Guest at the Library: Rule of Law Parade

Name: Guest at the Library: Rule of Law Parade
Start: 2026-09-10T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-10T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Bibliotheek Neude

took place · 10 Sep 2026

Bibliotheek Neude, Utrecht

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Utrecht University organizes the Rule of Law Parade at Bibliotheek Neude: a conversation about the democratic rule of law with researchers, writers and theatre makers. The central question is how we can strengthen that rule of law.

The programme features contributions from Maxim Februari, Lisa Weeda and De zaak Shell, among others.

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De zaak Shell

About: Maxim Februari

Novelist, legal philosopher and columnist Maxim Februari brings questions about law, technology and democracy into the public arena with rare clarity. Winner of the P.C. Hooft Prize and back as an NRC columnist since 2025, he ranks among the most sought-after public intellectuals in the Netherlands today.

Highest Dutch literary award: P.C. Hooftprijs 2020

Received major literary prizes (Multatuli, Frans Kellendonk, J.H. Heldring, P.C. Hooft)

What's new

2026-05
Februari spoke on May 28, 2026 at De Balie in Amsterdam about how the rule of law must adapt to concentrated digital power.
2025-11
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam awarded Februari an honorary doctorate on November 20, 2025 for his contribution to public debate on law, justice and technology.
2025-06
Februari returned in June 2025 as a columnist at NRC Handelsblad, after a period at the weekly magazine Vrij Nederland.

Tracks

De zonen van het uitzichtDebut novel (1989), winner Multatuli Prize

De literaire kringNovel (2007), shortlist Golden Owl and Libris Literature Prize

De maakbare manNon-fiction (2013), on transsexuality and identity

KlontNovel (2017), on being human in a datafied world

Doe zelf normaalEssay collection (2023), shortlist Socrates Prize 2024; on law and democracy in the digital age

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