The Akademy Lectures (formerly the frouljuslêzingen) is a series of six public lectures spread over the winter season. Every year, the Akademy Lectures working group manages to organise an attractive series in cooperation with women's organisations in Fryslân.

The lecture series is held at two locations: De Koperen Tuin in Leeuwarden and It Haske in Joure. The topics are current, educational, scientific and general-societal themes, to which speakers can each contribute in their own way.

Founding year

1957 (working group since 2008)

Board and contact

Chair: Akkie Lindeboom (e-mail)
Secretary: Anneke de Vos
Board members: Fenna Stoel, Aukje Dijkstra, Jantsje Kalsbeek and Froukje Swierstra-Luimstra

The 65th series of Akademyêzingen begins in November 2024. The Akademylêzingen offer you a three-day programme with lectures from 10:00 - 15:00 and will be held in two groups: group 1 in Leeuwarden and group 2 in Joure. The total costs of six lectures on three different days will be €30,- in total.
It is not possible to purchase a ticket for a single lecture.

Dr. Nelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm, Fryske Akademy and dr. Nynke Boonstra, Lecturer NHL Stenden will account for the first day, Friday, November 22. IJssennagger-van der Pluijm's lecture is on 'Frisia and the Viking Time'. Boonstra's lecture is on 'Nursing in the Mental Health Care'.

On Tuesday 21 January 2025, Dr. Johanneke Liemburg will speak on 'Geertje Lycklema à Nijholt, 1938 - 2014 - Feminist Strategist'. Prof. Dr. Marien de Jonge, Radboud University Nijmegen, will speak on 'Infection and immunity, defense and protection'.

The series will conclude on March 14, 2025. Director of Natuurmuseum Fryslân, Froukje Hernamdt, talks about 'The future of Natuurmuseum Fryslân' (morning lecture in Leeuwarden). In the afternoon in Joure, Dennis Voeten, curator of Natuurmuseum Fryslân, talks about: 'Frisian Dinosaurs in a nutshell. The origin and evolution of birds'. Mr. M.W.P.M. ter Berg, Senior counsel at the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal will speak in the morning in Joure and in the afternoon in Leeuwarden. The title of Ter Berg's lecture is: ‘If you were a judge, would you.... or not?’

Practical information 2024
 

Lecture 1, morning 10.00-12.00 oere (45 min lecture, coffee break, 45 min questions/discussions)
Lecture 2, afternoon 13.30-15.30 oere (45 min lecture, tea break, 45 min questions/discussions)

Group I, Leeuwarden (NL)
Grand Café Restaurant De Koperen Tuin, Prinsetún 1, 8911 DE Ljouwert, tel. (058) 213 11 00

Group II, Joure (NL)
Party- en Sealesintrum It Haske, Vegelinswei 20, 8501 BA De Jouwer, tel. (0513) 41 52 81
 

• Tickets for 6 lectures in three days in Leeuwarden (NL) (€30,-)
• Tickets for 6 lectures in three days in Joure (NL) (€30,-) 

In 2018, the Akademylêzingen were organised for the 60th time. The jubilee edition took place on 13 March 2018 in De Harmonie in Leeuwarden, with a lecture by sociologist Evelien Tonkens and music by Tet Rozendal.

• Photo report of the anniversary program (Flickr)
• Short film about 60 years of Akademylêzigen by NHL students