Amsterdam School of Historical Studies

ASH welcomes Rosalind Powell, Assistant Professor in English Literature. She received her degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of St Andrews. Before joining the UvA in January 2023, she was Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol. Her research focuses on the relationship between literature, science, and religion and she is the author of two monographs: Christopher Smart’s English Lyrics (Ashgate, 2014) and Perception and Analogy (Manchester University Press, 2021). She is currently researching a project about self-experimentation and narrative between 1660 and 1830 and co-editing an essay collection on teaching with scientific texts in the humanities classroom.

26 April 15:00 Beeld & Geluid in Den Haag
Wat is de rol van media in oorlogstijd? Over die vraag gaat dit symposium. De bijeenkomst belicht de uitkomsten van het project MediaOorlog: radio, geschreven pers en propaganda tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Nederland. Aansluitend is de opening van de bijbehorende tijdelijke tentoonstelling Media als Wapen.

De afgelopen jaren heeft een team van historici, onder coördinatie van Vincent Kuitenbrouwer, onderzoek gedaan naar gedigitaliseerde bronnen uit de bezettingstijd in de online onderzoeksomgeving CLARIAH Media Suite. De bevindingen van het historisch onderzoek zijn gepubliceerd in een themanummer van het Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis. Ook resulteert het project in een tijdelijke tentoonstelling in Beeld & Geluid in Den Haag (Media als Wapen, vanaf 26 april) waar bezoekers worden uitgenodigd om te na te denken over het gebruik van media voor propaganda-doeleinden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog en nu. Vanuit de UvA waren Daniel Knegt en Marjet Brolsma betrokken als Researchers-in-Residence. Lees meer en meld je aan.

ASH currently has a vacant Postdoc researcher position as part of the Dutch National Research Agenda (Nationale Wetenschapsagenda, NWA)-funded project Foreign Fighters in Ukraine: Mobilisations, Combat experiences, and Return trajectories, led by main researchers Dr Samuël Kruizinga (UvA) and Dr Elanie Rodermond (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/NSCR). Deadline is 24 April. Read more

Over de blik van christenen op Joden en het op gang komen van een joods-christelijke dialoog in Reformatorisch Dagblad (verslag van het symposium "Beladen verleden").

About the political landscape of The Netherland in de Groene Amsterdammer.
 

Niek Pas

3 April 16:00 - 17:30 OIH, room E0.14C
Carolina Ivanescu (UvA) will give the lecture 'Cyber shamans, local spirits: neoshamanic narratives 2.0' in the programme Current Issues in Religious Studies and Western Esotericism. Read more

4 April 15:30 - 17:00 Bushuis F0.01
'The Self-Provisioning City' is a history that has been missed in plain sight. In her talk, Kate Brown (MIT) will reveal how urban farmers in cities around the world in the late 19th to the 21st century accomplished many of the goals of food sustainability reformers today. Read more

6 April 12:00 - 13:00 BG3 VOX-POP
The Goede Gesprekken edition of 6 April takes the exhibition CROSS-POLLINATIONS on display at exhibition space VOX-POP as its starting point. The exhibition is a great example of interdisciplinary collaboration between the Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science. What else do the two faculties have to offer each other? Dean Marieke de Goede (FGw) goes into conversation with Peter van Tienderen, dean of the FNWI, and researchers Gaston Franssen and Kasia Lech. Read more

11 April 15:30 - 17:00 University Library Doelenzaal
What is the relationship between the mysterious ‘general graphometer’ and an eighteenth-century book of female-authored poetry? How can the graphometer’s technical drawing capacities help us to develop a fresh perspective on the strategies for authorial presentation in the early modern period?

Feike Dietz, recently appointed as Professor of Dutch Literature at UvA, and Lieke van Deinsen, assistant research professor at KU Leuven, will explore the dynamics between two types of objects – scientific instruments and books of poetry – that are usually studied by different specialists, respectively historians of science and literary historians. Read more

12 April 17:00 PCH 1.04
This talk investigates how the Sun was understood in the English Renaissance. It argues that the cosmological shift inaugurated by heliocentrism and the Copernican model of the solar system was accompanied by a range of cultural responses in which the Sun became a contested object. It is part of the English Department Faculty Lecture series. Read more

19 April 16:00 Bushuis/ OIH E1.02
Alexandr Osipian (FU Berlin) will give the talk "Long-distance trade and diplomatic services: Armenian merchant networks in the Black Sea region, 1250-1500." The seminar is organized by the research group Power and Society in the Later Middle Ages. Read more

Every year, the Niels Stensen Fellowship Committee awards seven grants to enable young, recent postdoctoral students to gain international experience abroad early in their careers. Professors from a Dutch university or research institute can nominate candidates by sending a letter of recommendation before 1 May. Read more

The grant is intended for activities to validate the potential societal impact of discoveries from more curiosity-driven research, in ongoing research-projects in the Open Competition or Talent Programme. Applications may be for a minimum of €20k and a maximum of €30k. This Call will open on 1 May 2023 and will stay open until the funding limit has been reached, or otherwise until 30 April 2024. Read more

The KNIR aims to be a place of inspiration and meeting for academics at all stages of their scientific careers. University lecturers often have lots of teaching obligations and few opportunities to gain external means of research. The KNIR Colloquia are for them. These are closed, small-scale research meetings (expert meetings) in Rome, facilitated and funded by the KNIR. During these three-day intensive work conferences, early and mid-career scientists can strengthen their research profiles and boost their research.

The KNIR organises up to three Colloquia each year with no more than fifteen participants. All university lecturers working at an NWIB university can apply for this. The selection of candidates focuses on the quality of the application, on motivation and on the relationship with KNIR, Rome and/or Italy. Deadline is 1 May 2023. Read more

The FGw Consortium Fund supports research staff in initiating or consolidating national or international networking activities, with the aim of increasing research collaborations with (inter)national (and non-academic) partners. Ultimately, the fund should pave the way for applications by a consortium, both for EU grants (e.g. Horizon Europe Global Challenges; Marie Curie Doctoral Networks; COST) and in the context of the Dutch National Research Agenda (NWA). AIHR call page