Call for students (BA, MA, PhD): explore Soesterberg military airbase with our researchers in residence | Deadline 6 October 2026

Anika Schwarzlose & Katja Verheul start their residency at ReCNTR | September 2025

We are very excited to announce that the selected duo for the residency collaboration between ReCNTR and 1646 has started! It will taking place in September-October 2025, and the residents are Anika Schwarzlose and Katja Verheul with their research project Clearing – War as Maintenance.
SIMMR Open Call (2nd Edition)- Funding for Student-led Research | Deadline October 6, 2025

Call for Student Proposals: Apply to SIMMR (Student Initiative for Multimodal Methods in Research) – a funding initiative for students interested in multimodal, audiovisual, and artistic research methods at Leiden University.
My Want of You Partakes of Me| Film Screening + Discussion | 20 June 2025 | 18:45| Filmhuis Den Haag

We are delighted to host a screening of this film by Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner in conjunction with Filmhuis Den Haag. The screening will be followed by a discussion and Q&A moderated by filmmaker and researcher Bo Wang.
SIMMR Presents: How to Un(name) a Tree | Artist Talk + Panel Discussion + Walking Tour | 6 June 2025 | 15:15 | Hortus Botanicus, Leiden

The What If Garden (TWIG)– A Field Guide to Radical Imagination

SIMMR Presents: Zoo As A Future Heritage | Talk + Gaming Workshop | 28 May 2025 | 14:00 | Leiden University

This combined talk and gaming workshop explores participatory art designed to engage the public in reimagining zoos for a better future.
In the Making #12: On Algorithmic Cultures: Prediction, Simulation, and the Incalculable Model| 22 May 2025|19:00|West, Den Haag

We are delighted to be part of this session of the public series In the Making, a joint collaboration between The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) of Leiden University and Art Institute West Den Haag. This session will be presented by Femke Herregraven, and include Dr. Marleen Stikker and ReCNTR’s own Dr. Francesco Ragazzi as discussants.
Open Call – ReCNTR Lab 2025 edition (Deadline 21 April 2025)

SIMMR- Student Initiative Recipients Announced
