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 ...

International Symposium // University of Amsterdam March 18-19, 2027 (tentative) | Deadline for abstracts: 3 August 2026. 

Hoogleraar Cultural Analysis Esther Peeren is door de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW) gekozen als nieuw Akademielid. KNAW-leden worden gekozen op basis van hoogwaardige wetenschappelijke ...

Four UvA professors – theoretical physicist Jan de Boer, political scientist Tom van der Meer, cultural analysis researcher Esther Peeren and economist Erik Plug – have been selected as new members by the Royal ...

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 ...