What happens when we make room for the unusual and the uncomfortable in the arts? In her new book Strange Tastes, Professor of Philosophy Monique Roelofs explores how the ‘strange’ can transform the way we see, feel ...

International Symposium // University of Amsterdam March 18-19, 2027 (tentative) | Deadline for abstracts: 3 August 2026. 

Hoogleraar Cultural Analysis Esther Peeren is door de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW) gekozen als nieuw Akademielid. KNAW-leden worden gekozen op basis van hoogwaardige wetenschappelijke ...

Luuk Huitink has been appointed Professor of Greek and Latin Literature in Context at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam. His work focuses, among other things, on linguistics, narratology and ...

Han van der Maas, professor of Psychological Methodology, has been appointed director of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at the University of Amsterdam. He will take up the position effective 1 September 2026, ...

Peuters die thuis een andere taal spreken dan Nederlands, hebben veel baat bij een meertalige kinderopvang. Wanneer ze hun thuistaal ook op de opvang gebruiken, wordt hun samenspel met andere kinderen rijker en ...

UvA Professor of Learnability Enoch Aboh has been elected International Honorary Member of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This ‘American Academy’ is a select group of leading thinkers, ...

What is the role of video games in today’s media landscape? And what do games tell us about the culture in which they are created? These are the kinds of questions that are central to the GameLab at the University of ...