18,8 million euro grant for research into innovation processes in antiquity
Successful innovation requires more than technological progress alone. Every new concept must first be firmly anchored into an existing context. At least this is the hypothesis of Dutch classicists, working together in the National Research School in Classical Studies OIKOS. The team of researchers intends to test this by studying classical antiquity. ASH researchers Prof. Caroline Kroon (Latin), Prof. Irene de Jong (ancient Greek) and Prof. Emily Hemelrijk (Ancient History) take part in this project.
The OIKOS researchers are conducting their research thanks to a grant from the Gravitation programme of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). This funding will allow researchers from the five universities taking part to spend ten years researching the subject. By studying Greek and Roman antiquity, they aim to generate insight into innovation processes over the ages. Read more
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ASH Clinic International Experience
The next ASH Clinic for PhD candidates and other early career scholars is Monday 12 June 15:00-16:30, Bushuis/OIH room E1.02. During the clinic, senior members of ASH Dr Danielle van den Heuvel and Dr Martijn Icks will share their experiences and best practices when it comes to gaining international experience during and after your PhD. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion, along with coffee, tea and biscuits. Please register by email ash-fgw@uva.nl if you wish to attend.
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Essay Peter Romijn for celebration Liberation Day
Peter Romijn was invited by the province of Noord Holland to write this year’s essay for the celebration of Liberation Day. His essay, Dilemma’s van gezagsdragers in zware tijden, can be read on the website of Noord Holland. Read more
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Special Issue Continuity and Change
This special issue Merchants and Commercial Conflicts in Europe, 1250-1600, in the series Continuity and Change, is co-edited by Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz. Read more
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Research Data Management meeting - Save the Date
Please mark your calendar for the ASH Research Data Management (RDM) meeting on 13 June 14:00 in BH/ OIH F0.21. More information will follow soon.
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PhD candidate 'The formation of an Indonesian postcolonial academia'
ASH currently has a vacant PhD position as part of the NWO-funded project Decolonizing knowledge. Postcoloniality and the making of modern Indonesia’s knowledge culture, 1945 - 1970), led by Prof. Remco Raben. More information
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PhD candidate 'Publishing houses as brokers of knowledge in Indonesia'
AHM currently has a vacant PhD position as part of the NWO-funded project Decolonizing knowledge. Postcoloniality and the making of modern Indonesia’s knowledge culture, 1945 - 1970), led by Prof. Remco Raben. More information
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Allies or adversaries: Jewish-black Relations in the USA, an entangled history
15 May 20:00-22:00 De Nieuwe Liefde, Da Costakade 102
Lecture organised by the Menasseh ben Israel Institute and the Nieuwe Liefde. Hasia Diner reviews Black-Jewish relations, beginning with the first Jewish immigrants coming to the US, more recently during the era of Obama, and at present, in the days of president Trump. Lucas Johnson, non-violent activist and part of the Civil Rights movement will give his views on this relationship. Read more
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TAH Colloquium XII The Making of Glass
18 May 15:00-17:00 Universiteitstheater ND16, room 1.01A
In the twelfth edition of the Technical Art History Colloquium, dr. Márcia Vilarigues (Conservation Department, Universidade Nova de Lisboa), dr. Jo Wheeler (Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London) and Matt Tyler (University of Glasgow and The National Gallery, London) will give papers about the making of glass.
