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Gerard Steen has been appointed Professor of Language and Communication
10 Nov 2014
Gerard Steen conducts research into figurative meaning in language and communication. He has developed various methods for the identification and analysis of metaphor, drawing on social science techniques to test ...
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Worldwide interest in the first results of Hooked on Music
10 Nov 2014
The interest in the first research results of ‘Hooked on Music’, a project in which UvA researchers Henkjan Honing and Ashley Burgoyne are collaborating with the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, UK, is ...
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The eventful history of the Netherlands Institute for War Documents
6 Nov 2014
Under chaotic conditions between 1945 and 1950, the Netherlands Institute for War Documents (RIOD, now called the NIOD, Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies) gathered documents that would ultimately form ...
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Chicago to Publish New Journal: History of Humanities
4 Nov 2014
The University of Chicago Press is pleased to announce the launch of 'History of Humanities', a new journal devoted to the historical and comparative study of the humanities. The first issue will be published in the ...
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Joep Leersen awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bucharest
23 Oct 2014
The honorary doctorate will be presented on 23 October 2014 to Joep Leersen, Professor of European Studies, for his work in the area of imagology (the study of national (self)images and stereotypes) and nationalism ...
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ACLC's Esperantist, prof. Federico Gobbo, has won the Sejong Prize.
22 Oct 2014
Federico Gobbo, has won the Sejong Prize for academically distinguished papers, with his paper Learning Linguistics by Doing: The Secret Virtues of a Language Constructed in the Classroom.
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National Sustainability Day: cricket on a cocktail stick
17 Oct 2014
Ever tasted a cricket? Last Friday, on National Sustainability Day, students, staff and anyone else interested had an opportunity to taste 'cricket on a cocktail stick'. It was also the day on which the UvA ...
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UvA-VU Europe platform designated a Centre of Excellence
15 Oct 2014
The Amsterdam Centre for Contemporary European Studies (ACCESS EUROPE), a joint initiative of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and VU University Amsterdam (VU), has been designated a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence ...
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UvA holds certificate ceremony for scholarship students
14 Oct 2014
On Thursday, 9 October, the University of Amsterdam held a special certificate ceremony to honour this year’s recipients of the Amsterdam Merit Scholarship (AMS) and Amsterdam Excellence Scholarship (AES). The ...
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War, Heritage and the Dynamics of Memory.
14 Oct 2014
Online expert talk with Prof. Dr. Rob van der Laarse on Heritage and Memory Studies.
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No radicalisation of anti-Western stereotyping in Egypt
13 Oct 2014
Anti-Western stereotyping in Egyptian Islamic discourse has not undergone a process of radicalisation, according to a recent study by the UvA’s Amsterdam Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (ACMES). Researchers from ...
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Call for Papers: 2015 International Conference of Europeanists
9 Oct 2014
The deadline for submitting proposals to the "2015 International Conference of Europeanists" is approaching quickly. All conference proposals must be received by the end of October 10, 2014.
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Claartje Wesselink nominated for Jan van Gelderprijs
9 Oct 2014
Former PhD Claartje Wesselink belongs with her thesis “Artists of the Kultuurkamer” to the nominees for the Jan van Gelderprijs, the annual price of the Vereniging van Nederlandse Kunsthistorici (VNK) rewarded as an ...
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Marijk van der Wende to step down as dean of Amsterdam University College
2 Oct 2014
As of 1 January 2015, Prof. Marijk van der Wende will be stepping down as dean of the Amsterdam University College (AUC), a joint excellence initiative of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and VU University Amsterdam ...
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UvA climbs to 77th spot on the THE World University Rankings
2 Oct 2014
Building on its solid performance of recent years, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has risen to the 77th spot on the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2014-2015. Last year, the UvA was ranked ...
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Podcasts with Rob van der Laarse on Sobibor and camp survivors
1 Oct 2014
On Friday 26 September, two interviews with ASHMS academic director Rob van der Laarse were broadcasted.
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Exhibition Satricum. Scavi e reperti archeologici
1 Oct 2014
In June 2014 the archaeological exhibition Satricum. Scavi e reperti archeologici was opened in the former iron factory of Le Ferriere (ancient Satricum), situated ca. 60 km south of Rome in the present-day Italian ...
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UvA Annual Report 2013 available in English
29 Sept 2014
The University of Amsterdam recently issued its Annual Report for 2013 in English. In line with the UvA's previous annual reports, the Annual Report 2013 provides all the key facts and figures concerning teaching and ...
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Getty Residential Scholar Grant for dr. Petra Brouwer
23 Sept 2014
Petra Brouwer was awarded a Getty Residential Scholar Grant for her research 'The pioneering architectural history books of Franz Kugler and James Fergusson', as part of the Getty research program Object - Value - ...
