Hanna Horvath

The Repair Lectures are back in 2026 with two very exciting instalments:

  • On 18 February, Prof. Jovan Scott Lewis will give a lecture on “Reparative Grammar“ in which he will explore the limits of contemporary reparations grammar – through which Black life becomes legible only through suffering – and advocates for a shift from to repair toward repair to, a grammatical and political reorientation that moves from restitution to composition and from recognition to relation.

    Time & place: 18 February, 10am CET in room C5.00 at the Anthropology Department of UvA REC (B/C building, 5th floor) & online.

    Find out more & register here.

  • On 20 February, Prof. Markus Messling will give an online talk entitled “Cultural Practices of Reparation: Aims and Case Studies” in which he will discuss how cultural practices such as literature and film, archives and testimonies, theatre and museums, public discourse, rituals and forums can be used to address irreparable damage.

    Time & place: 20 February, 2pm CET online on MS Teams.

    Find more information & sign up here.

Hanna Horvath
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Join us on 27 January for the first Theory Group meeting of the year!