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University of Amsterdam starts new Master’s program dedicated to the arts of the Netherlands

The Department of Art History of the University of Amsterdam will start a new two-year MA program Arts of the Netherlands, in active collaboration with the Rijksmuseum, the Mauritshuis, the Van Gogh Museum, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and many other museums and cultural and heritage institutions in the Netherlands and Flanders. The program will commence in September 2016.

Arts of the Netherlands is dedicated to the study of the artistic tradition of the Low Countries from circa 1400-1900 and comprises the fields of Early Netherlandish Art, Dutch and Flemish Art of the Golden Age and modern art from the 19th and early 20th Centuries. This research driven program will accommodate a maximum of 15 outstanding students per year, who will be selected on the basis of merit. Arts of the Netherlands is committed to an international perspective and will be taught in English. The program is targeted primarily towards students who aspire to an academic or museum career.

The information about the new program and the link to the application page are now available on the website of the university.

The rolling admission process is now open. The application deadline is 15 May 2016, but students are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience.

The program will be introduced during an information meeting for students on Thursday, February 18, from 5 to 6 pm, at the P.C. Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 134, in Amsterdam. Applicants can also contact the program coordinator, Prof. dr. Hugo van der Velden, for questions or further information about the curriculum.