The European Federation of National Institutions for Language (EFNIL) has announced Anne-Mieke Thieme as one of the winners of the Master's Thesis Award.

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) has climbed six spots in this year’s QS World University Rankings, and is now 55th in the world. This places the UvA as the top Dutch university on the list and within the top 5% ...

'Emotional Ethics of The Hunger Games' (Palgrave Macmillan 2021) expands the ‘ethical turn’ in Film Studies by analysing emotions as a source of ethical knowledge in 'The Hunger Games' films.

Dr Daniëlle Slootjes (1975) has been appointed professor of Ancient History at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

The ASCA selection committee 2021, consisting of Maria Boletsi, Sudeep Dasgupta, Stefan Niklas, Esther Peeren, and Tjalling Valdes Olmos, has selected Pinar Türer and her project on the Ethics of Intimacy out of 464 ...

Dr Serena Ferente has been appointed professor of Medieval History at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

During the academic year 2021-2022, Gaston Franssen will be affiliated with the UvA Institute for Advanced Study as a research fellow. At IAS, Franssen will work on a project focusing on ‘diagnostic cultures’ in ...

Through the Accelerate Programme, the UvA Data Science Centre (DSC) has awarded funding for three proposals at the Faculty of Humanities. This is to enhance research into cultural data collection and linking, ...

Many museums in Europe and beyond are wrestling with their colonial collections. What should happen with these objects that were acquired in the colonial past? And which role can this heritage play in improving ...

We, the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) at the University of Amsterdam, condemn the brutal Israeli assaults against the Palestinians and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people who are rising up ...

The Faculty of Humanities hosts three Marilena Laskaridis Visiting Research Fellow in Modern Greek Studies in the academic year 2020/2021. On 9 April, 28 May and on a third day (t.b.a.) each Research Fellow will give ...

The Freedom of the streets team, led by Danielle van den Heuvel has won the KNAW science communication award. This prize is instituted by The Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science.

Call for Papers: Slavery in the Cultural Imagination. Voices of Dissent in the Neerlandophone Space, 17th-21st Century | Confirmed keynotes: Hasana Sharp (McGill University) and Marlene Daut (University of Virginia).

The Department of Art and Culture Studies in the Faculty of Humanities is looking for an Assistant professor (UD) with a research focus on the role of contemporary art and its institutions in relation to issues such ...

The Department of Media Studies in the Faculty of Humanities is looking for an Assistant professor (UD) with a research focus on digital technologies and the ways in which they influence the production, transmission ...

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Vici grants worth 1.5 million euros to four prominent UvA researchers Rene Gerritsma, Erik Rietveld, Floris Roelofsen and Chris Slootweg. The ...

This month, the UvA and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies reflect on the 20th anniversary of the study and research programme Holocaust and Genocide Studies in the Netherlands. What once ...

New book by Pablo Lamberti (ASCA) published by Boom.

The UvA Faculty of Humanities offers the Research Innovation and Sustainability (RIS) Fund that aims at supporting staff with research time in their career development and expanding their opportunities to conduct ...

The degree of stress and study pressure among students is high and has been steadily increasing in recent weeks. Stress and work pressure among employees are fairly stable over time, but also high. This is evident ...