Career lunch
Why attend a career lunch with an alumnus?
Are you unsure about what to do after your defense, or are you curious about how your fellow PhD's have experienced the first steps of their career? Then come attend a career lunch with an alumnus! Along with a small group of your fellow PhD graduates, you will have the chance to ask an alumnus all kinds of questions about their career experience.
Each career lunch invites a different alumnus, so no matter what you want to do after your defense, you'll likely find an alumnus who has the answers you seek. No preparation is needed, all that is required of you is to think of a few questions you'd like to ask them!
The career lunch is paid for by the UvA, so use this opportunity to relax and network with your peers over a delicious sandwich or drink! If a particular career lunch seems interesting to you, make sure to sign up as soon as possible, as each lunch only has a few seats available! If a lunch is full, then sign up for the waiting list, and we will mail you if a spot is open.
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Career Lunch with Karin Beijering 04-12-2025
About the alumnus:
English translation follows belowIk ben nu RDM specialist bij de UB – een adviesrol mbt alle facetten van datamanagement en – publicatie. Een switch van onderzoek naar onderzoeksondersteuning waar mijn ervaring als onderzoeker goed van pas komt. Mijn promotieonderzoek heb ik aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen uitgevoerd, en was een vergelijkend historisch-taalkundig onderzoek naar het ontstaan van uitdrukkingen van epistemische modaliteit in het Deens, Noors en Zweeds. Daarna ben ik vier jaar postdoc geweest aan de Universiteit van Antwerpen; en een tweejarig postdoc project aan de Universiteit van Oslo. Tussen de aanstellingen in heb ik ook korte/freelance taalkundige klussen gedaan.
I am currently a RDM Specialist at the University Library of the UvA, providing advice regarding all facets of data management and publication. This switch from research to research support was helped by my prior experience as a researcher. I have done my PhD research at the University of Groningen, which was a comparative historical-linguistic research into the emergence of expressions in epistemic modality in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish languages. Additionally, I was a postdoc at the Univeristy of Antwerp for four years, and pursued a postdoc project for two years at the University of Oslo. I have also done short/freelance linguistic activities in between roles.
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Registration Career Lunch Karin Beijering 04-12-2025
If the lunch is already full, please register on the waiting list. We will contact you if a spot opens up.
Time and location: 04 December 2025, from 12:00-13:00 at Café van Zuylen (Torensteeg 8, Amsterdam)
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Career Lunch with Divya Nadkarni 21-10-2025
About the alumnus:
Divya Nadkarni (they/them) is a lecturer in the Department of Literary and Cultural Analysis (2023–). In September 2025, Divya started an NWO Veni Postdoc project, titled, “Friendship as political practice: Reorienting Solidarity in a Globalised World”. Their research—both through their PhD (2022) and in more recent work—lies at the intersections of literary and critical theory, exploring the complexities and dynamics of solidarity in crisis times. Divya is also the founding editor of nether quarterly, a Mumbai based literary journal, and a member of the activist collective, InSAF India (International Solidarity for Academic Freedom in India).
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Career lunch with Melle Kromhout 17-06-2025
About the alumnus:
Melle Kromhout is an advisor and consultant in the academic and cultural sector. During his PhD career, he researched the role of noise in recorded sound and music at ASCA. After his dissertation defense, he became a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Cambridge for three years. Currently, he is the senior policy advisor at the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW). He also has experience as a writer and researcher in the public sector, and performs and records as a musician.
Date: 17 June
Time: 12:00-13:00
Location: Café van Zuylen (Torensteeg 8, Amsterdam)