Humanities, list of faculty

Dora Achourioti coordinates and teaches the academic core courses 'Logic, Information flow and Argumentation' and 'Advanced Logic' at AUC. She studied Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Athens. ...

Tina Bastajian teaches Documentary Film at AUC. As a media artist, independent researcher, and essayist, her work uses experimental approaches to narrative and documentary forms to explore themes of memory, the ...

Jelle de Boer teachers Philosophy of Science at AUC. Dr. de Boer has a background in economics and philosophy (after studying geology for two years). His research interests include the rationality and logic of human ...

Irene van den Boogaard teaches arts in the Humanities at AUC.

Eddy Van der Borght teaches Religion and Violence at AUC since 2017. He holds a PhD from Leiden University (2000) and is Desmond Tutu Chair on reconciliation at the Faculty of Theology at the Vrije Universiteit ...

Alexandra Brown teaches in the Culture and Media tracks of AUC's Humanities major. Her interdisciplinary background integrates cultural studies, religious studies, media studies and anthropology.

Dr. Christina Buckley holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic Film and Cultural Studies from Tulane University (New Orleans, LA, US, 1998). Before joining AUC, she was Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures at ...

Pedram Dibazar is a lecturer at AUC (since September 2015) and a tutor (since November 2016). As a lecturer at AUC, he is currently involved in teaching Introduction to Cities and Cultures, Digital Anthropology and ...

Dr. Allard den Dulk is Lecturer in Philosophy, Literature and Film at Amsterdam University College, where he is also a Tutor. He is a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Humanities of the VU University Amsterdam, and ...

Charles Forceville teaches Narratives Across Media at AUC. He is associate professor in the Faculty of Humanities at UvA. For the past twenty years, Forceville has worked in the Media Studies department, where he ...

Wade Geary is a Lecturer in academic writing, creative writing and literature at Amsterdam University College. Along with his teaching duties, he is also a Tutor; he advises both traditional and exchange students at ...

Jonathan Gill received his PhD from Columbia University in American literature and has taught literature, history, and writing at Columbia University, Barnard College, the Manhattan School of Music, Fordham ...

Sára Gutvill teaches "German language" and "Performing Arts: Music" at the AUC. She has been teaching German for several private language schools throughout the past 17 years, preparing tailor-made courses for ...

Edwina Hagen teaches the course Revolutions in History at Amsterdam University College. She is an Assistant Professor of Cultural History and Undergraduate Coordinator of the VU History Department. At the VU, she ...

Huan Hsu is AUC's Senior Tutor. Huan Hsu also lectures in journalism, creative writing and academic writing at AUC. He is the author of "The Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China" ...

Noam Knoller teaches “Media Psychology” at AUC. He is a graduate of Tel Aviv University’s Interdisciplinary Programme for the Fostering of Excellence, where he blended studies in the humanities with psychological ...

Ronald Kroeze teaches the course Democracy in Modern History at Amsterdam University College (AUC). He is an assistant professor of History at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam since 2012. At the VU, he also teaches ...

Dan Leberg teaches courses in the Film track of AUC’s Humanities programme, including Introduction to Film Studies and Film Analysis. He completed his PhD in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam in 2018 with ...

Shannon McBriar teaches Modernism and Postmodernism in Theory and Fiction, Introduction to Poetry and Narrative, and Literature and Science at AUC. In addition, she coordinates the first year academic writing course ...

Dr. Lourens Minnema teaches World Religions - History and Politics at AUC. He has been teaching Religious Studies and Comparative Religion at the VU University (Amsterdam) since 1995. He studied Religious Studies and ...