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Time travel does not exist… or does it? With modern technologies, we are increasingly able to reconstruct the past. On the basis of historical sources and smart data connections, realistic 3D visualisations can be created of objects and places through time. Researchers at the UvA go one step further by integrating not only ‘actual’ history but also history as it was ‘experienced’ by people into their reconstructions.
Event details of Alumni Week: What if you could truly search for lost time?
Date
7 October 2026
Time
17:00 -18:00
Room
De Salon

Please note: this event is in Dutch. This event is especially recommended for Humanities alumni, but open to all.

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Gather all the information you can find about a place or neighbourhood, digitise it, link it together using modern technologies and you can explore the past as if you were there yourself: the dream of anyone interested in history. This kind of virtual time machine is being developed, among other things, in the project Kattenburg Virtual Memories. The result is a narrative multimedia experience in which story, interaction and spatial perception reinforce one another. In this session, you will discover more about this entirely new way of telling stories about the past, based in part on the many experiences of people who have lived or worked there.

About Boudewijn Koopmans

Boudewijn Koopmans is an Impact Developer at IXA for the Faculty of Humanities. He works to establish meaningful collaborations around themes such as sustainability and responsible technology. His partners include museums, archives, NGOs, and government bodies.

University Library

Room De Salon
Vendelstraat 2-8
1012 XX Amsterdam