NWA Grant awarded to Black Hole Consortium for physics, astronomy and history of science
The Black Hole Consortium has been awarded a 4,9 million euro grant to conduct research on the physics and astronomy of black holes, along with a historical-philosophical study of these fascinating objects, to be conducted and supervised by Vossius member Jeroen van Dongen (prof. of history of science at the UvA), in collaboration with string physicist prof. Jan de Boer (UvA) and dr. Ad Maas, curator at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave for the history of science in Leiden. Boerhaave will host an exhibit on black holes and their physics and astronomy.
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Vossius Seminar
20 January 17:00 - 18:00 Online
At the next Vossius Seminar, our Vossius fellow Ana María Gómez López will give a lecture entitled "Death at the water’s edge: Multi-species histories, aqueous environments, and the early development of taphonomy".
If you want to join the seminar, please send an email to vossius@uva.nl with "Join Vossius seminar" in the subject header. Then we will send you a zoomlink the day before the seminar.
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PhD defense: Sjang ten Hagen
13 January 14:00 Online
Sjang ten Hagen, Vossius Center, will defend the dissertation entitled 'History and Physics Entangled: Disciplinary Intersections in the Long Nineteenth Century' supervised by Prof. Jeroen van Dongen and Prof. Rens Bod and co-supervised by Dr Bart Karstens.
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Vossius Fund for Research Fellows open for applications
The Vossius Center offers funding for Research Fellows. The next deadline is 1 April 2021 for fellowships between September 2021 and June 2022. Applicants are invited to submit a proposal for obtaining a subsidy for research fellows. Please read more on our Funding page.
Research Fellows
Meant for inviting top researchers for 1-3 months to the UvA. There are two kinds of fellowships:
- A Junior Fellow carries out research in the field of history of humanities and/or sciences, and presents her/his work at a colloquium at the Vossius Center, public lectures or/and research seminars. We encourage that the junior fellow’s work lead to a funding application.
- A Senior Fellow, in addition, establishes or consolidates a concrete collaboration with one or more members of the Vossius Center preferably leading to a joint project proposal.
Candidates should have a clear affinity with the history of humanities and/or sciences. Fellows are expected to participate in the activities of the Vossius Center whenever possible.
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Revolutionary Cosmopolitanism: Transnational migration and political activism, 1815-1848
22 January Utrecht University
One-day conference with a keynote lecture by Maurizio Isabella (Queen Mary, University of London). The conference is part of the Utrecht/Amsterdam Seminar Global Intellectual History and is organised by Camille Creyghton.
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Women and the History of International Thinking
2 February TBA
Glenda Sluga (The University of Sydney/European University Institute) will give the lecture “Women and the History of International Thinking” in the Utrecht/Amsterdam Seminar Global Intellectual History.
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