# Huizinga Lecture > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Huizinga_Lecture > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Huizinga_Lecture.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huizinga_Lecture > Source revision: 1339959373 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Annual lecture in the Netherlands Relief of Johan Huizinga, after whom the lecture is named The **Huizinga Lecture** ([Dutch](/source/Dutch_language): *Huizingalezing*) is an annual lecture in the Netherlands about a subject in the domains of cultural history or philosophy.[1] The lecture is in honour of [Johan Huizinga](/source/Johan_Huizinga), a distinguished Dutch historian (1872–1945) who worked in the first half of the 20th century. The Lecture is organized by nationwide daily general newspaper [NRC Handelsblad](/source/NRC_Handelsblad), the Faculty of Humanities of [Leiden University](/source/Leiden_University), and the *Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde* (Society of Dutch Literature). Attendance at the lecture was free of charge for subscribers to NRC Handelsblad, members of the Faculty of Humanities, and members of the *Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde* until 2010. From 2011 onwards tickets have to be bought. The lecture is held alternately by a Dutch and a non-Dutch [intellectual](/source/Intellectual). The Huizinga Lecture started in 1972 and is held annually in December in the [Pieterskerk](/source/Pieterskerk%2C_Leiden) in Leiden, The Netherlands. ## Lectures This is a complete list of the Huizinga Lectures from the beginning in 1972 to the present date. - 1972: [Rudy Kousbroek](/source/Rudy_Kousbroek) – *Ethologie en cultuurfilosofie* (Ethology and cultural philosophy) - 1973: [Mary McCarthy](/source/Mary_McCarthy_(author)) – *Can There Be a Gothic Literature?* - 1974: [Jan Pen](/source/Jan_Pen) – *De cultuur, het geld en de mensen* (Civilization, money and the people) - 1975: [Jean-François Revel](/source/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Revel) – *La tentation totalitaire* (The totalitarian temptation) - 1976: [Arthur Lehning](/source/Arthur_Lehning) – *Over vrijheid en gelijkheid* (On liberty and equality) - 1977: [Noam Chomsky](/source/Noam_Chomsky) – *Intellectuals and the State* - 1978: [Karel van het Reve](/source/Karel_van_het_Reve) – *Literatuurwetenschap: het raadsel der onleesbaarheid* (Literary studies. The enigma of unreadability) - 1979: [Golo Mann](/source/Golo_Mann) – *1914-1980: Ein Ueberblick (1914–1980, In vogelvlucht)* (The period 1914-1980 seen with a birds-eye view) - 1980: [Ernst Kossmann](/source/Ernst_Kossmann) – *Over conservatisme* (On Conservatism) - 1981: [Stefan Themerson](/source/Stefan_Themerson) – *The Chair of Decency* - 1982: [Renate Rubinstein](/source/Renate_Rubinstein) – *Links en rechts in de politiek en in het leven* (Left and right in politics and life) - 1983: [Robert Darnton](/source/Robert_Darnton) – *The Meaning of Mother Goose* - 1984: [Harry Mulisch](/source/Harry_Mulisch) – *Het Ene* (The unifying principle) - 1985: [Michael Howard](/source/Michael_Howard_(historian)) – *1945: End of an Era?* - 1986: [Huib Drion](/source/Huib_Drion) – *Eliteproblemen* (Elite problems) - 1987: [George Steiner](/source/George_Steiner) – *Through a Glass Darkly* - 1988: [Peter Schat](/source/Peter_Schat) – *Adem, een vergelijking* (Breath, a metaphor) - 1989: [Susan Sontag](/source/Susan_Sontag) – *Traditions of the New or: Must We Be Modern?* - 1990: [Gerrit Komrij](/source/Gerrit_Komrij) – *Over de noodzaak van tuinieren* (On the imperative of gardening) - 1991: [Joseph Brodsky](/source/Joseph_Brodsky) – *In Praise of Clio* - 1992: [E. de Jongh](/source/Eddy_de_Jongh) – *Kunst en het vruchtbare misverstand* (Art and the fruitful misunderstanding) - 1993: [Christian von Krockow](/source/Christian_von_Krockow) – *Schwierige Nähe. Zur Geschichte und Zukunft der Deutsch-Niederländischen Beziehungen* (Hard neighborship: On the history and future of Dutch-German relations) - 1994: [A.Th. van Deursen](/source/Arie_van_Deursen) – *Huizinga en de geest der eeuw* (Huizinga and the spirit of the age) - 1995: [Nadine Gordimer](/source/Nadine_Gordimer) – *Our Century* - 1996: [Henk Wesseling](/source/Henk_Wesseling) – *Zoekt Prof. Huizinga eigenlijk niet zichzelf? Huizinga en de geest van de jaren