Cultural Studies

Cultural Studies at the UvA explores arts and culture within their social and historical contexts. Cultural organisations, for example, are expected to work more towards their target audience, while art is used as an instrument for promoting social cohesion, and heritage tops the political agenda. Sociological and historical frameworks are used to analyse these developments.

Research Master's

Art and Performance Research Studies

Students who are interested in doing historical, theoretical and practice-based research into the visual and performative arts will be challenged in this two-year Research Master'sprogramme.
Research Master's

Cultural Analysis (Arts and Culture)

Cultural phenomena such as works of art and literature, cinema and new media, popular culture, as well as social belief and value systems are examined and analysed in this two-year Research Master's programme.
Master's

Comparative Cultural Analysis (Arts and Culture)

Explore ‘culture’ in the broadest sense - from art, film and new media, to popular culture and social movements - in relation to contemporary issues.
Dual Master's

Archival and Information Studies (Media Studies)

With a focus on contemporary archival theory and practice, you will be trained in the science and craft of recordkeeping, and providing insight into the archives of the past and future.
Dual Master's

Curating Art and Cultures (Heritage Studies)

Get trained to become the curator and (museum) researcher of the future.
Dual Master's

Heritage and Memory Studies (Heritage Studies)

Engage with the dynamics of heritage and memory, analysing it from a critical, cultural-historic and spatial perspective.
Dual Master's

Museum Studies (Heritage Studies)

Get educated to work within the museological field. The programme includes an intensive, one-semester internship.
Dual Master's

Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image (Media Studies)

Become critically engaged with current practices of collecting and selecting, preserving and restoring, making accessible, presenting and curating moving images and sound.

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