Preliminary programme opening and closing sessions

Opening

Sunday 22 August 2010, 4 pm (doors open at 3 pm)
Muziektheater Amsterdam

Programme

• Official opening by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, mr. dr. J.P. Balkenende
   
• Presidential Address by the President of CISH/ICHS, prof. José Peset
   
• Welcome by the chairman of the Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap (the Royal Dutch Historical Society), prof. Lex Heerma van Voss, and an introduction to the theme of the session: "Water as a factor in History".
   
• Cultural intermezzo: short movie "REGEN" (Rain) by Joris Ivens (1929) with new music composed by Huub de Vriend (world première)
   
• Three lectures adressing the theme of the session:
  
  
  • Prof. Bozhong Li (Peking)
     
  • Prof. Ibraham Thioub (Dakar)
     
  • Prof. Jean Claude Robert (Montreal)
     
• Drinks

Closing

Saturday 28 August 2010, 10.30 am
The Aula of the Universiteit van Amsterdam

Programme

• Installation of the new Bureau CISH/ICHS
   
• Public lecture by Nelleke Noordervliet, Dutch author
   
• Reprise of short movie REGEN by Joris Ivens (1929) with new music composed by Huub de Vriend
   
• Closing of the congres by the newly elected president of the CISCH/ICHS

The closing session is sponsored by the Volkskrant.