dertig* (Is prof. Huizinga as a matter of fact in search of his own self? Huizinga and the spirit of the thirties) - 1997: [Richard Holmes](/source/Richard_Holmes_(biographer)) – *Biography and Death* - 1998: [Louise Fresco](/source/Louise_Fresco) – *Schaduwdenkers en Lichtzoekers* (Shadow thinkers and Light seekers) - 1999: [Jorge Semprún](/source/Jorge_Sempr%C3%BAn) – *Einde van de eeuw, begin van een millennium* (End of a century. Beginning of a millennium) - 2000: [Ian Buruma](/source/Ian_Buruma) – *De neo-romantiek van schrijvers in exil* (Neoromanticism of writers in exile) - 2001: [Wendy Doniger](/source/Wendy_Doniger) – *Homo Ludens and Gallows Humor about the Holocaust and Terrorism* - 2002: [Benno Barnard](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benno_Barnard&action=edit&redlink=1) – *Tegen de draad van de tijd: over de ware aard van Europa* (Against the thread of the times. On the true nature of Europe) - 2003: [Abram de Swaan](/source/Abram_de_Swaan) – *Moord en de Staat* (Murder and the State) - 2004: [A. S. Byatt](/source/A._S._Byatt) – *From Soul to Heart to Psyche to Personality* - 2005: [Elmer Schönberger](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elmer_Sch%C3%B6nberger&action=edit&redlink=1) – *Het grote luisteren* (The big listening) - 2006: [Carlos Fuentes](/source/Carlos_Fuentes) – *The Two Traditions: La Mancha and Waterloo* - 2007: [Tijs Goldschmidt](/source/Tijs_Goldschmidt) – *Doen alsof je doet alsof* (Pretending to be pretending) - 2008: [Christopher Bayly](/source/Christopher_Bayly) – *The Age of Revolution in the Wider World, 1780–1830, and Its Heritage* - 2009: [Marita Mathijsen](/source/Marita_Mathijsen) - *Historische sensatiezucht. Over de moraal van de geschiedenis* (Historical sensation seeking. On the moral of history.) - 2010: [Lisa Jardine](/source/Lisa_Jardine) - *The Aftermath of Homo Ludens: From Huizinga to Zemon Davis and beyond* - 2011: [Simon Schama](/source/Simon_Schama) - *What happened to the idea of toleration?* - 2012: [Geert van Istendael](/source/Geert_van_Istendael) – *De parochie van Sint-Precarius* (The parish of St. Precarius) - 2013: [Bas Heijne](/source/Bas_Heijne) - *De betovering van de wereld* (The enchantment of the world) - 2014: Fik Meijer -*Denken over Carthago. De erfenis van Duilius* - 2015: Johan Tollebeek - *De paarden van Waterloo* - 2016: [Ton Koopman](/source/Ton_Koopman) - *Bach en zijn zangers* - 2017: Antoine Bodar - *Leven alsof God bestaat* - 2018: Jolande Withuis - *Leve het Leven. Over vrijheid en de biografie* - 2019: [Marlene Dumas](/source/Marlene_Dumas) - *Het Onverantwoordelijke Gebaar - of ga terug naar waar jij vandaan komt* - 2020: [Maxim Februari](/source/Maxim_Februari) - *Slechte kunst* - 2021: [David Van Reybrouck](/source/David_Van_Reybrouck) - *De kolonisatie van de toekomst* - 2022: [Gunay Uslu](/source/Gunay_Uslu) - *Cultuur geeft leven aan onze levens. Hoe Nederland cultuur waardeert. Van cultureel nationalisme tot corona en daarna (1872-2022 en verder)* - 2023: [Ilja Leonard Pfeiffer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ilja_Leonard_Pfeiffer&action=edit&redlink=1) - *Over de aard en het nut van creativiteit* - 2024: [Beatrice de Graaf](/source/Beatrice_de_Graaf) - *Wij zijn de tijden. Geschiedenis in crisistijd* ## Sources - [Homepage Huizinga Lecture Leiden University](http://www.huizingalezing.leidenuniv.nl/) - *Alle cultuur is streven. De verzamelde Huizinga-lezingen 1972-1986* (All culture is aspiration. The collected Huizinga Lectures 1972-1986) (with an introduction by [H.L. Wesseling](/source/Henk_Wesseling)), Amsterdam: Bert Bakker 1987 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [90-351-0567-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-351-0567-2) ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** See: [Website Universiteit Leiden Huizinga-lezing](http://www.hum.leiden.edu/history/huizinga-lezing/over-huizinga-lezing/over-1.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110725204113/http://www.hum.leiden.edu/history/huizinga-lezing/over-huizinga-lezing/over-1.html) 2011-07-25 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Huizinga Lecture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huizinga_Lecture) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huizinga_Lecture?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.