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  Amsterdam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amsterdam's International Institute of Social History is one of the world's largest documentary and research institutions concerning social history, and especially the history of the labour movement.
Amsterdam's Hortus Botanicus, founded in the early 1600s, is one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world, with many old and rare specimens, amongst which the coffee plant that served as the parent for the entire coffee culture in Central and South America.
Amsterdam is known as one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world and is a center of bicycle culture.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amsterdam   (2337 words)

  
 Estimated cannabis use in the Netherlands substantially lower
Strikingly enough, Amsterdam takes the lead again: approximately one fifth of the population had not used any drugs - including alcohol and tobacco - in the month preceding the survey.
However, this estimation was based on the cannabis use in Amsterdam and on a national survey that was carried out in schools.
Amsterdam has considerably more 'singles' and young adults, i.e., groups with a generally higher prevalence of use.
www.ukcia.org /research/cedro.htm   (712 words)

  
 Force10 Networks: Customer Profile - University of Amsterdam - AIR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
As part of this research, the University of Amsterdam is a partner in DataTAG, a project funded by the European Union.
Another differentiating factor that led the University of Amsterdam to choose Force10 systems was the level of technical innovation in switch fabric, backplane, ASIC design and system control plane.
Force10 Networks is working closely with the university to tune the E600 to its particular computing environment, in order to ensure that researchers are truly able to push the boundaries of current research.
www.force10networks.com /applications/profiles-AIR.asp   (1210 words)

  
 Light Reading - Networking the Telecom Industry
The CERN Amsterdam connection was used by researchers from the ATLAS experiment and the University of Amsterdam to transfer a single TCP data stream between a pair of high-end server PCs at 5.4 Gbps, a rate limited by the PCs hardware and software.
The University of Amsterdam and high energy physics research institute NIKHEF collaborate with SURFnet to build advanced data transport infrastructure using lightpaths.
Cees de Laat, associate professor at the University of Amsterdam comments: "This is a very important step in proving the feasibility of building a services oriented network where adequate equipment is used to deliver the best price-performance for the requirements of the GRID users.
www.lightreading.com /document.asp?doc_id=41204&print=true   (738 words)

  
 Amsterdam Law School (ALS) - Amsterdam Law School - Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)
The earliest University landmark was the Athenaeum Illustre, founded in 1632 to instruct students in trade, law and philosophy.
As the city reached prominence, the University also evolved to be a primary centre for advanced education and research in the Netherlands and in Europe.
The Amsterdam Law School is an integral part of the Amsterdam Institute of Law Education of the Faculty of Law of the Universiteit van Amsterdam.
www.jur.uva.nl /als   (311 words)

  
 Amsterdam university of amsterdam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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www.europe-now.com /amsterdam/university-of-amsterdam.htm   (218 words)

  
 ONWA
The Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam (ONWA) consists of four research institutes and is a confederation of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the University of Amsterdam, and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
The scientific directors of the research institutes comprise the Directory Board of the Graduate School and one of them is appointed as Scientific Director (as of 1999: prof.dr. M.P. Witter.).
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has acted as the representative for the school ever since it was initiated.
www.onwa.med.vu.nl   (286 words)

  
 Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam
Within the Netherlands, the Universiteit van Amsterdam is the sole provider of a comprehensive masters course in Medical Anthropology.
A lively social and cultural programme in and outside Amsterdam is part of the program.
A cross-cultural perspective on the issue of medicine and human rights: a human rights view on abuses in different cultures, a definition of 'the righteousness of medical care' in conflict and reconciliation, and medical narratives of asylum and extradition.
www.healthtraining.org /schools/amsterdam_univ.php   (1026 words)

  
 Amsterdam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, is less than 20 minutes by train from Amsterdam Central Station.
August - Amsterdam Tournament, late August, International Football-tournament hosted by AFC Ajax
November - Cannabis Cup, mid-November annual cannabis competition, hosted by High Times.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amsterdam   (2337 words)

  
 STUDY ABROAD - The University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
The city of Amsterdam, with 750,000 inhabitants, is known as one of the most colorful and exciting cities in the world.
Amsterdam is considered a major hub of western Europe and is only a few hours away from Paris, Brussels, London, and other popular destinations.
For the visiting student, most of the university buildings are in the heart of the city within walking distance of cultural and entertainment areas.
www.montana.edu /international/amsterdam.htm   (769 words)

