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News and the Changing Culture of Public Information
2 June 2014
The Huizinga Institute for Cultural History will organize a Summer School on (the history of) news culture at Amsterdam on 16-18 June 2014. ASCH researchers Helmer Helmers and Michiel van Groesen are members of the ...
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VIDI award for Michiel van Groesen
2 June 2014
Dr Michiel van Groesen (Early Modern History) has been awarded a VIDI grant (€800,000) as part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Innovational Research Incentives Scheme. His project is ...
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UvA awarded record number of Vidi grants
26 May 2014
Nineteen UvA researchers have been awarded a Vidi grant as part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Innovational Research Incentives Scheme. Having secured 19 of the 88 grant allocations for ...
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Student satisfaction increases in all areas
26 May 2014
Student satisfaction at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has increased with regard to almost all aspects of their degree programmes, according to the 2014 National Student Survey (Nationale Studenten Enquête, NSE). ...
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ACLC professor Kees Hengeveld member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences KNAW
22 May 2014
Academy members are prominent researchers and are nominated by peers from within and outside the Academy
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VIDI Robin Celikates: Transformations of Civil Disobedience
16 May 2014
Robin Celikates receives a NWO VIDI Grant for his project: Transformations of Civil Disobedience: Democratization, Globalization, Digitalization.
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Bicycle shed empty on Thursday, 1 May
28 Apr 2014
Due to maintenance in the PCH-bicycle shed (Spuistraat 134) all bicycles must be removed before Thursday, Mai 1st 2014.
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Royal honours for three UvA academics
28 Apr 2014
On Friday, 25 April, linguist Anne Baker, physics historian Anne Kox and teacher trainer Ries Sieswerda were named Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau and Knight of the ...
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Call for Papers - Security/Mobility Workshop
25 Apr 2014
Between Imagination and Authority
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Maaike Ambags-van der Meulen appointed new director of SPUI25
9 Apr 2014
Maaike Ambags-van der Meulen will be taking over as director of SPUI25, the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) academic and cultural centre, as of 1 June 2014. She is succeeding Margot Dijkgraaf, who is moving on to ...
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War museums more popular than ever
24 Mar 2014
Seventy years after the liberation, interest in recalling the Second World War continues undiminished. The Netherlands has no fewer than 83 museums whose primary focus is on the Second World War, and this number only ...
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Not all ‘questionable’ artists came to a bad end
18 Mar 2014
A recurring image in the media and literature is that of the ‘questionable’ artist who, having chosen the wrong side during World War Two, saw his career go up in smoke when branded as a collaborator afterwards. ...
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Italian award ‘Frumento d’oro’ for Marijke Gnade
11 Mar 2014
On 14 March Marijke Gnade, professor by special appointment in the Archaeology of Pre-Roman Cultures in Central Italy, will receive the ‘Frumento d’oro 2014.’ This award is assigned to women who have initiated ...
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ERC Grant for ChinaCreative
10 Mar 2014
The European Research Council has awarded Jeroen de Kloet an ERC consolidator grant for a research project titled 'From Made in China to Created in China – A Comparative Study of Creative Practice and Production in ...
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Reading lists of 19th century Dutch reading groups remarkably international
10 Mar 2014
Little patriotic literature was read in reading groups in the North Netherlands (the present-day Netherlands) during the period of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815-1830). In fact, a large part of the ...
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UvA rises in THE World Reputation Rankings
10 Mar 2014
Following up on last year’s strong performance, the University of Amsterdam has risen in the latest THE World Reputation Rankings 2014.
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Wereldreizigers? Over de grenzen van de mondiale mobiliteit
1 Mar 2014
In deze bijeenkomst leggen verschillende geesteswetenschappers de keerzijde van het Boekenweekthema bloot door te wijzen op de grenzen van de mondiale mobiliteit en de manieren waarop deze grenzen in literatuur en ...
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Humanities listed in QS World University Rankings top 50
27 Feb 2014
In the QS World University Rankings by Subject, Communication & Media Studies is the highest ranked subject area of the University of Amsterdam (UvA), listed 10th worldwide.
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Nine UvA subject areas listed in QS World University Rankings top 50
27 Feb 2014
In the QS World University Rankings by Subject, published on Wednesday 26 February, nine of the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) subject areas are in the top 50. Communication & Media Studies is the highest ranked ...
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Martin Stokhof appointed member of ERC Scientific Council
24 Feb 2014
The European Commission has appointed Martin Stokhof, professor of Philosophy of Language at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), as a member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC). Stokhof, ...
