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This is what happened last night in the tent camp on Roeterseiland

This is what happened last night in the tent camp on Roeterseiland

7 May 2024 - 12:54

On Tuesday morning, the UvA is licking its wounds after the demonstration on Roeterseiland ended with an evacuation around three o’clock in the morning, despite calls from UvA employees and students not to do this.

Open letter | Protest and Palestine: UvA presents mischaracterisation of the problem

Open letter | Protest and Palestine: UvA presents mischaracterisation of the problem

30 April 2024 - 12:16

Earlier this month The UvA published on her website in interview with rector magnificus Peter-Paul Verbeek about the protest concerning the war in Gaza. The interview contains inaccuracies and lacks context, argue 26 UvA-scholars and scientists in this open letter.

Pro-Palestine demonstrations block teaching and exams at AUC

Pro-Palestine demonstrations block teaching and exams at AUC

27 March 2024 - 10:10

Since Monday, lectures and exams at the Amsterdam University College (AUC) have not taken place in part because of ongoing blockades by pro-Palestine demonstrators. The bridge and entrances have been blocked several times and police are present.

UvA is not cutting ties with Israel (for the moment)

UvA is not cutting ties with Israel (for the moment)

21 February 2024 - 09:48

The UvA is not suspending “general ties” with Israel at this time. So writes the UvA in response to a letter from Dutch Scholars for Palestine, which asked universities to suspend all “formal and informal ties” with Israeli higher education institutions. “Severing or su...

Kirsty McHenry | Not under my roof: the arbitrariness of the UvA house rules

Kirsty McHenry | Not under my roof: the arbitrariness of the UvA house rules

20 February 2024 - 09:01

The UvA’s ban of the pro-Palestine demonstration on the Roeterseiland campus is a good example of how ambiguous its house rules are, writes Kirsty McHenry. “What the UvA understands by an expression of public belief is unclear and nowhere defined. This vagueness suggests that the mere ut...

The unbearable lightness of UvA’s neutrality

The unbearable lightness of UvA’s neutrality

13 February 2024 - 17:09

When Russia invaded Ukraine, UvA’s Executive Board did not hesitate to take an unambiguous stance, but in Israel’s war against Palestine the Board actually wants to remain neutral, while Israel commits genocide in Gaza, argues a group of 24 UvA-scholars. “By not doing the same...

Pro-Palestine protesters block entrance to Amsterdam University College

Pro-Palestine protesters block entrance to Amsterdam University College

5 February 2024 - 13:25

The pro-Palestine demonstration that has regularly taken place on the Roeterseiland campus in recent months had moved to Science Park this morning. The access bridge to the AUC grounds was blocked for some time.

Doors closed at UvA because of possible political demonstration? Unwise!

Doors closed at UvA because of possible political demonstration? Unwise!

25 January 2024 - 12:40

Last week another pro-Palestine demonstration took place at Roeterseilandcampus (REC). Associate professor Candida Leone feels uncomfortable that the UvA mobilises ‘its land owners rights’ to restrict (not exclusively) young people’s fundamental rights.

Han van der Maas | Rethink Left

Han van der Maas | Rethink Left

24 January 2024 - 11:57

It is a nonsensical claim by pro-Palestine protesters that the UvA should speak out about the war in Gaza, thinks columnist Han van der Maas. “I wonder what bubble these activists live in. Now suppose the UvA is the only Dutch university to speak out against Israel’s actions, what will b...

UvA closes buildings due to Palestine demonstration

UvA closes buildings due to Palestine demonstration

19 January 2024 - 10:29

Following the announcement of a demonstration on the UvA's failure to speak out against Israel’s actions in Gaza, the UvA closed both RECA and main building H at 3:45 p.m. today for security reasons. “We already announced this protest on Monday.”

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