Religiewetenschappen - Universiteit van Amsterdam

Religiewetenschappen

Veel gewoonten en denkwijzen blijken verweven met religie. De bestudering ervan is een goede invalshoek om sociale en culturele verschijnselen als secularisering, globalisering, integratieprocessen en kunst beter te begrijpen. Bij de UvA staat de hedendaagse religieuze diversiteit in Europa centraal. Uniek in Nederland is de specialisatie in Westerse esoterie.

Wouter Hanegraaff received PROSE award

Wouter Hanegraaff has received the PROSE award by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for his book "Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination: Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity" in the ...
New book by Gerard Wiegers on Jews and Muslims in London and Amsterdam

Gerard Wiegers, with Sipco Vellenga, published a book on the development of bilateral Jewish-Muslim relations in London and Amsterdam since the late-1980s. It offers a comparative analysis that considers both ...
ACMES Research Convention 2023

We are happy to announce the third ACMES Research Convention, which takes place on January 20, 2023, from 9 AM - 5 PM in PCH 1.04 and 1.05. Previous ACMES Conventions took place in 2015 and 2018.
Conference Antiliberal Internationalism

The conference "Antiliberal Internationalism in the 20th Century: Beyond Left & Right?" will be hosted from 11 - 13 January 2023 in Amsterdam.
Vacancy: ACMES is looking for an intern

The Amsterdam Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (ACMES) is looking for a motivated student for an internship from October 1st – February 1st.
De beweging van conservatieve Europeanen naar de islam

Toen Gulnaz Sibgatullina haar onderzoek startte naar Europese bekeerlingen tot de islam, verwachtte ze een nichegroep. Na verloop van tijd kwam ze erachter dat de ontwikkeling groter was dan verwacht en ontdekte ze ...
In memoriam Prof. dr. Rudolph Peters (1943-2022)

We are deeply saddened that Rudolph Peters, Professor emeritus of Islamic law, Department of Arabic language and culture, University of Amsterdam, has passed away.
Migration in and to the MENA region

This Spring ACMES will host a series of exciting lectures around the topic of migration, both in and to the Middle East and North Africa.

Bachelor

Religiewetenschappen
Minor

Religiewetenschap
Master

Spirituality and Religion (Theology and Religious Studies)
Research master

Religious Studies (Theology and Religious Studies)
Lerarenopleiding

Lerarenopleiding Godsdienst en levensbeschouwing