Annual VvL Seminar 2026

The fifth edition of the (in-person) Annual VvL Seminar will be organized by Radboud University Nijmegen. The event will also host the award ceremony of the VvL MSc Thesis Prize. The winners will give short presentations of their theses.

MSc Thesis Prize winners: Djanira dos Santos Gomes (Amsterdam, Master of Logic). Supervisors: Alexandru Baltag and Malvin Gattinger. Thesis title: "Virtual Group Knowledge on Topological Evidence Models". Tenyo Takahashi (Amsterdam, Master of Logic). Supervisor: Nick Bezhanishvili. Thesis title: "Union-splittings, the Axiomatization Problem, and the Rule Dichotomy Property in Modal Logic".

Main speaker: Bart Jacobs (Radboud University Nijmegen)

Date & Time: 10 December, 2026, 13:00-17:30

Location: Huize Heyendael, Marijnenkamer

Program:

13:00 - 13:30: Coffee
13:30 - 13:35: Opening & welcome
13:35 - 13:50: Brief Presentation on the work of the VvL
13:50 - 14:30: VvL Meeting
14:30 - 14:45: Coffee break
14:45 - 15:45: Lecture by Bart Jacobs
15:45 - 16:00: Coffee break
16:00 - 16:10: Remarks by the VvL Master thesis awards committee
16:10 - 17:00: MSc Thesis Prize presentations
17:00 - 17:15: Award Ceremony
18:00: Dinner

The optional dinner will take place at Plek.

If you intend to attend the seminar please fill the following registration form.

Local organizers: Jurriaan Rot and Jana Wagemaker

Previous editions

Annual VvL Seminar 2025

Main speakers: Albert Visser (Utrecht University) and David Mestel (Maastricht University)

MSc Thesis Prize winners: Lingyuan Ye (supervisor: Benno van den Berg), Andreea Minculescu (supervisors: Rineke Verbrugge, Harmen de Weerd and Jakob Dirk Top)

Date & Time: December 15, 2025, 13:00-18:00

Location: The Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw, room A0.08

Annual VvL Seminar 2024

Main speaker: Alexandru Baltag (ILLC)

MSc Thesis Prize winners: Aude Corbeel (supervisors: Sebastian de Haro Ollé and Erik Verlinde), Sterre Lutz (supervisors: Nima Motamed and Dragan Doder), Ruben Mud (supervisor: Oliver Lorscheid), Valentin Müller (supervisors: Marianna Girlando and Benno van den Berg)

Date & Time: December 13, 2024, 13:30-18:00

Location: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, room Atlas 4.225.

Annual VvL Seminar 2023

Main speaker: Dragan Doder (Utrecht University)

MSc Thesis Prize winners: Rodrigo Almeida (supervisors: Nick Bezhanishvili and Tommaso Moraschini), Søren Brinck Knudstorp (supervisors: Johan van Benthem and Nick Bezhanishvili), Raoul Koudijs (supervisor: Balder ten Cate)

Date & Time: December 8, 2023, 14:30-17:30

Location: The Sweelinckzaal at Drift 21, room 0.05, Utrecht.

Annual VvL Seminar 2022

Main speaker: Sonja Smets

MSc Thesis Prize winners: Anna Dmitrieva (supervisor: Nick Bezhanishvili & Tommaso Moraschini), Maximilian Siemers (supervisor: Aybüke Özgün), Dominik Wehr (supervisor: Bahareh Afshari)

Date & time: December 8, 2022, 15:00-17:30

Location: Jantina Tammes Zaal, 4th floor of the University Library in the centre, Broerstraat 4, 9712 CP Groningen.