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Amsterdam School of Historical Studies

Newsletter mid-September 2018

 

News ASH community


New ASH coordinator Simon Speksnijder

As of 17 September Speksnijder is taking over as coordinator of the Amsterdam School of Historical Studies. Read more

3 PhD positions on project The Invention of the Refugee in Early Modern Europe

ASH currently has three vacant PhD positions as part of the NWO-funded VICI project ‘The Invention of the Refugee in Early Modern Europe’ led by Prof. Geert Janssen. Deadline 12 October

Willem Melching in the media

For the new Dutch academic edition of Hitler’s Mein Kampf, Mijn Strijd, Willem Melching has written an introduction for each of the chapters. This new translation (by Mario Molegraaf) puts Mein Kampf in historical context and guides the reader through the complexity of the text as it was written.

Willem Melching has been interviewed by various media outlets the last few weeks. You can read an interview with Willem in the NRC here and in Historisch Nieuwsblad here. The book is published by Prometheus. Furthermore he will also be interviewed at the Geschiedenis Festival in Haarlem on 8 October.

Remieg Aerts receives Prinsjesboekenprijs 2018

Remieg Aerts is awarded the Prinsjesboekenprijs 2018 for his biography of Thorbecke "Thorbecke wil het". Read more (in Dutch)

Gabri van Tussenbroek and Remieg Aerts on Libris History short list

The short list for the Libris History award was announced on 15 September and features two ASH researchers. Gabri van Tussenbroek with “De Toren van de Gouden Eeuw” and Remieg Aerts with “Thorbeck wil het” are among the nominations. The winner of the Libris History award will be announced on 29 October. Read more (in Dutch)

George Blaustein on John McCain and McCainology in N+1

"The interesting thing about McCain was not his politics, which were, by and large, predictably Republican. For decades he has remained interesting as a figure of myth, and that mythology invites something like a literary analysis.
One is speaking here less of McCain himself than of McCainology. It is a slippery subject; McCainology usually says as much about the McCainologist as it does about McCain.

The question of authenticity has been McCainology’s main preoccupation, but it is a red herring. I am asking other questions: if McCain were a fictional character, which he kind of was, then what is his story about? And when was it written? And why did we read it?" Read the article on N+1

Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food 2018

On 16 and 17 November 2018 the fifth Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food will take place at the Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Topic: Examining the historical relation between nutrition, health and culture.

Registration to the symposium is now open and the programme is online. Read more

Vacancy UD Leiden University

Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), is looking for a University Lecturer (UD) Decorative Arts (0,5 fte). Read more

New Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES)

You are invited to take part in an initiative to (re)create a new cross-Faculty Centre for European Studies at the University of Amsterdam: the new Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES) that in the very near future aims to become a University-wide Research Priority Area.

In order to make ACES truly a university-wide centre of excellence that speaks to the needs of as many researchers as possible (and with the widest possible range of interests in contemporary Europe, the EU and its member states), we would like to undertake a two-step consultation process, first at the Faculty and subsequently at the University-wide scale. This is an open meeting for all researchers in the Faculty of Humanities. 28 September 9:30-12:30 UB, Belle van Zuylenzaal Read more

Upcoming events

Guest lecture Bernhard Maier

24 September 16:00-17:30 Oost Indisch Huis E0.14B
Celtic Mythology between Comparative Philology and Western Esotericism

This lecture in the series Current Issues in Religious Studies and Western Esotericism explores the history and present state of our understanding of Celtic Mythology, using the figure of Hu Gadarn to show how this understanding was shaped from the Age of Enlightenment to the present. Read more

The Cambridge Companion to the Dutch Golden Age book launch

Cambridge University Press and ASH cordially invite you to the book launch of The Cambridge Companion to the Dutch Golden Age, edited by Helmer J. Helmers & Geert H. Janssen. Read more

 Programme 
25 september 16:00-17:00 Bushuis/ OIH VOC room

  • 16.00 Welcome
  • 16.15 Public lecture ‘Reflections on Dutch Golden Age studies’, Professor Benjamin Kaplan, University College London
  • 16.45 Presentation of the first copy of the Cambridge Companion to the Dutch Golden Age to Professor Henk van Nierop
  • 17.00 Drinks reception

