Het symposium is een samenwerking tussen de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed en het Van Abbemuseum en een afsluiting van het kennisprogramma Erfgoed van de Moderne Tijd. Vier jaar lang…

We would like to draw your attention to two PhD positions at the University of Amsterdam, within research programme ‘Down to the Ground: a historical, visual and scientific analysis of…

Recently, the Times Higher Education published an opinion piece Paul Craddock (Director of Smart Docs and Senior Research Associate (Hon.), UCL Department of Surgery) wrote on how films should be…

  Conveners: Nussara Tiengkate, textile historian, weaver, and designer, Jai-Sook Studio, Chiang Mai Thailand Pamela H. Smith, Seth Low professor of History and founding Director of the Center for Science…

Colour reproductions of historical recipes and dialogue about practical skills – two-day workshop Eight natural sources of red dye, namely brazilwood, madder, safflower, annatto, lac dye, American cochineal and kermes…

Download the full programme here For centuries, organists prepared their music on the clavichord; to play the organ they needed calcants to operate the bellows, and often official permission as well….

The Technical Art History Colloquium is organised by Sven Dupré (Utrecht University and University of Amsterdam, PI ERC ARTECHNE), Arjan de Koomen (University of Amsterdam, Coordinator MA Technical Art History),…

Two-day workshop, 5 and 6 April 2018 After the successful results of the pilot one-day workshop “The Art of Dyeing Silk” in November (check here for a review of this workshop), the…

In October, the closing conference was organised for the Time Capsule project, led by Toine Pieters. During the conference, participants were invited to smell, taste and touch historical drug components in…

The NIAS-Lorentz Program calls for coordinators for the NIAS-Lorentz Theme Group (NLTG) 2019/2020. The deadline for application with a pre-proposal is 1 March 2018. The NIAS-Lorentz Program is a collaboration…