Programme opening and closing sessions

Opening

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

Programme

•  Official opening

•  Presidential Address by the President of CISH/ICHS, prof. José Peset
  Water and Knowledge - abstract

• 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) - Water and the History of China - abstract

       Prof. Ibrahima 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.