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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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• UvA maintains ranking of 83rd in THE World University Rankings

  3 Oct 2013

  The UvA has maintained last year’s ranking of 83rd place in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013-2014. Within the sub-rankings for each discipline, the UvA’s Social Sciences department is ranked ...

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• Out now: Broadcasting Birth Control

  26 Sept 2013

  Manon Parry explores the use of mass media, from the era of silent film to the internet, to promote family planning at home in the United States, and in the expanding international arena of population control.

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• NAV voor je FGw diagnostische toets?

  26 Sept 2013

  Eerstejaarsstudenten FGw die hun diagnostische toets met een NAV hebben afgerond, komen in aanmerking voor gratis taalondersteuning.

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• UvA annually invests in research into Amsterdam’s cultural industries

  19 Sept 2013

  What makes a city into a cultural success? And how is this success related to economic growth? Over the next five years, the University of Amsterdam will annually invest in research into the Dutch capital’s cultural ...

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• UvA invests 2 million euros in research into Amsterdam’s cultural industries

  16 Sept 2013

  What makes a city into a cultural success? And how is this success related to economic growth? Although these questions are highly relevant to a city such as Amsterdam, they have never been investigated in detail. ...

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• Linguistics again ranked best in continental Europe

  16 Sept 2013

  The newly released QS World University Rankings by Subject 2013 ranks Linguistics 15th, rising from the 25th to the 15th place worldwide.

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• Philosophy again rated best in the Netherlands

  16 Sept 2013

  Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam has been rated the best in the Netherlands for the third year running in the newly released QS World University Rankings by Subject 2013.

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• Michel Bergh appointed director of pan-Amsterdam Technology Transfer Office

  16 Sept 2013

  Michel Bergh has been appointed the director of the pan-Amsterdam Technology Transfer Office (TTO) as of 1 November 2013. The TTO has been established as a joint centre of expertise to serve the University of ...

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• Linguistic sound structure a product of language transmission

  16 Sept 2013

  Languages develop structure as they are passed down from generation to generation. The same is true for the sound structure of languages, according to UvA researcher Tessa Verhoef. Her work marks the first study into ...

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• Medieval Studies Essay Prizes: application closes 1 October

  12 Sept 2013

  The Center for Medieval Studies Amsterdam (CMSA) intends to award two prizes for Best BA scriptie and Best MA thesis in medieval studies. Prizes will comprise respectively €100 and €200 in book certificates and a ...

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• UvA top Dutch university in QS World University Rankings

  10 Sept 2013

  For the fourth consecutive year, the University of Amsterdam is the highest ranked Dutch university in the QS World University Rankings. Previously ranked 62nd, the UvA has moved up four places and is now ranked 58th ...

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• Memories of Westerbork often differ from actual wartime experiences

  9 Sept 2013

  How did prisoners experience WWII transit and detention camp Westerbork? How did they report on these experiences in letters, diaries and eyewitness accounts? How did they look back on their time in the camp after ...

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• Out now: Hiding Making - Showing Creation

  5 Sept 2013

  By Rachel Esner, Sandra Kisters, Ann-Sophie Lehmann.

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• University of Amsterdam and Coursera form partnership

  5 Sept 2013

  Following the successful initial series from the Netherlands’ first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) last February, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has now formed a partnership with Coursera, an international ...

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• Two PhD Positions

  3 Sept 2013

  The NWO Project Critique of Religion and the Framing of Jews and Muslims in the Netherlands Today

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• UvA opens academic year with an eye on China

  3 Sept 2013

  The University of Amsterdam (UvA) celebrated the opening of the 2013-2014 academic year on Monday, 2 September. During the opening, a number of prominent speakers elaborated on the theme ‘Amsterdam in the wider ...

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• CMSA Annual report

  2 Sept 2013

  Read about CMSA personnel, budget, activities, awards, publications, research and future plans in the academic year 2012-13.

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• Paul Doop steps down from UvA-AUAS/HvA Executive Board

  28 Aug 2013

  Paul Doop will be stepping down as vice-president of the Executive Board of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences/Hogeschool van Amsterdam (AUAS/HvA) in November of this ...

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• Prestigious ERC Advanced Grants awarded to five UvA professors

  14 Aug 2013

  Neuropsychologist Edward de Haan, chemist Joost Reek, mathematician Lex Schrijver, cell biologist Hergen Spits and oncogeneticist Rogier Versteeg are each to receive a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant from the European ...

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• University of Amsterdam to open 2013-2014 academic year with an eye on China

  8 Aug 2013

  The UvA will officially open the 2013-2014 academic year on Monday, 2 September. During the opening ceremony, a number of speakers will expatiate on the theme ‘Amsterdam in the wider world: China’. Staff, students ...

