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UvA has to reverse modifications to Kartinizaal: university had no permit

26 mei 2026 - 16:29
UvA has to reverse modifications to Kartinizaal: university had no permit
The UvA must reverse major modifications to the Kartinizaal in the Oost-Indisch Huis following an order from the municipality of Amsterdam. The university appears not to have had the required permits. As a result, the fireplace mantel in the hall, among other elements, must be restored to its origin...
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Should Museum Vrolik change its name?

28 april 2026 - 07:45
Display case with 46 skull stands
The new exhibition in Museum Vrolik is about the future of human remains with a colonial background. Part of the collection consists of stolen and racialised skulls. The museum is now also asking itself a question: can the name Museum Vrolik remain? “Keeping the name at all costs is, with today’...
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Heritage group urges city to Intervene over UvA Changes to Kartini Hall

11 maart 2026 - 13:21
Heritage group urges city to Intervene over UvA Changes to Kartini Hall
The Association of Friends of the Amsterdam City Centre (VVAB) has submitted an enforcement request regarding the renovation of the Kartinizaal. According to the VVAB, changes were carried out without the necessary permit, and the university must restore the fireplace in the room. However, the reque...
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“A literary book shows your vision of your role in society”

10 maart 2026 - 14:31
“A literary book shows your vision of your role in society”
Book Week starts again tomorrow: ten days in which bookshops and publishers put Dutch literature in the spotlight. The perfect opportunity to show off that one classic. But do students still read literature? “A culture of pride in reading is gradually emerging in the lecture halls.”
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Why do we look down on having fun?

13 november 2025 - 09:10
Why do we look down on having fun?
The new book by Linda Duits (48) – a social scientist at the University of Amsterdam – is a plea for fun. But how does “fun” actually work? In Leuk! the author sets out seven basic principles. “Fun is not a scarce resource.”
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UvA law lecturer writes biography of an Amsterdam Hip-Hop legend

29 oktober 2025 - 08:00
Niels Graaf.
During their many walks together through Oosterpark and their conversations in the studio or backstage after performances, UvA law lecturer Niels Graaf was drawn into rapper Sjaak’s world. Now there is the biography Sjaakmat (Dutch only) that Graaf wrote about the Amsterdam artist. “He used to...
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Medicinal garden returns to the Allard Pierson courtyard garden

28 oktober 2025 - 13:01
The courtyard garden of the Allard Pierson.
The Allard Pierson is currently running a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the redesign of the heritage institution’s historic courtyard garden. The aim is to restore it to its 17th-century state as a Hortus Medicus.
wetenschap

Music | PhD candidate rescues music by persecuted composers from oblivion

24 oktober 2025 - 12:00
Drawing by Bob Hanf, depicting a violinist during a house concert at the home of Alexander Schmuller.
For decades, the music of Dutch Jewish composers lay gathering dust in attics, sheds, and forgotten orange crates. Music historian and UvA PhD candidate Carine Alders investigated why this music was forgotten for so long. “It is a misconception that good music will automatically rise to the to...
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Review | Scientific caretaking at the professor’s home

20 juni 2025 - 08:00
J.J. Viottastraat 13 in the Concertgebouw neighbourhood.
How long has it been since students could take exams at their professor’s home or a student assistant was a personal assistant at the lecturer’s or professor’s home? Sociologist and writer Ad van Iterson looks back in a book on the time when he was the home assistant of the venerable sociologi...
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