This intensive one-week course is especially designed for interpreters. The course focuses on general legal Dutch language, culture and contemporary issues in Dutch society. The goal of the course is upgrading the interpreters' passive knowledge of legal Dutch through lectures on topical issues, as

This fine art course will focus on the place of drawing in conceptual art. It will take the form of workshops led by internationally acclaimed artists. Students will encounter a variety of approaches to conceptual drawing, and will be encouraged to experiment with new and unexpected ways of using

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In this course you will develop an understanding on how to design and prototype interactive mixed reality experiences for any given target audience and context. Through intense hands-on work you will learn how to rapidly turn concepts and ideas into realtime interactive experiences that can be

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The means to damage the central elements of modern life have become increasingly available to hostile states, terror networks, multinational actors, and criminal organizations. It appears that attacks which would cause massive disruption to everyday life are only a matter of time. Similarly, the

This course will examine the cultural dimensions of empires in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Students will discuss the historical background of various empires during this period and will be introduced to the terminology and the academic debate. Issues that will be examined during the

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