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Leadership NSB unable to control own paramilitaries
18 Sept 2014
The leadership of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB), a far-right Dutch political movement that existed between 1931 and 1945, could barely control its own paramilitaries. As a result, the ...
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UvA once again ranked best Dutch university in QS World University Rankings
16 Sept 2014
For the fifth consecutive year, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is the highest placed Dutch university in the QS World University Rankings. The UvA has also risen in the overall rankings and now holds the 50th ...
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Three graduate schools receive NWO grants for young academic talent
4 Sept 2014
Three research schools with which the UvA is involved are each to receive 850,000 euros for the development of young academic talent. The schools concerned are the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis, Yield, ...
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UvA celebrates opening academic year with eye on Africa
3 Sept 2014
On Monday, 1 September, the University of Amsterdam celebrated the opening of the 2014-2015 Academic Year. Various speakers reflected on this year’s theme: 'Amsterdam in the wider world: Africa’.
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ACLC's Jeannette Schaeffer has been appointed Professor of Language Acquisition
18 Aug 2014
Jeannette Schaeffer investigates the acquisition of language by children (with and without language impairments) and, more recently, also by adults. By comparing language acquisition patterns of different languages ...
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UvA to receive record number of Veni grants
31 July 2014
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni grants to twenty-eight recent doctoral recipients, enabling them to conduct research at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) or the UvA's ...
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Research on 19th Century sculpture in the Netherlands
29 July 2014
Art historian Hanna Klarenbeek to lead research project on the 'dark age' of Dutch sculpture. So far virtually no research has been done into 19th-century sculpture.
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TEDxAmsterdam Award 2014
24 July 2014
The Technology Transfer Office UvA-AUAS-AMC is pleased to invite you, on behalf of Amsterdam Science Park and all of its scientific institutes, to participate in the TEDxAmsterdam Award 2014. Amsterdam Science Park ...
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Day of National Mourning at the UvA
23 July 2014
Today, the Netherlands mourns for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines disaster. This tragic event has also robbed the UvA of two of its researchers, a student and, as far as is known, one of its graduates. To ...
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ACLC Researcher Roland Pfau has been awarded an NWO Free Competition Grant
21 July 2014
Argument structure in three sign languages: typological and theoretical aspects
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Message in connection with the Malaysia Airlines aircraft disaster
21 July 2014
With deep sadness and disbelief, we have learnt that UvA/AMC staff members Joep Lange and Jacqueline van Tongeren, UvA student Sascha Meijer and UvA alumnus Laurens van der Graaff were on board the Malaysia Airlines ...
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Joep Lange (1954-2014)
19 July 2014
Joep Lange, professor of Medicine at the University of Amsterdam, was one of the most prominent professionals in his field – a person who inspired many and managed to change the world through his unwavering commitment.
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New PhD Candidates at ASHMS
17 July 2014
The 2014 PhD selection committee awarded two fellowships: to Dana Dolghin and Laura Boerhout (NWO fellowship).
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Malaga Prize of Essay for Cristian Crusat
4 July 2014
Cristian Crusat Schretzmeyer (Spain, 1983) recently completed his PhD, under the supervision of Professor Ieme van der Poel and Dr Pablo Valdivia, at the University of Amsterdam. Crusat was member of ASCA and the ...
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Multi-million euro grant for large-scale research facilities
3 July 2014
Three teams of scientists, including several from the University of Amsterdam (UvA), have been awarded a total of €39.2 million to establish or improve large-scale research facilities. The investment, which is part ...
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12 million euros for digital infrastructure for the Humanities
2 July 2014
New digital tools will enable researchers to explore profound questions of cultural and social change across the disciplines. The field of media studies in this project is represented by UvA Humanities scholars José ...
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5 Vacancies in the ERC Research Project 'From Made in China to Created in China'
1 July 2014
The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis of the Faculty of Humanities is looking for four PhD and one postdoctoral candidates in the fields of Media Studies, Cultural Studies or Area Studies. The candidates will be ...
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Martijn Wokke wins 2014 Creative Mind Prize
19 June 2014
Martijn Wokke, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Amsterdam, has been named winner of the 2014 Creative Mind Prize for his research proposal ‘Unleashing creativity by decreasing prefrontal control’. ...
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Mobility and Inclusion in Multilingual Europe
10 June 2014
László Marácz and his collaborators have landed a European research project to study the mobility and linguistic diversity of the modern-day inhabitants of the 'Old Continent.' MIME (Mobility and Inclusion in ...
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Dutch legacy had major impact on Brazil
5 June 2014
The Dutch presence in Brazil during the 17th century had a major impact on the whole of the New World. In 'The Legacy of Dutch Brazil', twelve international academics explain why. University of Amsterdam (UvA) ...
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Newly published: The Landscape of Consumption
2 June 2014
This volume brings together research on retailing and shopping and their embeddedness in urban space, themes that have attracted wide interest in recent decades.
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