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History of Jews in the Netherlands
22 May 14:00-17:00 Portugese Synagoge, mr. Visserplein 2
The Menasseh ben Israel Institute and Publisher Balans organise the book presentation of “Geschiedenis van de joden in Nederland”, edited by Hans Blom, David Wertheim, Hetty Berg en Bart Wallet en telt bijdragen van Ben Speet, Daniel Swetschinski, Jonathan Israel, Yosef Kaplan, Irene Zwiep, Bart Wallet, Hans Blom en Joel Cahen. Please register with mbii@jck.nl (free for museum card members). Read more
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Golden Age symposium: the dress of Texel
23 May 14:00-17:00 Bushuis/ OIH, VOC room
The Amsterdam Centre of the Golden Age will organize a symposium about the discovery in April 2016 of a shipwreck full of extraordinary objects from the seventeenth century. Arent Vos (Cultural Heritage Agency) shall speak about the maritime archeological research. Maarten van Bommel (UvA, Conservation science), Nadine Akkerman (Leiden University, English department) and Helmer Helmers (UvA, Dutch language and culture) will present their research projects about these intriguing treasures. Read more
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Seminar Open Science: the National Plan and you
29 May 10:00-17:00 TU Delft, Aula
The day will be a great opportunity for all researchers working in the Netherlands to give their opinion on the aims and goals of the Dutch ‘National Plan Open Science’. It’s a chance to let politicians, funders and administrators know what researchers really need to make Open Science work for them. Read more
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Keep in touch with the Dutch
1 June 14:00-17:00 UB, Doelenzaal
Symposium marking the ninetieth anniversary of international radio broadcasting in the Netherlands, 1927-2017. This symposium aims to highlight several themes from this rich history and explore source-materials in order to think about a research agenda in this field and new broadcasting techniques in the digital age. Read more
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Madness in Civilization
2 June 9:30-18:15 Bushuis/OIH
Current research into the history of psychiatry in the Low Countries. The symposium is organized by Gemma Blok (ASH) and Martje aan de Kerk (ASH) in collaboration with Joost Vijselaar (Utrecht University). Registration: M.A.aandekerk@uva.nl. Read more
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Grant news and upcoming deadlines
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NWO recently announced that there will be a call in 2017 for the Free competition in the Humanities-grant. This year's call/competition will remain mostly unchanged compared to previous years; in 2018, the grant will be significantly altered due to the recent merger of the social sciences and humanities divisions at NWO. The deadline for pre-proposals is 5 September 2017 (ie. a few months later than in previous years); the call will be published within a few weeks. Please follow the link for more information (only available in Dutch).
The grant team organises an information meeting for those interested in applying for the NWO Free Competition in the Humanities grant (Vrije Competitie or VC). During this meeting, members of the grant team will provide basic information on the grant and on setting the budget, former VC committee member Patricia Lulof will talk about the selection procedure, and VC laureate Gerard Steen will talk about (applying for) his own project. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 30 May at 9.30, in the Bushuis room F2.11B. Please send us an e-mail if you would like to attend via subsidie-fgw@uva.nl.
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A new work programme for Horizon2020 Societal Challenge 6 'Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies' is currently in preparation. The work programme includes calls for research projects that are of interest to Humanities researchers, for example in the field of migration studies, cultural heritage and creative industries. Grant advisors Els den Os and Maren Pannemann will present the draft programme (see also the link below) and explore the possibilities for UvA-FGw researchers. The meeting will take place on 15 June at 15.00 in the Bushuis, room F2.08B. Please register for the meeting via subsidie-fgw@uva.nl.
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The Joint Programming Initiative in Cultural Heritage and Global Change has issued a call for funding for collaborative and international research projects in the field of digital heritage. Applications can be send in by teams from at least three of the different countries participating in this JPICH call (Belarus, Cyprus, Czechia, France, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK). See the link below for the full for proposals, including a detailed outline of the three main topics that are to be addressed: engaging, curating and safeguarding digital heritage. The call is handled by NWO. Note that the deadline for applications is coming up quickly: 22 June 2017.
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The new call for proposals Smart Culture - Big data / Digital Humanities has been published on the NWO website (in Dutch).The programme aims to further develop research into Creative Industries and Big Data, and at the same time boost research in the field of Digital Humanities. Deadline 1 June 2017.
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The Netherlands Institute for Conservation, Art and Science has issued a call for funding (handled by NWO) for research projects on art conservation and the use of large scale data. The focus of proposed projects should be on technical art history, conservation dynamics, diagnostics and/or material dynamics. Teams of a least one senior researcher employed by a university and one museum can apply for a grant 500,000 euros (maximum); seed money projects can also be applied for (max. 25,000 euros). The deadline for proposals is 6 July 2017.
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The Faculty of Humanities invites applications for 0.5 FTE PhD Finishing Fellowships, tenable from January 1, 2018. Each fellowship will be for a period of up to 12 months. The award holder is required to deliver a completed dissertation (defined as "dissertation submitted to the examination committee") by the end of the fellowship period. Deadline 1 October 2017
More news and deadlines at the ASH website Research funding opportunies
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News items or event announcements can be sent to ash-fgw@uva.nl, using the following form.
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