Modern History Lecture by Natalie Scholz

26 september 16:00-17:30 Bushuis/ OIH, E1.01E
Natalie Scholz will give the lecture "(De-)Historicizing Timeless Modernity: Modern design, the Nazi past and the political in postwar West Germany". The lecture is organised by the Modern History Research Group. Read more

English Department lecture

26 September 17:00 PCH 1.04
You are warmly invited to the English Department's next lecture in our series. Professor Eckart Voigts (Technische Universität Braunschweig) - will speak on “Adaptation and the Posthuman: Two Perspectives”. Read more

Naar de Klote

26 September 19:30 Paradiso, Kleine Zaal. Weteringschans 6-8
Symposium on Paradiso and the history of drugs and drug policy.

In the year that Paradiso celebrates its 50th anniversary, we go back to the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s of the last century to look at the history of drug and drug policy in the Netherlands in relation to youth culture. What role did Paradiso play in this infamous part of Dutch History?

Speakers With, among others, Arjan Nuijten (ASH University of Amsterdam), Dr. Stephen Snelders (historian, Utrecht University) and Prof. Gemma Blok (Professor of Modern History, Open University). Read more

Lecture by Kathleen Davis

3 October 16:00-18:00 Bushuis/ OIH VOC room

Kathleen Davis will give the lecture "From Periodization to the Autoimmune Secular State". This is a public lecture, organised by Premodern Healthscaping Research Project and Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis. Read more

Exhibition Bredero 400 years

22 August - 21 October Special Collections, Oude Turfmarkt 129

Special Collections hosts a small exhibition about poet and playwright Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero. On display are genuine seventeenth century prints and images complemented with photos, theatre programmes and posters from later periods.
The exhibition will show Bredero’s short and mysterious life, friendships and love stories, his plays, poems and other work and the appreciation of the public.

De exhibition is curated in cooperation with Jeroen Jansen, Lia van Gemert and students of Dutch Studies of the UvA. In addition to the exhibition an app is released with recordings from Bredero’s songs and plays and with extra information about the artefacts of the exhibition as well as several audio tours. Read more

PhD defenses

Bas van Velzen

26 September 11:00 Agnietenkapel
Bas van Velzen, ASH PhD candidate, will defend the dissertation entitled 'The Universe between Felt and Wire: a New Look into the Typology of Western Made Paper.' supervised by Prof. J. Wadum and Dr H.J. Porck (Koninklijke Bibliotheek). Read more 

Grant news and upcoming deadlines

Call for applications | PhD Finishing Fellowships

The Faculty of Humanities invites applications for 0.5 FTE PhD Finishing Fellowships, tenable from January 1, 2019. 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.

The application deadline is 1 October 2018.
Read more

NWO Talent Scheme Information Meeting

NWO organises information meetings for researchers who want to apply for a Veni, Vidi of Vici grant. Practical information is given and selection committee members, NWO secretaries and researchers who have already acquired a Veni, Vidi or Vici share their experiences during a question and answer session. The next meeting will be held on 9 November. Read more

Cutting Edge Research Fund | Call for proposals reopened

As of 1 September 2018, the UvA FGw Cutting Edge Research Fund will be reopened. 

Applications can be submitted continuously until no later than 30 June 2019. Furthermore, the call’s scope has been widen for Research Fellowships, now also enabling applicants to prepare an application by a consortium in the context of the Dutch National Research Agenda (NWA) and the Dutch Top Sectors. Read more

CfP Creative industry - Knowledge Innovation Mapping (KIEM)

The Creative Industry - KIEM programme aims to encourage and facilitate fundamental and industrial research. Researchers can apply for funding via KIEM on behalf of consortia of companies and researchers.

KIEM only finances projects involving a collaboration between at least one researcher and at least one private party. The private partner must fund part of the project (matching). The matching funds can be provided by more than one private partner. 

A KIEM application can have up to two co-applicants. Co-applicants must also be researchers employed at a NWO-accredited research institution holding a PhD.

The last assessment date for 2018 is 8 November. Read more
More news and deadlines at the ASH website Research funding opportunies
News items or event announcements can be sent to ash-fgw@uva.nl, using the following form.
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