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Research School for Art History (OSK)

Address

BG3
Binnengasthuisstraat 9 – 2.03
1012 ZA Amsterdam

Phone

+31 20 525 44 33

Email

osk-fgw@uva.nl

About

The Research School for Art History (OSK) is the Netherland’s national organization for cooperation and exchange in art historical research and for the disciplinary training of RMa students and PhD researchers in the field. With the collaboration of leading art museums and cultural-heritage institutions, OSK offers unique opportunities for knowledge exchange and training.

In addition to its educational activities, the OSK also hosts a number of research networks, which bring together professionals, scholars and students working within a specific art-historical domain. Their aim is to foster cooperation and exchange between university and institutional researchers. To this end, they organise annual conferences, workshops and other activities, making them integral to the research landscape of the Netherlands and especially important to scholars entering the field.

Code of Conduct

OSK is subject to the Code of Conduct for the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (UNL):

“Dutch universities are committed to providing their students, employees and visitors with a safe environment. Of key importance to Dutch universities are collegiality, integrity, equality, respect, opennes and attention to each other. Dutch universities do not tolerate any type of undesirable conduct, including sexual and general harassment, aggression, bullying or discrimination. This message is communicated at all administrative levels, from the executive board to the floor shop of research and education. It is a vital task for universities to act as effectively and appropriately as possible when there are suspicions of undesirable conduct.

Universities are responsible for offering a positive work and study environment that enables all members of the academic community to develop their talents. By their very nature, universities are institutions at which people from different backgrounds can meet and cooperate. Anyone affiliated with our universities as a student, employee or visitor contributes to a mutually respectful treatment, regardless of origin, religious belief, sexual preference, handicap, position or job. In sum, it is up to all persons within the institution to make an active commitment towards social safety.”

You can find the protocol for social safety here.

During excursions OSK follows the safety protocols adopted by the board of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam: Protocol excursies FGW sociale veiligheid and Translated Safety Protocol FGW

OSK Organisation

Dr. R. Esner (UvA), academic director

Drs. P.J. Koopman (UvA), coordinator

R. van Hooijdonk, MA (UvA), office manager

General Board

  • Drs. S. Craft (RKD)
  • Dr J. Abrahamse (RCE)
  • Prof. H. Grootenboer (UvA)
  • Drs. J. Niessen (MH)
  • Dr. M. Gieskes (RU)
  • Prof. K. Kwastek (VU)
  • A. Pinatih (SMA)
  • Prof. G. Langfeld (OU)
  • Prof. A.-S. Lehmann (RUG)
  • Dr. E. Smit (HNI)
  • Dr. C. Hein (TU)
  • Prof. Stijn Bussels (UL)
  • Drs. M. Vellekoop (VGM)
  • J. de Fouw, MA (RMA)
  • Prof. M.A. Weststeijn (UU)

Programme Committee

  • Dr D. Meuwissen (UU), chair
  • Dr M. Keblusek (UL)
  • Dr C. Nisse (RUG)
  • J. Alting, MA (RUG, PhD member)
  • V.B.M. As (UvA, student member)
  • Dr. S. Laemers (RKD)
  • C. Schrover, MA (UU, PhD member)
  • S.D. Cantell (UU, student member)

Executive Board

  • Dr. R. Esner (UvA)
  • Drs. P.J. Koopman (UvA)
  • R. van Hooijdonk, MA (UvA)
  • Drs. S. Craft (RKD)
  • A. Pinatih (SMA)
  • Prof. M.A. Weststeijn (UU)

PhD Council

  • Julia Alting, MA (RUG) j.alting@rug.nl
  • Mariëlle Ekkelenkamp, MA (UvA) m.b.ekkelenkamp@uva.nl
  • Nicole Ganbold, MA (UU) n.ganbold@uu.nl
  • Christien Schrover, MA (UU) c.e.schrover@uu.nl

More information about the PhD Council can be found here

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