The ACLC is happy to introduce Hideki Kakita. Hideki Kakita is a visiting researcher at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and a faculty member of the Department of English at Dokkyo University in Tokyo, Japan. He ...

Nearly a century after they were first recorded, songs, poems and dances from East Flores returned this month to the communities where they were once documented. The restitution project, led by UvA musicologist ...

Italy responded to events in Ceuta by imposing border controls on travellers arriving from Spain. Germany has once again extended its controversial border controls. Schengen promises free movement across Europe, yet ...

Conference organized by Diego Semerene and Misha Kavka, Amsterdam,  December 9-11, 2026 | Deadline: September 15th.

The Faculty of Humanities welcomes all who wish to contribute to our research programmes by writing a dissertation.

The wide range of research in the humanities at the University of Amsterdam takes place within six research schools. Five of these together form the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR). One of them, ...

AIHR offers strategic funds to support faculty researchers to strengthen their CV or write grant applications.