In October 2022, in Amsterdam, there was the first launch event of the book Punks Listen, published in Ireland, organised by Dutch contributors of the book, with their bands, Anita Raghunath, the Punk Scholars Network the Netherlands, and OCCII venue.
Saturday 18 June. Women in punk in the Netherlands. OCCII, Amstelveenseweg 134 1075 XL in Amsterdam
Door open 13:00
13:30 Welcome from the organisers, and explanation about how the day will run, by Anita Raghunath
13:40 First panel: Women in punk in the UK and in the Netherlands, parallels and differences. Chair: Rosa Jonker
13:42 Film by Helen Reddington and Gina Birch: Stories from the She-Punks
14:30 Paper by Pauwke Berkers: Punk rock against gender roles (re-revisisted): Women punk performers in the Netherlands, 1976-1982
14:50 Paper by Anita Raghunath and Herman de Tollenaere: Women in Dutch punk, 1976-1982. Figures and forgetfulness
15:10 Discussion on this film and these papers
15:30 Presentation by punk photographer since the 1970s Sue Rynski (originally from Detroit, USA, now Paris) and anthropologist and former performer Natacha Giafferi-Dombre of Punk Is Not Dead/PSN France.
15:45 Discussion on Sue Rynski’s and Natacha Giafferi-Dombre’s contribution.
15:50 Short tea/coffee break.
16:10 Keynote panel: Dutch punk girls, 1977 till today. Chair: Anita Raghunath
Four women, interviewed by Helen Reddington, from first-wave punk woman to very recent one
One may ask: What are the connections between these four generations of punk women?
First 1977 wave representative in the panel: Terry, bass/vocals in Cheap ‘n’ Nasty; earlier in PVC and Hideous
Hear Terry play and sing the songs she wrote for the Cheap ‘n’ Nasty Covergirl EP
Second wave, started late 1980s: Wick, guitar/vocals in Bambix
Hear and see Wick play and sing this song
Early 21st-century representative: Andrea, was singer in early 21st century Amsterdam band Fatwa’s
See and hear Andrea sing in this live video
2020s representatives (two, as it it is the most important wave for the future) we intended: Nana, guitarist of the band Shortcuts, founded in 2021, But COVID intervened. Get better soon, Nana!
and
Flo, bass player in the Blood Bags. Unfortunately, she too caught COVID. And had to be replaced.
17:20 Some people in the audience may want to say something
17:40 Final words, by Andrea
18:00 Dinner (at the vegan restaurant MKZ of OCCII).
20:00 To concert hall
20:15 Four bands, all including women. Wick Bambix, and Persona Non Data. And Stresssysteem. And Asfalt Boys, not an all-boy band, like Poison Girls were not all-girl.
Read about, and hear, all these bands here.
Our 4 December 2021 webinar
Last December, because of an unexpected rise in the coronavirus pandemic, at the last minute the first-ever face-to-face conference of the Punk Scholars Network the Netherlands at OCCII, Amstelveenseweg 134 1075 XL in Amsterdam with as its main theme Women in punk, had to be cancelled, replacing it with a short webinar on Punk and venues.,
On this Facebook link, you can the whole December 2021 webinar, except for Minja Sarovic’s film.
Then, PSN NL decided that they would have a conference with Women in punk as its sole theme in spring 2022, when they expected less COVID.
On 18 June in OCCII, there will be lectures by researchers and discussions on women in punk in the Netherlands. British scholar/first wave punk musician Helen Reddington will interview four Dutch female musicians, representing four waves in Dutch punk, from 1977 to the 2020s.
There will be a film on women in punk by Helen Reddington and Gina Birch (of the Raincoats).
There will be food at OCCII.
Bands, all including women, will play. We will hear Wick Bambix, the Asbest Boys, Persona Non Data and Stresssysteem.
Our earlier conference on the internet
Saturday the 4th of December 2021 was the first-ever conference day of the Punk Scholars Network Netherlands, founded early that year.
It was also the first day of the 4-11 December worldwide conference of the Punk Scholars Network. We organised it jointly with the Denmark/Germany PSN affiliate.
The webinar on 4 December, starting at 2 pm Central European Time, was about Punk and (DIY) venues. With keynote speakers, a film and a panel discussion.
The women in the bands, women in the panels, and all other participants deservef a full face-to-face day in spring 2022 in OCCII, about the main theme Women in punk. A theme too important for a 4 December online webinar.
Mini-Conference and Teaser: Punk and (DIY) Venues
Opening and Welcome
14:00 Opening of the 8th annual conference of PSN by Mike Dines
14:10 Opening and introduction to the first conference of PSN Netherlands by Anita Raghunath
Panel: Punk and venues, Chair: Marie Arleth Skov
14:15 Paper by Herman de Tollenaere: “Venues and punk concerts in greater Leiden 1976-1982”.
14:30 Paper by Marcel Stol about the longest-lasting DIY Punk (squat) venue in the Netherlands: “Goudvishal Arnhem (1984-2007)”
14:45 “Eerlijk Zullen We Allen Spelen” 25-minute documentary about former DIY venue SUB071 in Leiden by Minja Šarović, released in 2017.
15:10 Paper by Yorgos Paschos on DIY venues in the Netherlands in the post-2020 COVID-19 times: “Physical Space and Collective Identity- Making: DIY Cultural- Political Centers in Times of Lockdown”
15:25 Discussion about the papers and the film
15:50 Final words by Herman de Tollenaere and video preview of the conference “Women in Punk”
16:00 End
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