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Amsterdam Centre for Urban History Amsterdam Centre for Urban History

Amsterdam Centre for Urban History

Exploring the history of urban societies and built environments

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 ...
Maartje van Gelder appointed professor of Early Modern Urban History

Maartje van Gelder has been appointed professor of Early Modern Urban History at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam. She will focus on the history of cities in the early modern period and, in ...
Jewish Urban Landscapes in Mid-20th Century Europe

The University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Netherlands Institute at Athens (NIA), and the Workshop on the Study of the Jews in Greece (WSJG) are pleased to announce a two-day conference on ‘Jewish Urban Landscapes in ...
Maartje van Gelder awarded NWO Open Competition Grant

Together with prof. dr. Jelle Haemers (KU Leuven), ACUH member Maartje van Gelder has been awarded an NWO Open Competition Grant (large) for a research project on the role women played in pre-modern urban protests.