The Veenhof Lecture is organized every November by the Netherlands Institute for the Near East in cooperation with the National Museum of Antiquities. Named after Prof. K.R. Veenhof and honouring his contributions to Assyriology, the annual lecture is aimed at colleagues and students, as well as a broader public. The speaker is an internationally renowned scholar. All are welcome to attend the lecture.
| 21 November 2024 | 22 | Theo van den Hout | t.b.a. |
| 1 December 2023 | 21 | Daniel Schwemer | Living in a precarious world: Magical rituals from ancient Mesopotamia |
| 2 December 2022 | 20 | Eleanor Robson | Veenhof Lecture: Access to knowledge in cuneiform culture |
| 10 December 2021 | 19 | Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum | Guardians of the written word: the dawn of philology in the Ancient Near East |
| 22 November 2019 | 18 | Francesca Rochberg | These Bones Live! Cuneiform Knowledge and Natural Knowledge |
| 9 November 2018 | 17 | Douglas Baird | Skulls and houses. Boncuklu, the development of the Neolithic in central Anatolia and the antecedents of Çatalhöyük |
| 24 November 2017 | 16 | Daniele Morandi Bonacossi | The rise and fall of the Assyrian Empire as seen from the Nineveh countryside. Results of the Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, 2012-2017 |
| 25 November 2016 | 15 | Stefano Anastasio | Pioneering photography in Egypt and Mesopotamia in John Alfred Spranger’s 1929-1936 photo reportages |
| 20 November 2015 | 14 | Cécile Michel | The Assyrian settlement at Kültepe/Kaneš |
| 21 November 2014 | 13 | Wouter Henkelman | De inscriptie van Bisotun, poort naar het Oude Nabije Oosten |
| 1 November 2013 | 12 | Pascal Butterlin | Mari — 80 years of archaeological research in perspective |
| 16 November 2012 | 11 | Peter Pfälzner | Politics and Diplomacy in Syria, 3500 years ago: Archaeological Excavations in the Kingdom of Qatna |
| 18 November 2011 | 10 | Klaus Schmidt | Göbekli Tepe, a Neolithic Sanctuary in Upper Mesopotamia |
| 19 November 2010 | 9 | Alfonso Archi | The Gods of Ebla |
| 20 November 2009 | 8 | Jesper Eidem | Qala’at Halwanji — a 4000 year old fortress in Syria |
| 22 November 2008 | 7 | Peter Jablonka | Troy — archaeology, legend, history |
| 23 November 2007 | 6 | Dominique Charpin | Unexpected aspects of Mesopotamian civilization — the role of the temples |
| 17 November 2006 | 5 | Harald Hauptmann | Temples and Deities in Early Upper Mesopotamia. A new picture of the Neolithic Revolution in the Near East |
| 18 November 2005 | 4 | Stefan Maul | Sickness and Healing in the Ancient Orient |
| 19 November 2004 | 3 | Tony Wilkinson | Arabia’s First Towns: Bronze Age Chiefdoms in Highland Yemen |
| 21 November 2003 | 2 | Guillermo Algaze | Trade and development of early Mesopotamian social complexity |
| 14 May 2002 | 1 | Nicholas Postgate | Trade before writing — Learning the lessons of the future |