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Henkjan Honing appointed professor of Cognitive and Computational Musicology

Henkjan Honing has been appointed professor of Cognitive and Computational Musicology at the Faculty of Humanities.

UvA art historian identifies new work by Flemish painter Jan van Eyck

Technical analysis by Dr Claudine Chavannes-Maze possibly confirms van Eyck drawing

Major NWO grant for researching paints used in fine arts

Within the framework of Science4Arts programme, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has provided funding for the project titled ‘How paint changes: consequences for conservation, presentation and preservation of paintings from Van Eyck to Mondriaan'. The UvA (Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Science) will coordinate the research.

UvA classicist writes commentary piece for Cambridge book series

Dr. Irene de Jong, professor of Classical Greek Language and Literature at the University of Amsterdam, will become the first Dutch classicist to publish commentary in the influential Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series.

Marita Mathijsen named supervisor of the year

Marita Mathijsen, professor of Modern Dutch Literature at the Faculty of Humanities, was named ICH Supervisor of the Year during an awards ceremony held on 19 December 2011

Agenda

CSCA debate: Language and cognition - Two distinct skills?

CSCA debate - Various UvA researchers debate the relation between language and cognition.

Thursday 16 February 2012, 16:00 - 17:30

Perspectives on Humanities

In this month's edition of Perspectives on Humanities, we speak to Dr Anne van Grevenstein-Kruse about her recent appointment as coordinator of the prestigious restoration project the Lamb of God.

Activities for and by the Faculty of Humanities: readings, lectures, symposiums, debates, congresses etc.

UvA website for current and prospective international staff.