Centre for Low Countries Studies - 2018 Annual Lecture: Frans-Willem Korsten on The Cruelty of Freedom

Frans-Willem Korsten will present his latest book, A Dutch Republican Baroque: Theatricality, Dramatization, Moment and Event (UAP, 2017). He will discuss how two aesthetic formal modes, theatre and drama, were dynamically related to two political concepts, event and moment. This will lead to a new historical perspective on the Baroque as a specifically Dutch republican one, while at the same time demonstrating the relevance of analysing early modern literature by means of 20th century philosophy.

Location:

Haldane Room

Wilkins Building

University College London

Gower Street

London

WC1E 6BT


Centre for Low Countries Studies
Organiser of 2018 Annual Lecture: Frans-Willem Korsten on The Cruelty of Freedom

The mission of the UCL Low Countries Centre is to study a series of historic relationships and to nurture their further development in the present day:

• Connections between the Low Countries and neighbouring lands, including most importantly Great Britain
• Encounters between diverse groups, religions, and cultures within the Low Countries themselves
• Interactions of Dutch-speaking people around the globe, wherever Dutch language and culture have had or currently have an impact.