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Online workshop: Innovating objects? Reading spolia in Greek and Latin literature
14 Jan 2021
Online workshop organized by Irene de Jong (professor of Ancient Greek UvA, ASH) and Miguel John Versluys (professor of mediterranean archaeology UL) on Friday January 22.
European grant for disclosure of colonial sound collections from Southeast Asia
14 Jan 2021
A Dutch-French-British research consortium, led by UvA researchers Barbara Titus and meLê yamomo, has received a European grant for their three-year project titled Decolonizing Southeast Asian Sound Archives ...
Call for Papers: Decolonising the Memories of Enslavement
11 Jan 2021
The issues of discrimination and racism are more than ever at the heart of today’s debates in Europe, America and Africa since the killing of Georges Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis. The conference ...
About Urban and Visual Culture in Contemporary Iran
7 Jan 2021
About Urban and Visual Culture in Contemporary Iran. Non-visibility and the Politics of Everyday Presence. (London: Bloomsbury 2020) by Pedram Dibazar
Simone De Beauvoir: New Perspectives for the 21st Century International Conference
4 Jan 2021
Call for Papers
Simone De Beauvoir: New Perspectives for the 21st Century
International Conference
June 3-4, 2021, Leuven, Institute of Philosophy
Maria Boletsi receives NIAS fellowship
4 Jan 2021
Maria Boletsi, Professor by Special Appointment of the Marilena Laskaridis Chair of Modern Greek Studies, has received a fellowship from the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) within the framework of the ...
Call for Papers: 3.0 ‘Impasse’
4 Jan 2021
Contribute to the third volume of our research journal Soapbox. Soapbox is an open-access platform for cultural analysis: a biannual research journal and website for critical, creative and experimental cultural work.
Call for applications: Laskaridis Visiting Research Fellowships in Modern Greek Studies 2021-2022
23 Dec 2020
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for two (2) visiting research fellowships in the field of Modern Greek Studies for early-career and more advanced scholars who wish to ...
PhD position in 'Culturally and Socially Responsible AI'
22 Dec 2020
The Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam is looking to fill one PhD position in the area of 'Culturally and Socially Responsible AI'.
Healing Waters and Pleasure Grounds. Spa literature podcast
20 Dec 2020
Embark on the journey, attend spa concerts and visit the casino along with the heroes from works by Mary Countess von Bothmer, Anneli Jordahl, George Sand, Mikhail Lermontov, Charles Clarke, Thomas Mann (of course!) ...
Margot Terpstra wins Rijksmuseum-Migelien Gerritzen thesis award 2020
16 Dec 2020
Margot Terpstra has won the Rijksmuseum-Migelien Gerritzen thesis award 2020 for her Master’s thesis on damage patterns in the sample books of Museum de Lakenhal. The Rijksmuseum has been handing out this award ...
The impact of the second corona wave on studying and working at the UvA
15 Dec 2020
The experiences of students and staff of the UvA during the second wave of corona have been in some ways similar: study and work pressure is high, and the lack of social contact and time outdoors has also been ...
2020 Jarman Award
27 Nov 2020
Michelle Gamaker was one of the six shortlisted artists for the 2020 Jarman Award. ASCA researcher Catherine Lord stars as a large man and a nun in two films in Gamaker’s trilogy. In 2020 the Film London Jarman Award ...
New ASCA Postdoc: Aleksandra Piletić
27 Nov 2020
Aleksandra is joining ASCA as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Platform Labor project (starting 1 January 2021).
Operation Night Watch: getting closer to Rembrandt despite distancing
27 Nov 2020
The summer of 2019 saw the kick-off of the largest and most multifaceted research project ever to focus on Rembrandt’s famous painting The Night Watch. Ever since the museum reopened after its closure earlier this ...
Lia van Gemert emeritus professor
18 Nov 2020
Lia van Gemert will become emeritus professor on 1 December. Unfortunately, due to the current COVID restrictions, her valedictory speech is postponed until further notice.
Veni grant awarded to Janna Coomans (ASH)
9 Nov 2020
Dr. Janna Coomans has been awarded a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for the project '(In)flammable Cities: How fire risks and prevention transformed the Low Countries (1200-1650)'.
Vidi grant awarded to Judith Noorman (ASH)
9 Nov 2020
Dr. Judith Noorman has been awarded a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for the project 'Golden Women'.
Vidi grant awarded to Josje Verhagen (ACLC)
5 Nov 2020
Dr Josje Verhagen has been awarded a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for research that she will carry out at the UvA.
Veni grants for 25 UvA and Amsterdam UMC researchers
5 Nov 2020
No fewer than 25 researchers from the UvA and Amsterdam UMC have been awarded Veni grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The grants amount to a maximum of 250,000 euros per project. ...
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