The Reading Material Project

Name: The Reading Material Project
Start: 2025-10-30T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-30T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Steenstraat 1, 2312 BS Leiden, Netherlands

Research Center for Material Culture

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Thu, 30 Oct, 2025 at 03:00 pm

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Steenstraat 1, 2312 BS Leiden, Netherlands

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Thu, 30 Oct, 2025 at 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm (CET)

Steenstraat 1, 2312 BS Leiden

Steenstraat 1, 2312 BS Leiden, Nederland, Leiden, Netherlands

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The Reading Material Project

Public Talk | October 30, 2025 | 15.00 - 17.00 | Gerbrandszaal, Wereldmuseum Leiden

The Research Center for the Material Culture is pleased to welcome Professor Jessica Hemmings for a public talk that marks the final presentation of her research fellowship through the Rita Boland fellowship program at the RCMC/Wereldmuseum from 2020 to 2023. During her fellowship, Hemmings initiated the Reading Material project, which looked closely at the Batik collection of the Wereldmuseum archives.

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Thu, 30 Oct, 2025 at 03:00 pm