De universiteit is divers, vooral als je zeven vinkjes hebt
door Bram van der Heijde – Als ik mensen vertel over mijn baan krijg ik vaak dezelfde vraag terug: “Oh, dus je bent eigenlijk niks meer gaan doen…
Tag: VU & hoger onderwijs
Writing your thesis – some tips and tricks
Over the course of my studies I have received a lot of advice on how to best go about writing my thesis. In this blog, I have curated…
Podcast # 2 is online! Guest: Aleeha Ali
In this episode, Puck de Boer talks with Aleeha Ali, who studied sociology in Pakistan, did a research master’s in anthropology in the UK and is currently a…
Anthropology students’ achievement at the municipality of Amsterdam
By Puck de Boer What greater thing could happen to students in their Bachelor than doing a research that actually has impact in real life? Exactly this happened…
On the Brink of a Pandemic; “World, jiāyóu”
WRITTEN BY JOP KOOPMAN The city of Wuhan, ground zero of the coronavirus, is 6 six days under lockdown when residents take to WeChat and start to suggest…
Lessen trekken. Een reflectie op leerprocessen tussen student en docent
De studiehandleiding voor een vak in het wetenschappelijk onderwijs vertelt vaak weinig over de rol van de docent. De handleiding moet hoofdzakelijk aangeven waar de studenten na het…
Student Experience: The Scale of Avoidance
By Telissa Schreuder We all know it, the scale of avoiding things. Level one on that scale would mean no actual harm, all the while a severe level…
De CEU countdown is begonnen #OccupyKossuth
door Georgette Veerhuis Het is alweer bijna twee jaar geleden dat ik meeliep met een enorme protestmars in Boedapest, waar zo’n 80,000 man op af kwam, om te…
Graduation speech Class 2016/2017
By Dominique van de Kamp During the pre-master of Social and Cultural Anthropology, we followed a course called “Core themes of Anthropology,” by Ton Salman.…
Summer School: Hands-on Anthropology and Collaborative Storytelling
Everyone has a story to tell. For anthropologists, such accounts can reveal as much about the people and societies we study as more conventional research. But the process…
Shifting realities – #IstandwithCEU
Solidarity during the protest in support of CEU and academic freedom on 2 April 2017. (Photo courtesy of Index.hu) By Georgette Veerhuis A few weeks ago I was…
Terugblik op de Bijeenkomst: ‘Jemen, een Vergeten Oorlog – #WatKanIkDoen?’
Graffiti in Jemen Door Handenur Taspinar Maandagavond 14 november is er in samenwerking met het Grote Midden-Oosten Platform en de afdeling Sociale en Culturele Antropologie…
How to keep in touch with anthropology
Annual Day of Anthropology, 20 May 2016 By Ina Keuper For many students the last week of their studies at the anthropology department of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)…