It is a pleasure to announce that graphic designer Joost Grootens successfully defended his dissertation on April 23 to obtain the doctoral degree at Leiden University. Due to the coronavirus measures, it was not possible to organize a public defense.

The public defense by visual artist Riccardo Giacconi of the research project entitled 'The Variational Mode: Three cases about documents, artworks and animation' consists of two parts. On 13 November at 12.00 Giacconi will publicly elucidate his artistic work for the doctoral examination committee in the exhibition 'The Variational Mode'. At 16.15 on the same day Giacconi will defend his dissertation in the Senate Chamber of Leiden University. 

Is This Thing On? The Public Dimensions of Artistic Research

Registrations are now open for this two-day conference organized by the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA), Leiden University and by the University of The Arts, The Hague.