Current Events

09:00 - 18:00 | Conference

The conference offers graduate students and postdocs the opportunity to present their research in a vibrant intellectual environment and receive feedback from dedicated discussants. The theme for this inaugural event ...

12:00 - 13:00 | PhD defence ceremony

How can the euro area protect itself from future economic crisis? The framework governing the euro has been significantly expanded in recent years. Among the key innovations is the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure ...

16:00 - 17:00 | Inaugural lecture

Urban governance requires flexible and strategic mechanisms that make it possible to combine spatial developments in cities within the dominant framework of the neo-liberal political economy. That is the central ...

15:30 - 17:00 | Event

In this seminar series the relevance and irrelevance of race is being discussed as an object and concept of research in order to explore ways to talk about race without naturalizing differences. The series goes ...

16:00 - 18:00 | Event

In 'Decent incomes for all – improving policies in Europe', the authors shed new light an recent poverty trends in the European Union and the corresponding responses by European welfare states.

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

How to decolonize a colonial museum? The reopening of the Africamuseum in Tervuren (Brussels) – founded by Leopold II - became the object of fierce debate. Anthropologist Bambi Ceuppens, the commissioner of the ...

12:00 - 13:30 | Event

In this event Prof. Fitzgerald will discuss some of the central themes from his recently published book Refuge beyond Reach (OUP). Prof. FitzGerald traces how rich democracies have deliberately and systematically ...

10:00 - 11:00 | PhD defence ceremony

Coastal disasters such as tsunamis, erosion and floods are increasing in frequency and intensity and are a threat to the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in coastal areas. Annisa Triyanti examines the ...

10:30 - 17:00 | Event

This workshop aims to bring together researchers across the disciplinary boundaries of history, cultural studies, geography, anthropology and sociology to study the political role of animals, and specifically their ...

15:30 - 17:00 | Event

Written on the basis of extensive fieldwork and survey research, Democracy for Sale provides an insider account of Indonesia’s democracy. Edward Aspinall and Ward Berenschot assess the informal networks and political ...

20:00 - 21:30 | Event

Can animals be political? This public event takes a ‘more-than-human’ approach to politics and conflict, exploring animals’ role in mediating (interhuman) conflicts, solidarities and inequalities.

15:00 - 17:00 | Event

Lecture by Prof. Pinar Bilgin (Bilkent University) ACES Visiting Scholar

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The Kantian project of achieving perpetual peace among states seems (at best) an unfulfilled hope. The wider category of global justice may not fare much better. Modern states’ authority claims and their exercise of ...

12:00 - 13:00 | PhD defence ceremony

Ilka Eickhof examine the interconnections and links between European funders and the receivers of such funding in Cairo’s contemporary cultural scene after 2011, and to investigate how these relationships are ...

16:00 - 17:00 | Lecture

Honoring the legacy of Prof. W.F. Wertheim, the founding father of Asian studies at UvA, the annual Wertheim Lecture is organized by the Moving Matters programme group of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science ...

12:00 - 17:00 | Event

After two successful editions, AISSR, the VU GSSS (Graduate School Social Sciences) and ASCoR welcome you to the third PhD Career Day, with speakers, trainers, experts and alumni from the academic and non-academic ...

16:00 - 17:30 | Event

This seminar explores how China is likely to interact with the hitherto dominant US-led liberal order. The most debated outcomes of this interaction – slipping into a Thucydides Trap versus the resilience of the ...

17:00 - 18:30 | Event

Psychologist Ken Gergen will speak about Constructivism and how this school of inquiry may relate to Positivism. This lecture will be followed by a 10-minute response of a discussant, Q&A with the audience, and some ...

11:00 - 12:30 | Event

As PhD student it might be challenging to find the best strategy to publish your work, become visible and learn to speak to the right audiences. During this workshop, prof. Bilgin will share her experiences with ...

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We Make The City is the largest city festival in Europe, taking place from 17 to 23 June 2019, celebrating urban living whilst addressing important urban issues in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam. How can we ...