Archive - Political Science - University of Amsterdam

29Apr2015

Close to a Brexit?

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

With the upcoming general elections in the UK, the possibility of a Brexit (shorthand for British exit from the European Union) is widely debated again. Sir Colin Budd, former member of the UK Diplomatic Service, ...

14Apr2015

The future of international development studies: final debate

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

The field of international development studies must evolve to stay on top of the many changes affecting the world of today. Global trends indicate rising inequality and degrading ecosystems. Extrapolated into the ...

14Apr2015

Screening Politics: Syriana

20:00 | Event

Brian Burgoon will introduce and discuss this film that tells the story of the transnational politics of US foreign policy and practice in the Middle East. That story turns out to be one where many familiar forces of ...

02Apr2015

Sustainable fashion design: new approaches

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

News about the rapidity, ruthlessness and maleficence of the fashion industry has been widespread. How can we make the fashion industry more sustainable? Finnish researcher Kirsi Niinimäki edited ‘Sustainable ...

01Apr2015

Collective memory after the nation-state

17:00 - 18:30 | Event

Globalization, migration and the internet are changing the ways in which people fashion their identities. How can we rethink collective memory, heritage and museums to fit these changes? With: Marie-Aude Baronian, ...

05Mar2015

Presentation report Monitor Muslim Discrimination

16:30 - 18:00 | Event

For the first time, the views of mosque directors on discriminatory aggression against mosques are voiced. The report is the product of a multi-annual monitoring project on the development of discrimination against ...

26Feb2015

Humanities in the news: Greece and the prospects for a European Spring

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

What are the consequences of the Greek elections for the future of the Eurozone? Which consequences will they have for anti-austerity politics in other parts of Europe? With: Johan Hartle, Sara Murawski, Dimitris ...

24Feb2015

The human problem at the heart of development. Kapuscinski lecture by Jonathan Jansen

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

The field of international development studies must evolve to stay on top of the many changes affecting the world of today. This Kapuscinski lecture and fourth lecture in the series about the future of international ...

23Feb2015

Yoga, Bingo and Prayer in Urban Renewal Areas

15:30 - 17:00 | Event

Linda van de Kamp reflects on her new research project that starts with the observation that the way people relate to and imagine urban spaces, and thus how people influence the development of urban areas, results ...

17Feb2015

Public policy: new approach, new solutions

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

When we think about public policy, two narratives seem persistent: that of market fundamentalism and government control. These approaches however seem to restrict the creativity of policy makers. Roland Kupers puts ...

10Feb2015

Humanities in the news: Europe after Charlie Hebdo

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

Researchers Marieke de Goede, Francesco Ragazzi, Jolle Demmers, Mark Deuze and Julien Jeandesboz discuss civil liberties, Islamophobia and the temptation of vigilantism in Europe in the aftermath of the attack on ...

17Dec2014

‘China’s Continuing Urban Transformation’ with George Lin

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

The field of international development studies must evolve to stay on top of the many changes affecting the world of today. This second lecture of a lecture series about the future of international development will ...

12Dec2014

AISSR Annual Harvest Day-inaugural edition

10:45 - 18:00 | Event

The Harvest Day showcases new research results selected from different AISSR programme groups but focused on a shared research theme. This year’s themes are: (1) Migration; (2) Conflict and Post-conflict life; and ...

11Dec2014

Crisis in the EU’s neighbourhood: Who lost Ukraine?

17:00 - 18:30 | Event

The March 2014 annexation of Crimea has raised tensions between the 'West' and Russia, with the EU having to play a key role in the situation. Did the EU adopt the right strategies? With: Ulrich Schneckener, Aaron ...

04Dec2014 05Dec2014

Justice in Migration. New Issues and Perspectives.

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This event will present a keynote by David Miller of Oxford University and bring together a small group of European scholars working on questions relating to the ethics of immigration, such as the ethics of ...

20Nov2014

Researching and publishing political economy in the age of Twitter, TED talks and external grant dependence

16:00 - 18:00 | Event

In April 2014, the Review of International Political Economy (RIPE) has formally moved from McGill University in Canada to the University of Amsterdam. We embrace this occasion not only to toast and welcome the ...

19Nov2014

‘Sustainability and inclusive development' with Joyeeta Gupta

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

The field of international development studies must evolve to stay on top of the many changes affecting the world of today. This second lecture of a lecture series about the future of international development will ...

19Nov2014

Public Mediation Programme (PMP) at the UvA-grand opening

15:30 - 17:30 | Event

PMP is a joint initiative of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Political Science at the UvA under the ‘wings’ of Alexander Rinnooy Kan, University Professor. The programme seeks to develop the practice and ...

18Nov2014

Cultural Encounters: Sweden and the Netherlands

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

As part of the 400 years jubilee of diplomatic relations between Sweden and the Netherlands, we turn to Swedish-Dutch cultural encounters. How do Swedish artists experience working in a Dutch environment? Composer ...

13Nov2014

Human Rights: What’s Your Argument? Part 3: How to defend human rights with limited freedom of expression?

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

In many places today civil society and human rights defenders are facing more and more challenges and restrictions. How can we explain this development? What can we do about it? How is the internet a part of this: ...

