The annual Veenhof Lecture (November), honouring the achievements of Dutch Assyriologist Prof. K.R. Veenhof, is co-organised with RMO. This celebratory evening event is aimed at colleagues and students, as well as a broader public. Internationally renowned scholars are invited as speaker.
On this page is a list of all Veenhof Lectures held since 2002.
The bi-annual Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture (spring), honouring the achievements of Dutch scholar Prof. Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg, is co-organised with RMO. This celebratory evening event is aimed at colleagues and students, as well as a broader public. Internationally renowned scholars are invited as speaker. The next lecture will take place in May/June 2023.
An overview of Sancisi Lectures held since 2010 will be added shortly.
Two afternoon lectures are held each year at RMO (in spring and autumn), co-organised with Ex Oriente Lux. The intended audience consists of colleagues and students, EOL members, and Museum friends.
When affiliated researchers and colleagues in the Netherlands bring out a new volume – whether published with NINO/Peeters or elsewhere – NINO is glad to assist in organising a book launch in Leiden: an opportunity to present the new publication to colleagues, students, friends and family, and a celebration of the author’s achievement.