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Irene de Jong appointed as Norwegian Academy member
25 Mar 2019
Irene de Jong, professor of Ancient Greek at the UvA, has been selected as a member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
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Archaeology book ‘Spul’ voted ‘Best Book Design from all over the World’
11 Mar 2019
Spul (Stuff), a catalogue containing archaeological artifacts unearthed during the excavation work for the Noord/Zuidlijn (North-South metro line) in Amsterdam, has been voted the ‘Best Book Design from all over the ...
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Augmented reality project Blending Past and Present
7 Feb 2019
In the Blending Past and Present project by the 4D Research Lab, augmented reality technology is used to add a virtual layer to reality. ACASA and Art History students apply this technology during city tours to look ...
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Three PhD candidates in the humanities awarded grants
19 June 2018
Pamela Jordan (Archaeology), Antonia Weiss (History) and Dean McHugh (ILLC) have each been awarded a grant as part of the NWO’s PhDs in the Humanities programme. The latest round of grants comprised no less than € ...
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Archaeologists find 700,000 objects along Noord-Zuidlijn route
15 June 2018
Led by city archaeologist and UvA professor Jerzy Gawronski, archaeologists have made roughly 700,000 finds during the construction of the Noord-Zuidlijn. The results of fifteen years of archaeological research can ...
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4D Research Lab: Call for Proposals
19 Apr 2018
To celebrate the launch of the new 4D Research Lab, the team have launched a call for proposals, offering their expertise and facilities to the best research proposal with a 3D or 4D research objective.
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The UvA and the Faculty of Humanities produce strong showing in latest International Student Barometer
4 Apr 2018
International students have ranked the University of Amsterdam (UvA) first in the Netherlands for being 'a good place to be'. With a rating above 97%, the Faculty of Humanities scores particularly high in this ...
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Kristin Kleber, Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies
2 Feb 2018
Kristin Kleber has been appointed Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as of 1 February 2018.
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Vacancies OIKOS Anchoring Innovation
18 Sept 2017
UvA currently has two vacant PhD positions and one postdoc project as part of the NWO-funded Gravitaton Programme Anchoring Innovation.
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KIEM Grant for Patricia Lulof
18 Sept 2017
Dr. Patricia Lulof has been awarded a KIEM grant of € 15,000 by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for her project ‘Living in the Past. Reconstructing Etruscan Houses in Acquarossa’.
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Rianne Hermans co-winner of ASH dissertation award 2016-2017
7 July 2017
This prize was awarded to Rianne Hermans for her PhD dissertation Latin Cults through Roman Eyes. Myth, Memory and Cult Practice in the Alban Hills, which she carried out from 2011 until 2016 under the supervision of ...
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Royal 17th century wardrobe found in the Wadden Sea
18 Apr 2016
‘Rarely, if ever, has such a big discovery been made in a maritime context’, says Maarten van Bommel, Professor of Conservation Science and chair of the section Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Heritage at ...
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Two PhD positions in Historical Archaeology
12 Apr 2016
Vacancies as part of the NWO-funded open competition project Diaspora and identity: an integrated archaeological and historical investigation into material life, ethnicity, and diet in the district of Vlooienburg, ...
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PAN project awarded for 1.862 million euro
9 Mar 2016
NWO research grant for Nico Roymans and Stijn Heeren
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Echoing Hylas, new book Mark Heerink
12 Jan 2016
Echoing Hylas. A Study in Hellenistic and Roman Metapoetics
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Veni laureate Marlena Whiting
14 Oct 2015
NWO grant for research Gendering sacred space: female networks, patronage and ritual experience in early Christian pilgrimage.
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New book Emily Hemelrijk
6 Oct 2015
Hidden Lives, Public Personae. Women and Civic Life in the Roman West
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INSTAP award for emeritus Crouwel
11 Aug 2015
Distinguished Service to Aegean Prehistory Award.
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Irene de Jong appointed as KNAW member
29 May 2015
Irene de jong, professor of Ancient Greek at the UvA, has been selected as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
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Honorary Doctorate awarded to Professor Emily Hemelrijk
2 Apr 2015
The Faculty Board of Arts at the University of Gothenburg has decided to appoint Prof. Emily Hemelrijk (Ancient History, UvA) to be Honorary Doctor of Philosophy.
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