29Oct2014

SPUI25 on location: 'How can we end extreme poverty?' with Shanta Devarajan

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

The field of international development studies must evolve to stay on top of the many changes affecting the world of today. This first lecture of a lecture series about the future of international development will be ...

09Oct2014

Mobilizing for migrant rights in the 21st century. Comparative perspectives on migrant organizing, labor and citizenship between Europe and the United States

15:00 - 17:00 | Event

This roundtable with key note speaker Prof. Ruth Milkman (CUNY) focuses on migrant rights mobilizations and migrant organizing across Europe and the U.S. In a time of restrictive migration policies, increasing ...

18Sept2014

Global Challenges and European Politics: New Wines in Old Bottles?

17:00 - 19:15 | Event

Europe is facing a wide range of external challenges, from climate change to energy dependency to the rising multipolar world. This autumn a new European Commission will be inaugurated and successors of Herman van ...

10Sept2014 12Sept2014

Security on the Move

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The SECURCIT research group, in cooperation with gate48 and De Balie, is organizing a series of events on security mobilities, with a film screening on the Israeli military occupation in Palestine and a public ...

03Sept2014

Victus, the fall of Barcelona and European history

17:00 - 19:00 | Event

The War of the Spanish Succession, theme of Albert Sánchez Piñols historical novel Victus, was one of the first of the world struggles. Amongst major European power shifts, Catalonia lost its independence. As there ...

04June2014 07June2014

Objects in/of Migration

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This exhibition in the Allard Pierson Museum draws together artists, musicians, actors and creative writers to explore the experience of serial migration. 6 June a live performance and reception will take place for ...

15Apr2014

IMES PODIUM: Comparative Immigration and America’s Racial Legacy

15:00 - 17:00 | Event

Professor Nancy Foner (City University of New York) will address how America’s history of slavery, segregation, and the civil rights movement -and the very presence of a large African American population - has ...

07Apr2014

Jens Weidmann and Klaas Knot on the financial future of Europe

12:30 | Event

Jens Weidmann, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, is visiting Amsterdam at the invitation of the Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.

17Feb2014

KennisCafé: De seksparadox

20:00 - 00:00 | Event

Sinds de seksuele revolutie staat seks op de politieke en sociale agenda en is het nauw verbonden met emancipatie van vrouwen en (seksuele) minderheden. Het staat voor vooruitgang!

13Feb2014

Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War

16:00 | Event

Lars-Erik Cederman ( ETH Zurich ) and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch ( Essex, UK) will present their recent book in which they argue that political and economic inequalities following group lines generate grievances that ...

07Feb2014

Urban Governance and the End of Civil Society: Community Organizations in the Rust Belt from Populism to Foreclosure

15:00 - 17:00 | Event

Michael McQuarrie will present his paper that demonstrates how civil society is transformed as it becomes incorporated into urban governance.

31Jan2014

Multiculturalism Permitted in English Only

10:00 - 12:00 | Event

Donaldo Macedo is a Cape Verdean-American critical theorist, linguist, and expert on literacy and education studies.

22Jan2014 23Jan2014

Inaugural Event ACCESS EUROPE: Europe in Crisis – Resilient Europe

15:00 | Event

The Amsterdam Centre for Contemporary European StudieS (ACCESS EUROPE), an initiative of the VU University Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) will kick off on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 January with ...

16Jan2014

AMCIS Celebration: Four Years Ahead

13:00 - 20:00 | Event

For this event we invite you for a mini‐symposium organized around research conducted at AMCIS presented by AMCIS postdocs from Sociology, Educational Science and Political Science, complemented by a keynote lecture ...

15Jan2014

EU-US Relations after Snowden: Data, Democracy, Security

17:00 - 19:00 | Event

The so-called PRISM affair calls into question the capacity of the European Union to protect citizens and residents against the intelligence activities of third countries and its own Member States. This roundtable ...

14Nov2013

Official opening of the Amsterdam Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (ACMES) at the University of Amsterdam.

16:00 - 18:30 | Event

You are cordially invited to attend the opening Official opening of the Amsterdam Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (ACMES) at the University of Amsterdam. This opening will take place on Thursday, November 14th in ...

06Mar2013

Creating a European Banking Union: The First Steps to Where

17:00 - 19:00 | Event

As a preeminent expert in the field of financial markets and supervision, Eilís Ferran will disentangle for us the economic, political and legal dimensions, opportunities and threats of the banking union.

08Jan2013

UvA celebrates 381st Dies Natalis

15:00 - 16:45 | Event

The 381st Dies Natalis (anniversary) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) will take place on Tuesday, 8 January 2013. Prof. A.P. Hardon, professor of Anthropology of Health and Social Care will give the Dies lecture.

28Nov2012

Urban Encounters, Public Institutions and the New Europe

19:30 - 22:00 | Event

A new Europe is taking shape, but judging from debates in various quarters, we can hardly speak of common understandings of what form this renewal is taking.

07Nov2012

Election Breakfast USA

07:30 | Event

Who will win the upcoming American elections: Obama or Romney?On Wednesday 7 November at approximately 07:30, the next American president for the coming four years will be announced.