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Just over a year ago, the first COVID-19 infection was detected in the Netherlands. What have scientists learnt since then about the transmission of viruses via droplets and aerosols? In this webinar, seven experts ...
IoP 2020 Christmas Drinks Online
17 Dec 2020
17:00 - 18:30
Event
17.12.2020 - via Zoom! Please register before 27.11.2020.
Rock ’n’ Roll Academy
10 Dec 2020
19:30 - 21:00
Event
Faculty of Science PhD candidate Jaco de Swart is organising a new lecture series on the connection between science and rock music.
The Quantum Quest
30 Oct 2020 - 11 Dec 2020
15:00 - 16:00
Event
The University of Amsterdam and QuSoft are organizing The Quantum Quest, a four-week web class for high school students.
Zeeman lecture by Jürgen Renn
31 Oct 2019
15:30 - 17:00
Event
Prof. Jürgen Renn (Director Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin) will give the Zeeman lecture "The Anthropocene and the History of Science".
Zeeman lecture by Karine Chemla
14 Oct 2019
16:00 - 17:30
Event
Prof. Karine Chemla (SPHERE, CNRS & Université de Paris) will give the Zeeman lecture 'The Shaping of Scientific Classics for Modern Uses: An Invitation to a Critical Approach'.
Book presentation 'Een levend kunstwerk'
11 Oct 2019
16:30 - 19:00
Event
On 16 October, the new biography 'Een levend kunstwerk' about Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, written by UvA emeritus professor Anne Kox, will be presented at the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds in Amsterdam.
Science & Cocktails: The first image of a black hole
6 Oct 2019
19:30 - 22:00
Event
Science & Cocktails is a series of public talks by scientists with live music and smoky dry-ice chilled cocktails in your hand. Heino Falcke, Sera Markoff and Feryal Özel will talk about the famous Black Hole Image ...
Symposium on Light Management in Photovoltaics
30 Aug 2019
09:15 - 17:00
Event
At the LMPV symposium, the latest developments in light management for solar cells are discussed. The core of the program consists of four talks by international speakers and covers investigations of methods and ...
World in Vibration
5 Apr 2019
20:30 - 21:50
Event
Filmmaker Huub Rutjes and pianist Yuri van Nieuwkerk both studied physics in Amsterdam. This common background led to their show ‘World in vibration’, a performance about physics, music and harmony. On the evening of ...
FYSICA 2019 at Science Park Amsterdam
5 Apr 2019
08:45 - 21:50
Event
FYSICA, the annual physics conference of the Netherlands' Physical Society (NNV), will be organized at Amsterdam Science Park this year. The conference is aimed at all physicists in the Netherlands, from high school ...
Physics Show: What’s (the) Matter?
5 Apr 2019 - 6 Apr 2019Event
The Bonn Physics Show comes to the Netherlands! The show with spectacular physics experiments visits Amsterdam for three performances on 5 and 6 April 2019. Tickets (free!) for the shows in the Compagnietheater are ...
Science & Cocktails with Erik Verlinde
4 Feb 2019
19:30 - 23:00
Event
Science & Cocktails is a series of public talks by scientists with live music and smoky dry-ice chilled cocktails in your hand. Erik Verlinde will talk about black holes, gravity and the edge of the universe. ...
Women in Science: The story from India
21 Nov 2018
15:00 - 16:30
Event
Prof. Rohini Godbole, visiting professor of the Indian Institute of Science and current incumbent of the Johannes Diderik van der Waals rotating chair, will give a special colloquium on 21 November 2018 starting at ...
Where is collider physics headed?
5 Oct 2018 - 30 Oct 2018
15:30 - 16:30
Event
In October, Physics and Astronomy Visiting Professor Rohini Godbole will give a lecture series titled "Where is collider physics headed?" The lectures are aimed at the Master student level and will take place at the ...
Public Lecture: The Dark Universe
16 Oct 2017
20:00 - 22:00
Event
Artis Planetarium and GRAPPA present an evening on The Dark Universe. Gianfranco Bertone (UvA), Hiranya Peiris (UCL) and Jocelyn Monroe ( University of London) will give talks and answer questions on different ...
NEMO Kennislink Live about Dark Matter
3 Oct 2017
20:00 - 22:30
Event
NEMO Kennislink Live, in collaboration with GRAPPA, present an evening on dark matter. UvA researchers Jacco Vink, Jan Pieter van der Schaar and Patrick Decowski will be interviewed on three different aspects of the ...
Physics & Astronomy Summer BBQ
28 Jun 2017
17:30 - 20:00
Event
The annual IoP BBQ will take place in inner courtyard of Science Park 904, under the C building. Come and enjoy a drink and a burger with your colleagues to celebrate the end of the academic year!
IoP BBQ 2016
1 Jul 2016
17:30 - 20:00
Event
The annual IoP BBQ will take place in inner courtyard of Science Park 904, under the C building. Come and enjoy a drink and a burger with your colleagues to celebrate the end of the academic year!
UvA Physics & Astronomy Career Days 2016
30 Jun 2016 - 1 Jul 2016
10:00 - 16:30
Event
The fourth edition of the ‘Astronomy & Astrophysics & Physics Career Days’ is coming up on 30 June and 1 July 2016. The career days are aimed at MSc Physics and MSc A&A students, as well as PhD researchers and ...
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