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Mieke Mulder named UvA Lecturer of the Year 2013
14 Jan 2014
Dr Mieke Mulder was named UvA Lecturer of the Year 2013 during the University's Dies Natalis celebrations on 8 January 2014.
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UvA celebrates 382nd Dies Natalis
9 Jan 2014
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) celebrated its 382nd Dies Natalis (birthday) on Wednesday, 8 January 2014. Besides the traditional Dies speech, the event also saw honorary doctorates being awarded to legal scholar ...
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UvA and VU pool knowledge on Europe
8 Jan 2014
The new Amsterdam Centre for Contemporary European Studies (ACCESS EUROPE), run jointly by VU University Amsterdam (VU) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA), has been set up to gain a better understanding of the ...
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Academics speak out against large-scale surveillance by intelligence services
7 Jan 2014
Four academics at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have issued a declaration speaking out against the large-scale collection of data by intelligence services.
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Differences in rhythm perception between human and non-human primates
2 Jan 2014
Despite their genetic proximity, human and non-human primates differ in their capacity for beat induction, which is the ability to perceive a regular pulse in music or auditory stimuli and accordingly align motor ...
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Representative advisory bodies UvA withhold approval for Amsterdam Faculty of Science
23 Dec 2013
The Executive Boards of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and VU University Amsterdam (VU) are disappointed that – after receiving approval from the representative advisory bodies of the VU – the representative ...
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Egil Asprem wins PhD Dissertation Award
16 Dec 2013
Dr. Egil Asprem is the first winner of the Gerardus van der Leeuw PhD Dissertation Award with the PhD dissertation 'The Problem of Disenchantment: Scientific Naturalism and Esoteric Discourse, 1900–1939.'
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ERC Consolidator Grants awarded to six UvA and AMC-UvA researchers
12 Dec 2013
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded prestigious Consolidator Grants to six researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Amsterdam Medical Center (AMC-UvA). The recipients are astronomer Joeri van ...
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Administration closed on the evening of 19 December, 17.30-18.30 hrs.
11 Dec 2013
The administration will be closed on the evening of 19 December , 17.30-18.30 hrs.
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Evert Verhulp new chair of Amsterdam Academic Club
11 Dec 2013
Evert Verhulp, professor of Labour Law, has been appointed chair of the Amsterdam Academic Club (AAC) effective 1 January 2014. He will succeed Prof. Mirjam van Praag, who has headed the AAC's new board over the last ...
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Opening hours during the holidays
6 Dec 2013
The INTT will be closed from Tuesday, December 24, 2013 up untill Thursday January 2, 2014.
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Barcelona visits UvA for conference ‘Barça and Catalan culture in Amsterdam’
28 Nov 2013
Ajax competed against FC Barcelona in the Champions League on 26 November. On that same day, the Faculty of Humanities hosted a conference on Catalan culture with the Vice President of FC Barcelona, Carles Vilarrubí, ...
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UvA honorary doctorates for economist Alvin Roth and legal scholar James Crawford
18 Nov 2013
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) will award honorary doctorates to economist and Nobel Prize winner Alvin Roth and legal scholar James Crawford during the UvA Dies Natalis celebration on Wednesday, 8 January 2014.
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Call for Papers - Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space Conference
7 Nov 2013
Funded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Science
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UvA brings together expertise on the Middle East
4 Nov 2013
The University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Amsterdam Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (ACMES) will officially open on Thursday, 14 November with presentations by prominent historian Joseph Massad of Columbia University and ...
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The Universal Art of Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678)
1 Nov 2013
Bij Amsterdam University Press is een bundel verschenen over Samuel van Hoogstraten. Van Hoogstraten was meer dan een succesvol leerling van Rembrandt en een veelzijdig schilder.
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Hans Amman appointed vice-president of UvA-AUAS/HvA Executive Board
30 Oct 2013
The Supervisory Boards of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS/HvA) have appointed Professor Hans Amman as member and vice-president of the UvA-AUAS/HvA Executive ...
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Karen Maex new dean UvA Faculty of Science
23 Oct 2013
The Executive Board of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has appointed Professor Karen Maex as the new dean of the Faculty of Science (FNWI). Maex is a full professor of Material Physics for Nanoelectronics, and ...
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Call for Papers - Performing Protest Conference
14 Oct 2013
Re-Imagining the Good Life in Times of Crisis
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Humanities 2nd of the Netherlands in THE World University Rankings
4 Oct 2013
The Faculty of Humanities of the UvA is ranked 41st among the top universities by subject of the THE World University Ranking.
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