  
 AMSU
Since 1990 The Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University has harnessed the expertise available from international specialists and matched them with motivated participants.
Every year, young professionals from all over the globe - from the museums in Europe to the universities of North America and the theatres of the Mediterranean - participate in our courses.
In conjunction with the University of Amsterdam, Institute for Dutch as a Second Language (INTT).
www.amsu.edu   (534 words)

  
 Daves Logs - Got a PhD position at the University of Amsterdam!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
I have got a PhD position at the University of Amsterdam at the Faculty of Humanities at the department of Media Studies.
I filled in two applications just before graduation, one at the University of Amsterdam and one at Utrecht University.
So the University of Amsterdam it is. I will miss my colleagues and maybe even my students ;-) at the UU and will look back on some quality years of studying and doing research.
www.gamespace.nl /article.php?story=20050617172500581   (503 words)

  
 ASIR - Introduction (Postgraduate degree in International and European Relations and Management)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Amsterdam School of International Relations (ASIR), Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), has prepared Master's students for careers with an international executive orientation.
The School put emphasis on creating a setting in which students develop their analytical abilities, independence of thought and opinion together with a sensitivity and respect for other cultures.
The Amsterdam School of International Relations was founded in 1987.
www.asir.nl   (187 words)

  
 ELSNET-list archive
The Symposium is organized by the Centre for Language, Logic and Speech at the Tbilisi State University in conjunction with the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) of the University of Amsterdam.
Johan van Benthem (ILLC, University of Amsterdam) will give a tutorial on Logic, Patrick Blackburn on Computation (INRIA, Lorraine) and Anna Szabolcsi (New York University, to be confirmed) on Language.
The Symposium will be hosted by the Tbilisi State University, the chief centre of education in the country which has several outstanding scholars in science, art and politics among its graduates.
www.elsnet.org /xevents/18Apr2001-10u05.29.html?table   (750 words)

  
 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: English   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Studeren in Amsterdam aan de Vrije Universiteit betekent voor studenten een gevarieerd aanbod aan opleidingen, zowel masteropleidingen als bacheloropleidingen.
Wetenschap staat bij de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam hoog in het vaandel.
Hiernaast zijn aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam een aantal instituten verbonden die onderzoek verrichten op diverse gebieden: Amsterdams centrum voor Kinderstudies, Bezinningscentrum, Centrum voor Internationale Samenwerking, Centrum voor Innovatie en Maatschappelijk verantwoord Ondernemen, Historisch Documentatiecentrum voor het Nederlands.
www.vu.nl /english   (193 words)

  
 BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed - 25 August 2004
Abram de Swaan, Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam describes the rituals of the city visitors he wrote about in his essay on suburban citizens' weekly trips to the centre of town. 
Amsterdam School for Social science Research (ASSR), University of Amsterdam 
University of Liverpool Sociology Dept - Purchase of Intimacy
www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/factual/thinkingallowed_20040825.shtml   (408 words)

  
 University of Amsterdam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
This project is part of an international research project of the Department of European Studies of the Universiteit van Amsterdam with the Department of Politics and International Studies of the University of Warwick, United Kingdom (Prof.
The primary goal of the research project is to gain a better understanding of the complex linkage of domestic and international factors in democratisation processes.
The gross monthly salary will be in accordance with the University regulations for academic personnel, and will range from € 2,191 to a maximum of € 2,407.
www.isanet.org /jobs/uva.html   (378 words)

  
 Amsterdam HQ : Amsterdam University
Founded in 1880 as a private university, the VU currently comprises of fifteenfaculties and offers facilities for 12000 students.
University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands; 17--19 December 2001.
Amsterdam HQ excludes all liability of any kind (including negligence) in respect of any third party information or other material made available on, or which can be accessed using, this Website.
amsterdam-hq.com /amsterdamuniversity/index.php   (674 words)

  
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Deliverable DM6.2c, ESPRIT Project P5248 KADS-II/M6/M/UvA/041/3.0, University of Amsterdam and Cap Programmator, June 1994.
Deliverable DM7.2b, ESPRIT Project P5248 KADS-II/M7.2/DD/UvA/043/1.1, University of Amsterdam and Free University of Brussels, December 1993.
Deliverable DM10.a ESPRIT Project 5248 KADS-II/M10/DM10.a/UvA/068/2.0, University of Amsterdam, Cap Programmator and Cap Gemini Innovation, June 1994.
www.swi.psy.uva.nl /projects/CommonKADS/Reports.html   (456 words)

