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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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NAHSS students recount their experiences in Asia
25 Sept 2018
Four AUC students were selected to participate in the prestigious Netherlands Asia Honours Summer School (NAHSS) during the summer of 2018. Now that Leon Lan, Femke Jansen, Jetske Ong and Peter-Jan Derks have ...
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AUC alumnus Leon Lan wins ECHO Award 2018
24 Sept 2018
On Thursday, 20 September, AUC alumnus Leon Lan was announced as one of the four winners of the ECHO Awards 2018. Lan was selected as the winner of the Beta Techniek Award for the strength in expressing his own story ...
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Alumni share their stories from around Europe
19 Sept 2018
As the new academic year gets underway for current AUC students, it’s also a good moment to check-in with some AUC alumni to see what they’ve been up to in the months or years since they’ve graduated.
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AUC opens year by welcoming Class of 2021
3 Sept 2018
From 27 August – 31 August 2018, the AUC Introduction Week for the Class of 2021 took place at Amsterdam Science Park and around the city. Welcoming more than 330 new full-programme and exchange students, the 2018 ...
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Dr. Janna Schoenberger contributes two essays to Stedelijk exhibition
3 Sept 2018
Dr. Janna Schoenberger, lecturer and tutor at AUC, recently contributed two essays to the Stedelijk Museum’s exhibition "Amsterdam, the Magic Center: Art and Counterculture 1967 – 1970." "Amsterdam, the Magic Center" ...
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Sennay Ghebreab explores the dangers of AI systems at Waanzin Festival
28 Aug 2018
Dr. Sennay Ghebreab, Head of Studies Social Sciences at AUC, was recently interviewed for Filosofie magazine about his work addressing the parallels between artificial, biological and social systems, and the dangers ...
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