The 2026 ASCA Awards Committee, consisting of Fairuzah Atchulo, Selin Gerlek, and Ben Moore, has given awards to the following researchers: Yvette Lok Yee Wong, Laura Vermeeren, and Joost de Bloois. 

Academic director Prof. Ihab Saloul of the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM) will serve as series editor of a new book series at CEU Press, 'Palestine: Past, Present and Future Narratives'.

Televisie is vaak doodverklaard, maar is na 75 jaar nog altijd springlevend – mede dankzij streaming en online. Geen ander medium maakt het ons zo makkelijk om met elkaar te praten over de wereld om ons heen. Dat ...

What happens when we make room for the unusual and the uncomfortable in the arts? In her new book Strange Tastes, Professor of Philosophy Monique Roelofs explores how the ‘strange’ can transform the way we see, feel ...

Located at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam, the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) brings together scholars active in literature, philosophy, visual culture, religious studies, ...

The ASCA programme is organized by and for academic staff, PhD candidates, and selected Research MA students. It is a collaborative effort designed to provide high level events to discuss relevant and urgent topics ...

ASCA is a research institute and doctoral school dedicated to the critical and innovative study of culture from a broadly interdisciplinary perspective grounded in the humanities but increasingly extending to ...