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On the following pages alumni of the Graduate School for Humanities inform you about their lives after graduation. Where are they now and what are they doing?

Find out more by reading their stories!

American Studies

2006- Fadi el Tofeili (Lebanon)

'I currently work as a writer and editor'

2006 - Chris Shively (USA)

'At the moment I am writing a lot of music, running a small record label, putting out records, bouncing around North America for DJ sets as much as possible, and working on a book'

2006 - Emily Stock (USA)

'I will begin seeking out teaching jobs for 9-13 year olds in history/geography/social studies'

2006 - Hannah Huber (USA)

'I'm working for the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) as the Resident Director for the Amsterdam program'

Cultural Analysis

2006 - Nanette Pawelek (USA)

'I am currently working on my Ph.D. in Comparative Literature in 20th Century German and American Literature and Film'

2006 - Magdalena Sabat (Canada/Poland)

'I am working at the IUFM institute of the University of Caen in France as a language assistant'

2004 - Rod Ben Zeev (USA)

"Currently I am writing a sitcom that is being broadcast on Greek television. I also teach presentation courses."

Dutch Art

2007 - Ines Campos Garcia Calderon (Peru)

'I am working in architecture designing residential projects as well as in the field of museology'

English Language and Culture

2008 - Yuncang Wu (China/Mongolia)

'A Dutch fashion company is willing to hire me, and has already sent the required documents to WIC to apply for a working permit for me'

Film Studies

2008- Ekky Imanjaya (Indonesia)

"I am interested in writing, research, and cinema. My thesis will be published by German publishers. I am now looking for scholarship for PHD Position."

2007 - Anna Bandurska (Poland)

'I want to build a career in the entertainment industry'

2007- Macauley Peterson (USA)

"I am working in the interesting world of professional chess."

2007 - Philipp Schmerheim (Germany)

'I am working as a scholar in the humanities and as author, editor and translator for various media companies'

2006 - Aysecan Kartal- Scifo (Turkey)

'I work as a research assistant at Galatasaray University, Department of Political Science, Istanbul, Turkey since 2008'

2006 - Walid el Houri (Lebanon)

'I am currently a PhD student at the Universiteit van Amsterdam (ASCA)'

2006 - Max Burke (USA)

'I am currently taking a graduate seminar at University of California Santa Barbara and preparing my PhD. applications for the 2008-2009 academic year'

French Language and Culture

2005- Jennifer Graham (USA)

"I’ve been living in Dublin, Ireland and working at Google’s European Headquarters since November 2006, where I am a Finance Operations Specialist, Trainer and Advertising Agency Consultant for France."

Media Studies

2009 - Bram Hendrawan (Indonesia)

'I am a PhD Candidate at the Research Institute for History and Culture, Utrecht University"

2009 - Rosa Menkman (Netherlands)

I hold a Practical PhD position at the KHM in Cologne, Germany and also work as a visual artist.

2007 - Inaya Rakhmani (Indonesia)

'I am teaching in the Communication Science Programme of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Indonesia. And I am also working as office and development manager for a international news supply agency in Jakarta'

2006 - Paula van Dijnen (Netherlands)

'I am currently work as a policymaker for LAKS (the national school students Union)'

Philosophy

2008 - Jan Willem Wieland (Netherlands)

Since 2009, I am a PhD student at Ghent University (working on a project funded by the FWO, the Belgian analogue of the NWO).'

Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image

2010 - Lotte Belice Baltussen (the Netherlands)

'I have worked at the Filmmusem (now EYE Film Institute, the University of Amsterdam Library and School Secretariat of Art, Religion and Cultural Sciences, a media company and as a freelance image researcher'

2009 - Georges Bildgen (France)

'I realized my work placement at the restoration laboratory of ANIM under the supervision of head laboratory technician'

2008 - Oliver Hanley (UK)

'Since September 2008, I have been back in Germany working on special projects at the Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen in Berlin'

2007 - Panos Diakakis (Greece)

'I moved to the UK where I worked as a Records Administrator for the London Borough of Southwark'

2006 - Guy Edmonds (UK)

'Having graduated cum laude in 2006, I worked for one year as a specialist in the Cameras and Photographic Equipment Department of Christie's in London and then returned to the Netherlands to take up a position as a Film Conservator at the Nederlands Filmmuseum'

2006 - Sophia Kornienko (Russia)

'I have been working as a radio journalist, mainly covering art and social events in The Netherlands'

2005 - Ching Yee Lai (Hong Kong)

'I am working as an Assistant Librarian at the Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong'

2004 - Stefan Aquilina (Malta)

'In 2008 I have been contracted by the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London to work on a preservation project'

Religious Studies

2004 - Dylan Burns (USA)

'I’m working on a PhD in Ancient Christianity at Yale University’s department of religious studies'

2004 - Matthew Rogers (USA)

Specialisations and fields of interest: New Religious Movements; Rosicrucianism; Metaphysical religion; Daimonic theories of creativity; Memory arts; Supernatural alchemy; Medieval heresy.

Rhetoric, Argumentation Theory and Philosophy (RAP)

2005 - Corina Andone (Romania)

'Currently I am doing a PhD in the Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric at the University of Amsterdam'

2005 - Bilal Amjarso (Netherlands/Marocco)

'I am currently a PhD student in the Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric, at the University of Amsterdam'

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