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English at the University of Amsterdam combines literature and culture from the entire English-speaking world with English Linguistics - the language as it was spoken in the past and today.

Call for Papers: Troubling Universalisms

Troubling Universalisms: Politics and Aesthetics in Critical Theory Symposium 2023 | University of Amsterdam, June 9-10 2023 | Symposium organized by Ben Moore, Marc Farrant, and Steyn Bergs | Deadline for proposals ...
New Essay Collection: The Edinburgh Companion to Vegan Literary Studies

Co-edited by Dr Emelia Quinn of the UvA English Department, The Edinburgh Companion to Vegan Literary Studies offers an encyclopaedic handbook for students and researchers interested in the emergent field of vegan ...
FGw Education Award 2022 goes to course The Climate Emergency

The winners of the FGw Education Award 2022 have been announced! The course The Climate Emergency of Peter van Dam, taught in the bachelor's programme History, is the winner of the FGw Education Award 2022. The ...
Five Bachelor's courses in the running for Humanities Education Award 2022

Five courses have been nominated for the Faculty of Humanities Education Award 2022, which will be announced on 30 June. All courses are Bachelor's degree courses, from four different programmes. From mid-June it is ...

36th in the world and top-ranked in the Netherlands

The QS World University Rankings for English Language and Literature 2022 places the UvA English Department 36th in the world. This puts the UvA ahead of many prestigious and well-respected institutions in English-speaking countries, and makes it the top-ranked university in the Netherlands for English Language and Literature.

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Call for Papers: Troubling Universalisms

New Essay Collection: The Edinburgh Companion to Vegan Literary Studies

FGw Education Award 2022 goes to course The Climate Emergency

Five Bachelor's courses in the running for Humanities Education Award 2022

Guest Lecture Series 2022-2023

36th in the world and top-ranked in the Netherlands

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Guest Lecture Series 2022-2023

36th in the world and top-ranked in the Netherlands

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