The second Evelien Gans Lecture will be given by historian Simon Schama. Afterwards, he will engage in a conversation with Arnon Grunberg. This year, the Evelien Gans Lecture will take place in the context of Gesprek voor de Dam and National Remembrance Day (Nationale Dodenherdenking).

Simon Schama is a renowned historian in the fields of art history, Dutch, French, and Jewish history. He has published numerous award-winning history books, such as Landscape and Memory (1995), Rembrandt’s Eyes (1999), and A History of Britain (2000), and has created famous television series such as The Story of the Jews and, more recently, The History of Now (2022). Since the attack on October 7, 2023, he has been working on a book about the contemporary history of Jews.