The Dutch Science Council (NWO) has awarded Veni grants to 28 promising UvA and Amsterdam UMC researchers. The funding will enable the laureates to further develop their research ideas over the next three years. The ...

TikTok verdient mee aan de donaties die extreemrechtse streamers doorlopend ontvangen voor hun content. Dit en meer ontdekten mediawetenschappers Pieter van Boheemen en Esther Hammelburg (Hogeschool van Amsterdam) ...

The world-famous Girl with a Pearl Earring was most likely not commissioned by Vermeer’s male patron, but by the man’s wife, art historians from the University of Amsterdam have discovered. New archival research ...

In 'Fair Trade: Humanitarianism in the Age of Postcolonial Globalization' onderzoekt Peter van Dam, hoogleraar Nederlandse geschiedenis, hoe de fairtradebeweging ontstond uit lokale initiatieven die reageerden op de ...

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.