  
 Home - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde (FEB) - Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)
Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes (1966) is benoemd tot hoogleraar Finance and Governance aan de Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde.
Roger Laeven (Actuariaat, Amsterdam School of Economics) heeft een zogeheten Veni-subsidie van Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) ontvangen voor zijn onderzoek.
Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci (Associate Professor, Business Studies) is door de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) gehonoreerd met een zogeheten Vidi-subsidie.
www.fee.uva.nl   (206 words)

  
 Home - Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid (FdR) - Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)
Sjoerd Eisma is benoemd tot bijzonder hoogleraar Effecten, Markten en Regulering aan de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid van de Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA).
Ted de Boer-beurs wordt elk jaar uitgereikt aan een student die is toegelaten tot een Amerikaanse universiteit in het kader van het Amsterdam Exchange uitwisselingsprogramma.
Paul W. Doop (1955) is benoemd tot vice-voorzitter van het College van Bestuur van de Universiteit van Amsterdam en de Hogeschool van Amsterdam.
www.jur.uva.nl   (214 words)

  
 SSRN Author Page for Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics and University Nancy 2 - Department of Economics
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics, University of Nancy 2, Universite Nancy 2 and University of Minnesota, Law School
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics and University of Utrecht - Utrecht School of Economics
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 IMES - Institute of Migration and Ethnic Studies
The Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies is an interdisciplinary research institute of the University of Amsterdam which has existed since 1994.
The research programme promotes the encounter and - where possible - the integration of different perspectives and therefore co-operates with the Departments of Anthropology, Sociology, Communication Science, Political Science, Social Geography, Economic Geography, Econometrics, and Administrative Law and the Department of Socal and Economic History.
The research programme of IMES focuses on the Dutch case with specific attention given to the City of Amsterdam, but from an international and comparative perspective.
www.pscw.uva.nl /imes   (172 words)

  
 Courses Professional MA Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image - Graduate School for Humanities - ...
Course descriptions of the courses on offer in the academic year 2005-2006 will be available from June 2005 onwards.
The programme is intended for students with a Bachelor in fields of media or culture or an equivalent programme of at least three years of full-time study at university level.
Because of the restricted number of places available (15 in total), applicants will have to undergo a selection procedure.
www.fgw.uva.nl /gs/object.cfm/objectid=B7DD157A-6B60-48D1-A88D064F616C29E7   (2725 words)

  
 LLM GUIDE - Amsterdam Law School - University of Amsterdam
The Amsterdam Law School (http://www.jur.uva.nl/als) of the Faculty of Law of the Universiteit van Amsterdam has a long standing tradition of offering English taught LL.M. programmes.
The Amsterdam Law School offers a great variety of specialized courses.
Professors of the Law School all participate in the Faculty’s research institutes and bring current insights and developments into their teaching.
www.llm-guide.com /university/214   (702 words)

  
 The Blackwell Handbook of Personnel Selection - Book Information
Born, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, and Dora Scholarios, University of Strathclyde
Neil Anderson is Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.
Olga Voskuijl is Assistant Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.
www.blackwellpublishing.com /book.asp?ref=1405117028&site=1   (608 words)

  
 Parapsychology - Scientific research.
Koestler Parapsychology Unit at the Department of Psychology (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.)
University of the West of England, Department of Psychology (Bristol, U.K.)
The Conscious Universe : the Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena (D. Radin, 1997).
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 SSRN Author Page for Reyer Gerlagh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Free University of Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) and Free University of Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)
Free University of Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) and Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) - Policy Studies Department
University of Pretoria - Department of Economics, Free University of Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), University of Pretoria - Department of Economics, Monash University - Department of Economics, Free University of Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Financial and Fiscal Commission and University of Pretoria - Department of Economics
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 Mediastudies
Mediastudies is een relatief jonge afdeling van de Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, die inmiddels een belangrijke plaats heeft veroverd binnen de Universiteit van Amsterdam.
As part of the master program Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image the students Timon Hartman and Baukje Stamm made the short found footage film Circulation, which can be seen until August 27 at the Museum for Photography Huis Marseille in Amsterdam (Keizersgracht 401).
The film tells the story of moving images on the move and is composed of amateur film footage from the archive of the Smalfilmmuseum in Hilversum.
www.mediastudies.nl   (318 words)

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