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When I Grow Up
When I Grow Up
Folia talks to UvA academics from all walks of life about their careers.

In When I Grow Up, Folia talks to UvA academics from all walks of life about their careers, memorable moments in their professional lives and what they wanted to be when they were younger. Did their childhood dreams come true, or is it perhaps better that they ended up doing something else?

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When I Grow Up | “As a ballet dancer, I missed the intellectual challenge right from the start”

22 oktober 2026 - 07:30
Former ballet dancer Anna Seidl regularly stands on her head in her office at the P.C. Hoofthuis. ‘I find it so relaxing when you have to think all day long.’
In her first career, Anna Seidl (60) danced as a principal soloist with the Dutch National Ballet. She is now a researcher in German language and culture at the UvA. “My work has always been my passion.”
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When I Grow Up | “If I had followed my heart, I would have studied mathematics”

8 oktober 2026 - 12:01
Marcel Vonk at the Artis Planetarium: “It was through stargazing that I discovered my fascination with science.”
As a teenager, Marcel Vonk dreamed of winning the Nobel Prize. By now, he considers that chance virtually nil. The mathematical physicist at the University of Amsterdam has, however, already won numerous poker tournaments, where his aptitude for mathematics comes in handy. “If I had followed m...
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