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• 19 UvA and AMC researchers receive Veni grant

  23 July 2013

  Nineteen researchers who recently obtained their doctorate, will receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for research at the UvA or the Academic Medical Center (AMC-UvA). ...

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• Architects chosen for University Library

  8 July 2013

  MVSA Architects and Architectenbureau J. Van Stigt have been jointly contracted to design the new University Library for the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

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• Call for Papers - Collecting Geographies Conference

  8 July 2013

  Global Programming and Museums of Modern Art

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• NWO to finance four UvA studies on role of religion in society

  2 July 2013

  Four research projects at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have received grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research’s (NWO) Religion in Modern Society research programme. The programme funds ...

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• Frans van Eemeren named Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion

  28 June 2013

  Frans van Eemeren, emeritus professor of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), has been named Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. Eberhard van der ...

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• European funding for projects involving two Faculty of Humanities researchers

  20 June 2013

  It has been announced that Jeroen de Kloet and Gerard Wiegers, both of whom are researchers at the Faculty of Humanities (FGw), will be involved in two of the 18 research projects to be funded as part of the European ...

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• UvA lecturer Fouad Laroui wins Prix Goncourt

  29 May 2013

  Dutch-Moroccan writer and UvA senior lecturer Fouad Laroui has been awarded the Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle for his new collection of short stories L’étrange affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine (The Strange Story of ...

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• CMSA bachelor course nominated for Teaching Award

  21 May 2013

  Every year one of the courses taught in the faculty of Humanities is awarded the ‘Onderwijsprijs’ (Teaching Award) for its originality and execution. This year our CMSA bachelor course 'Middeleeuws Amsterdam in ...

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• Ten UvA subject areas listed in QS World University Rankings worldwide top 50

  16 May 2013

  Ten subject areas taught at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) are listed among the QS World University Rankings by Subject worldwide top 50, published on Thursday, 8 May. UvA’s programmes in Communication Science and ...

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• Especially for German native speakers: Intensive summer course

  6 May 2013

  Especially for German native speakers the INTT offers an intensive five week summer course, leading to the level of Staatsexamen Nederlands als tweede taal (NT2), programma II.

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• Speciaal voor eerstejaars studenten FGw: gratis hulp bij het schrijven!

  5 Apr 2013

  Ben je een eerstejaars student aan de faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen en kun je hulp gebruiken bij het schrijven van academische teksten? Dan kun je gratis gebruik maken van het Schrijfcentrum.

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• CFP: Heritage and Memory of Conflict | PhD Workshop: Deadline April 1rst 2013

  13 Mar 2013

  What happens when the heritage and memories of colonialism, occupation, slavery, and genocide collide in contemporary multicultural societies? This question serves as a guiding thread to the mission statement of the ...

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• CFP: Painting Techniques: History, Materials and Studio Practice (Symposium Rijksmuseum): Deadline April 1rst 2013

  13 Mar 2013

  The beautifully renovated Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will open its doors to the public in 2013. To celebrate this event the Rijksmuseum will host a three-day symposium on Historical Painting Techniques. The central ...

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• Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award 2013: registration open

  8 Mar 2013

  Registration is now open for the 2013 Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award. Who will win the prize for the most innovative and feasible idea of commercial and/or social value? A jury chaired by Prof. Louise Fresco ...

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• Art historian Henk van Os receives Distinguished 'Stapenning' Honorary Award

  6 Mar 2013

  Henk van Os, Professor of Art and Society at the University of Amsterdam, received the Distinguished ‘Stapenning’ Honorary Award during a special symposium on Thursday, 28 February. Presenting the award was Louise ...

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• In korte tijd uw spelling verbeteren? Volg de cursus Beter Spellen

  20 Feb 2013

  Bijna iedereen vraagt zich tijdens het schrijven wel eens af: eindigt dit werkwoord hier op een d of een t? Is het de beantwoordde brief of de beantwoorde brief? Schrijf je slangenkuil of slangekuil? Soms kun je het ...

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• CMSA thesis awards

  11 Feb 2013

  On Wednesday 6 February the Center for Medieval Studies Amsterdam (CMSA) has awarded two students for their thesis in Medieval Studies.

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• UvA celebrates 381st Dies Natalis (anniversary)

  9 Jan 2013

  On Tuesday 8 January 2013, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) celebrated its 381st Dies Natalis (anniversary).

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• Tikvah Centre for Law and Jewish Civilization - call for applications

  4 Jan 2013

  The Tikvah Center for Law & Jewish Civilization is now accepting applications for both the Programs for Tikvah Fellows and Tikvah Scholars.

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• Rhesus monkeys cannot hear beat in music

  13 Dec 2012

  Beat induction, the ability to pick up regularity – the beat – from a varying rhythm, is not an ability that rhesus monkeys possess. These are the findings of researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and ...

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