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Molecular mysteries of art: how water affects historic oil paintings

Everyone knows that oil and water do not mix. But it turns out that water actually plays a very important role in the stability of oil paintings, such as those by Rembrandt or Vermeer. Water moves through the layers ...

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UvA-historici werken mee aan Het verhaal van Nederland - Amsterdam

In Het verhaal van Nederland - Amsterdam neemt Daan Schuurmans je in vier afleveringen mee door 750 jaar geschiedenis van onze hoofdstad. UvA-historici, onder wie Jouke Turpijn, Laura van Hasselt, Tim Verlaan, Bart ...

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ASCA Workshop 2025: Re-Imagining Universality in the Pluriverse

Organizers: Laila Bouziane, Serra Hughes, Lucy Gaynor. Call for Papers ASCA International Workshop 26-28 May 2025 | Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2025 | Contact: ascaworkshop2025@gmail.com

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UvA-onderzoekers helpen Canon van Amsterdam te vernieuwen

Een commissie van experts onder leiding van UvA-historicus Paul Knevel gaat de Canon van Amsterdam kritisch onder de loep nemen. Na zeventien jaar is de canon namelijk toe aan een opfrisbeurt, vindt de gemeente ...

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Archives and the Archivist as Narrative Agent

On 16–18 January 2025, the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory, and Material Culture (AHM) of the University of Amsterdam hosted a DIGHT-Net workshop dedicated to examining digital heritage collections as narrative ...

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NWO funding for advanced study of light-induced materials degradation

A multidisciplinary research team coordinated by Maarten van Bommel, professor of Conservation Science at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), has been awarded 900,000 euros funding by the Dutch Research Council NWO ...

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Call for Papers: A Polyphony of Emotions

For the 11th Annual Conference of the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture about 'A Polyphony of Emotions: Thinking Affect in Heritage, Memory and Material Culture' (2, 3, 4 July, 2025 at the ...

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Een massagraf in virtual reality

Wereldwijd zijn er tienduizenden massagraven, en door de vele conflicten en schendingen van mensenrechten komen er nog altijd meer bij. Kennis over hoe lichamen in deze graven ontbinden is van groot belang, stelt ...

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