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UvA top Dutch university in QS World University Rankings
10 Sep 2013
For the fourth consecutive year, the University of Amsterdam is the highest ranked Dutch university in the QS World University Rankings. Previously ranked 62nd, the UvA has moved up four places and is now ranked 58th ...
Memories of Westerbork often differ from actual wartime experiences
9 Sep 2013
How did prisoners experience WWII transit and detention camp Westerbork? How did they report on these experiences in letters, diaries and eyewitness accounts? How did they look back on their time in the camp after ...
Prestigious ERC Advanced Grants awarded to five UvA professors
14 Aug 2013
Neuropsychologist Edward de Haan, chemist Joost Reek, mathematician Lex Schrijver, cell biologist Hergen Spits and oncogeneticist Rogier Versteeg are each to receive a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant from the European ...
Architects chosen for University Library
8 Jul 2013
MVSA Architects and Architectenbureau J. Van Stigt have been jointly contracted to design the new University Library for the University of Amsterdam (UvA).
Ten UvA subject areas listed in QS World University Rankings worldwide top 50
16 May 2013
Ten subject areas taught at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) are listed among the QS World University Rankings by Subject worldwide top 50, published on Thursday, 8 May. UvA’s programmes in Communication Science and ...
Dr M. Deuze, professor of Media Studies
22 Apr 2013
Dr M. Deuze (born in 1969) has been named professor of Media Studies, specialising in journalism, at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Humanities.
Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award 2013: registration open
8 Mar 2013
Registration is now open for the 2013 Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award. Who will win the prize for the most innovative and feasible idea of commercial and/or social value? A jury chaired by Prof. Louise Fresco ...
Dr J. Kursell, professor of Musicology
31 Jan 2013
Dr J. Kursell (1968) has been appointed professor of Musicology at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam (UvA).
Rhesus monkeys cannot hear beat in music
13 Dec 2012
Beat induction, the ability to pick up regularity – the beat – from a varying rhythm, is not an ability that rhesus monkeys possess. These are the findings of researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and ...
Henkjan Honing is awarded Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship
12 Dec 2012
Henkjan Honing, professor of Music Cognition at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), has been awarded the Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship 2013/14. As a fellow, Honing will spend a year conducting interdisciplinary ...
Superheroes, comics and the rise of pop culture: interview with Dr Dan Hassler-Forest
14 Nov 2012
'UvA in the spotlight' features interviews with groundbreaking reseachers and professors of international allure from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) who are conducting inspiring research. The newest interview with ...
US children exposed to background television four hours a day
11 Oct 2012
On average, a child from the age of eight months to eight years in the USA is exposed to almost four hours of background television on a normal day. Younger children and African-American children are exposed to even ...
Why is dance not yet as popular in the USA as it is in the Netherlands?
11 Oct 2012
Electronic dance music has enjoyed immense popularity in the Netherlands for many years now and Dutch DJs invariably top the list of the world’s best DJs. Why is that? And why is the dance genre not yet as popular in ...
Attend inspiring lectures by renowned UvA professors in the Glass House of Science and Scholarship
17 Aug 2012
This year marks the 380th anniversary of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). In honour of this 76th ‘lustrum’ (anniversary occurring every five years), the UvA will be celebrating the opening of the academic year on a ...
UvA six times best in the Netherlands in QS World University Rankings by Subject 2012
12 Jul 2012
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is the best Dutch university in six subjects according to the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2012. In the rankings for Communication and Media Studies, the UvA occupies 13th ...
Rokus de Groot receives Faculty Special Merit Award
29 May 2012
Rokus de Groot, Emeritus Professor of Musicology at the Faculty of Humanities, was awarded the Faculty Special Merit Award during an official ceremony held in the Aula on Friday, 25 May.
Faculty of Humanities researcher wins Veegens Prize 2012
4 Apr 2012
Faculty of Humanities researcher Lodewijk Petram has been awarded the Dirk Jacob Veegens Prize 2012.
International award for UvA archaeologist Joris Kila
30 Mar 2012
UvA scholar Joris Kila will be awarded the 2012 Art Protection and Security Award jointly with Dr Karl von Habsburg. The award is presented annually by ARCA, the Association for Research into Crimes against Art. Last ...
Henkjan Honing appointed professor of Cognitive and Computational Musicology
6 Feb 2012
Henkjan Honing (1959) has been appointed Professor of Cognitive and Computational Musicology at both the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam as of 1 March 2012.
Major NWO grant for researching paints used in fine arts
30 Jan 2012
Within the framework of Science4Arts programme, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has provided funding for the project titled ‘How paint changes: consequences for conservation, presentation ...
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