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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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• Henkjan Honing is awarded Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship

  12 Dec 2012

  Henkjan Honing, professor of Music Cognition at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), has been awarded the Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship 2013/14. As a fellow, Honing will spend a year conducting interdisciplinary ...

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• Superheroes, comics and the rise of pop culture: interview with Dr Dan Hassler-Forest

  14 Nov 2012

  'UvA in the spotlight' features interviews with groundbreaking reseachers and professors of international allure from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) who are conducting inspiring research. The newest interview with ...

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• UvA judged top Dutch university by international students

  9 Nov 2012

  The University of Amsterdam (UvA) has been judged the best overall Dutch university by international students. Eighty per cent of international students would recommend the UvA, an increase of 10% compared to 2011.

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• Book by Rens Bod included in list '25 books you must have read'

  30 Oct 2012

  The book 'The Forgotten Sciences: A History of the Humanities' by Rens Bod, Professor of Computational and Digital Humanities, has been included in the list ’25 books about the sciences you must have read’, which was ...

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• Language use simpler than presumed

  30 Oct 2012

  It has been a basic precept of linguistic theory for 50 years or more that linguistic utterances are essentially fundamentally hierarchical in nature, made up of progressively smaller elements in a manner much like ...

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• UvA climbs THE World University Rankings once again

  12 Oct 2012

  The UvA has climbed from 92nd to 83rd place in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2012-2013, following last year’s impressive leap from 165th to 92nd place.

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• US children exposed to background television four hours a day

  11 Oct 2012

  On average, a child from the age of eight months to eight years in the USA is exposed to almost four hours of background television on a normal day. Younger children and African-American children are exposed to even ...

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• Why is dance not yet as popular in the USA as it is in the Netherlands?

  11 Oct 2012

  Electronic dance music has enjoyed immense popularity in the Netherlands for many years now and Dutch DJs invariably top the list of the world’s best DJs. Why is that? And why is the dance genre not yet as popular in ...

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• UvA retains position in Elsevier ranking

  9 Oct 2012

  In the annual ‘Best Studies’ list published by Dutch weekly business magazine Elsevier, professors have once again ranked the UvA number two in the list of best universities in the Netherlands in terms of offering a ...

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• Theater Instituut Nederland collection to be transferred to the UvA

  4 Oct 2012

  The vast collection held by the Theater Instituut Nederland (TIN), which is to close at the end of 2012, will be transferred to the University of Amsterdam (UvA). This means that a collection of immense cultural and ...

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