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AUC's Class of 2019 graduates in Koninklijk Theater Carré
2 July 2019
The Graduation Ceremony for the Amsterdam University College Class of 2019 took place on Monday, 1 July at Koninklijk Theater Carré in the heart of Amsterdam. With more than 265 graduates attending, the graduation ...
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AUC students visit Plovdiv, Bulgaria for ‘Culture Lab’ coursework
24 June 2019
A group of 12 AUC students, led by Prof. Dr. Murray Pratt (Dean of AUC) and Dr. Pedram Dibazar (AUC lecturer and tutor), were in Bulgaria 10 - 22 June for the third edition of the AUC course “Culture Lab”.
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AUC students back to Kosovo for course fieldwork
17 June 2019
A group of AUC students under the guidance of Dr. Anne de Graaf are currently in Kosovo conducting fieldwork for the course Peace Lab. Using methods of experiential learning, the students will be visiting various ...
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AUC students organise “Dear Stranger” photo exhibition
28 May 2019
AUC students Chiara Loriaux (Social Sciences, Class of 2019) and Madita Strähle (Humanities, Class of 2019) have organised an exhibition titled “Dear Stranger” at the University of Amsterdam creative space VOX-POP ...
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Dr. Forrest Bradbury awarded Comenius Teaching Fellow
24 Apr 2019
AUC tutor and lecturer Dr. Forrest Bradbury was recently announced as one of the recipients of a prestigious Comenius Teaching Fellow for his project “Flipping the physical science lab course and making critical ...
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In Memoriam: Joshua Harry van der Kroft Glanzberg
2 Apr 2019
AUC graduate Joshua Harry van der Kroft Glanzberg, has died on Friday evening 29 March 2019 in a tragic accident.
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Seminar on Participatory Action Research and Integration Policy Interpretations at AUC
18 Mar 2019
On 7 March 2019, AUC was the host venue for a seminar of the International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion's (IMISCOE) Standing Committee on “Migrant Families, Children and Youth.” In attendance were the ...
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Margriet van der Heijden discovers previously unknown letters from Einstein
21 Feb 2019
AUC lecturer and science journalist Dr. Margriet van der Heijden recently discovered three previously unknown letters written by Albert Einstein to the Russian-born, Leiden-based physicist and mathematician Tatiana ...
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Sennay Ghebreab addresses dangers of bias in Artificial Intelligence on Brainwash
12 Feb 2019
How do we ensure robots don’t make the same mistakes humans do? This is the question Dr. Sennay Ghebreab, AUC’s Head of Studies Social Sciences, recently addressed in an episode of Brainwash. Brainwash (NPO) produces ...
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AUC students participate in international interdisciplinary seminar in the UK
4 Feb 2019
In January 2019, a group of five ÀUC students consisting of Roberto Caiozzo, Iris de Smit, Amber te Winkel, Nilesh Lalbahadoersing and Floris van den Ende participated in the international interdisciplinary seminar ...
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Amsterdam University College Model United Nations Conference to take place in April
30 Jan 2019
Amsterdam University College will be the host venue for delegates from all over the world when the Amsterdam University College Model United Nations (AUCMUN) Conference takes place from 5-7 April 2019. Organised by ...
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Dyme, co-founded by an AUC alumnus, receives first investment
21 Dec 2018
Co-founded by AUC alumnus Joran Iedema (Class of 2016), financial-tech mobile application Dyme connects to users' bank accounts to categorise and offer an overview of their recurring expenses. The application ...
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Dean Murray Pratt visits South Korea and Hong Kong to discuss LAS curricula and meet with AUC partners
4 Dec 2018
From 18-29 November 2018, AUC Dean Prof. Dr. Murray Pratt visited South Korea and Hong Kong to present at two symposia on contemporary liberal arts and sciences education, meet with AUC partner universities in the ...
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Cultural Memory Studies course visits National Holocaust Museum
23 Nov 2018
On 6 and 9 November, AUC’s “Cultural Memory Studies” course visited the National Holocaust Museum, Amsterdam, to have two special sessions on location. The NHM is located within Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter, ...
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"Focus on Russia and Eastern Europe" lecture series at AUC
21 Nov 2018
In 2017, the world marked the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, an event that shook the planet and continued to shake it for the rest of the 20th century. The Revolution was the focus of multiple ...
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AUC alumna named curator at Escher in het Paleis
20 Nov 2018
AUC alumna Judith Kadee has been named the new curator of museum Escher in het Paleis (“Escher in the Palace”) per 1 January 2019. Kadee will be leaving her position as director of Villa Mondriaan where she started ...
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AUC Educational Development Initiatives in Spanish Pyrenees
30 Oct 2018
AUC’s Faculty Development Fund enabled two core faculty members to explore possibilities for outdoor field courses in the Spanish Pyrenees: Field course in Environmental Earth Sciences and Biodiversity Lab.
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AUC students host Local Conference of Youth on climate change
26 Oct 2018
From 19-21 October, the first Dutch Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) took place in the AUC building. Organised entirely by a group of motivated AUC students, the conference saw nearly 180 participants take part in ...
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Jeugdlab takes over AUC for Science Park Open Day 2018
8 Oct 2018
On Saturday, 6 October, Amsterdam University College once again turned over the building to student initiative Jeugdlab for the Amsterdam Science Park Open Day. Part of the nationwide “Weekend of Science” ( Weekend ...
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AUC lecturer guest edits Intercultural Education journal
2 Oct 2018
Dr. Martha Montero-Sieburth was recently invited to be the guest editor of a special issue of the academic journal 'Intercultural Education' titled "Dialogues from the Global South to the Global North: Case Studies ...
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