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Opening of the 2024-2025 Academic Year: The Wonder of Science

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Opening of the 2024-2025 Academic Year: The Wonder of Science

Last modified on 19-10-2024 16:05
On 2 September, Edith Hooge will open the academic year for the first time as the new President of the Executive Board. The programme will feature an area of research that has excited human curiosity for centuries, but in which there is still much to discover: our universe. Two mini-lectures will make sure we embark on the new academic year filled with new insights and inspiration.
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Start date
02-09-2024 15:00
End date
02-09-2024 16:30
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Programme

  • Opening by Executive Board President Edith Hooge on the governance of the university
  • Astronomer Nathalie Degenaar takes us into the cosmos (mini-lecture on the mystery of black holes)
  • Musical interlude by UvA students
  • Science historian and computational linguist Rens Bod will give a mini-lecture to explain that ancient ideas about the universe are surprisingly timely and inspiring
  • Amsterdam Music Lab researchers let us participate in their musical experiment on catchy music

Time and location

  • Arrive from 14:30 hrs., in the University of Amsterdam’s Aula auditorium at Singel 411
  • Programme: 15:00 – 16:30 hrs.
  • Drinks: 16:30 – 17:30 hrs., Maagdenhuis, Spui 21

Afterwards, we will toast the new academic year in the Maagdenhuis.

Unable to attend in person? You can watch the opening via livestream (in Dutch). On the day of the event, we'll share the link on the UvA website. A recording (in Dutch) will be made available afterwards.