Highlights VOX-POP
Since 2015, VOX-POP has been bringing a diverse cultural programme to the UvA city centre campus. From debates and lectures to theatre shows and exhibitions; here you will find our highlights of the past few years.
Close Up
Since 2016, the VOX-POP student programme team has organised a Close Up every 6-8 weeks. During these evenings, the students investigate a social issue together with academics, professionals and artists. Find a selection of previous Close Ups here:
Exposition Interdependence
In 2025, VOX-POP presented Interdependence: On Disability Justice and the (Performing) Arts, an exhibition in which Mira Thompson and Carly Everaert explored what happens when we approach the (performing) arts through the lens of disability justice. The exhibition presented the first outcomes of their ongoing research into accessible artistic practices, embodied knowledge and the ways in which we can care for one another. Through video essays, letters and participatory materials, Interdependence invited visitors to watch, listen, reflect and take part.
Diversity and inclusion
VOX-POP wants celebrate all different cultures and backgrounds of our students and staff. In collaboration with the Faculty Diversity Office, we organise events throughout the year to adress prevalent societal issues and learn more about each other's perspectives.
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Spring Festival 2026
19 Feb 2026De Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen nodigt alle studenten en medewerkers uit voor de Spring Festival Celebration bij VOX-POP! Er is een gevarieerd programma met creatieve workshops, muzikale optredens en gratis ... -
Brainwave #5 | Mar Azul: Reflections on Loss and Migratory Grief
4 Jun 2026What happens to grief when you migrate, or grow up between multiple homelands? During this evening, we explore migratory grief through film and discussion. We screen The Last Harvest (2025) by Nuno Boaventura ... -
Faculty's Iftar 2026
17 Mar 2026In light of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, we warmly invite you to join us for our annual Iftar (breaking of the fast) at VOX-POP. This evening brings our community together around universally shared values of ... -
Exhibition Queer Underground
10 - 31 Mar 2026What does it mean to be queer? And what parts of the queer experience are usually left unmentioned in art and media? The Queer Underground exhibition explores the concept of intersectionality and how it shapes ... -
Purim: A Celebration of Stories and Connection
5 Mar 2026On Thursday 5 March, De Joodse Stad and VOX-POP are bringing a special tradition back to the heart of Amsterdam: Purim. Purim (Jewish Carnival) is a joyful festival of courage, reversals and hidden identities, ... -
Black Joy – een viering van het breken van de ketenen
21 Jun 2024Op vrijdag 21 juni nodigen Diversity Talks, VOX-POP en het Faculty Diversity Office je uit voor een bijzonder programma in het teken van Keti Koti (1 juli). Samen met Phaedra Haringsma, Charity Charly, Olupemi ... -
Echoes of Loss: Special screening + Talk 'My father, Nour and I'
14 Nov 2024Twenty years ago, filmmaker Wiam Al Zabari fled Baghdad in the middle of the night to go the the Netherlands, where his father was waiting for him and the rest of his family. Since then, no one in the family has ever ... -
Vertoning 'Girls Girls Girls' met nagesprek | Week tegen Racisme
19 Mar 2024Hoe tolerant en inclusief is de Nederlandse culturele sector eigenlijk? Over die vraag buigen we ons op 19 maart. Als onderdeel van de Week tegen Racisme organiseert de FGw Diversity Office samen met VOX-POP een ... -
Faculty's Iftar
12 Mar 2024On 12 March we invite you to join us for an Iftar at VOX-POP! The Iftar dinner will begin once the sun has set. We would like to offer a welcoming space for everyone who is practicing Ramadan to break their fast and ... -
Diversity Day
3 Oct 2023On Tuesday 3 October it's Diversity Day! A day to celebrate our diversity. But also a time to reflect on the steps that still need to be taken at the faculty. Do you care about diversity and inclusion and want to ... -
UB x VOX-POP // Collectielab: Keti Koti Editie
14 Jun 2023Op 14 juni slaan de UB, VOX-POP en de werkgroep Diversity, Equality en Inclusion de handen in één en organiseren ze een Collectielab. Via dit programma staan we gezamenlijk stil bij 150 jaar slavernijafschaffing. ...
ArtiShock
VOX-POP presents ArtiShock. Every month on a Thursday, VOX-POP transforms the space into a workshop for chaos and creativity. From DJ classes to linocut workshops, month a different art form!
Residencies
As part of its talent development programme, VOX-POP offers two student residencies each year to students or recent graduates with work experience who want to develop and create their own programme series. Below you can explore previous editions of the student residency programme and the projects created by our former residents.
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Printed Matters: The Politics and Aesthetics of Independent Publications
13 - 27 Feb 2026How do independent publications transform printed matter into a site of play, questioning, experimentation, resistance and radical knowledge production? The exhibition Printed Matters: The Politics and Aesthetics of ... -
New Religion #3 Neoliberalism as a Belief System
22 Jan 2026How do you challenge a belief system when you don’t yet realise you’re a devoted follower? In this third and final edition of the programme series New Religion, student-in-residence Sam Kailani uncovers the most ... -
Spatial Encounters #2: Unsettling Colonial Legacies
25 Nov 2025What spatial and curatorial practices can unsettle colonially charged spaces? How can institutions critically engage with and challenge their colonial legacies? And can spaces such as universities and museums ever ... -
Nocturnal Dialogues #3: Activism at Night
13 Jun 2024Social issues have a tendency to be exacerbated at night, especially when it comes to homelessness, affordability, safety, inclusivity, and exclusivity in nocturnal urban spaces. This third session of Nocturnal ... -
Queer Bodies #2 Lesbian Legacy
26 Mar 2025As part of Queer History Month, the second edition of the Queer Bodies series explores the rich and often overlooked history of lesbian archives and their role as acts of resistance. How do we ensure that lesbian ...
Picturing Scholasticide
In 2025, VOX-POP hosted Picturing Scholasticide, an exhibition exploring the impact of Israel’s destruction of Palestinian higher education. Developed in collaboration with Palestinian photographers and web designers, the exhibition brought together photography, testimonies and digital stories that portrayed loss, resilience and solidarity.
Previous highlights
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Lunch Internationale vrouwendag: een hapklare duik in feministisch onderzoek
5 Mar 2026In het kader van Internationale Vrouwendag nodigen we je uit voor een snelle dosis brainfood. Tijdens deze korte lunchlezing gaan we in gesprek met Barnita Bagchi en duiken we in de verhalen van Rabindranath Tagore, ... -
Workshop: Sound of Silence
8 Dec 2025This workshop explores censorship as a deeply rooted everyday experience. It invites you to discover the many layers through which censorship shapes our reality: often invisibly, yet with profound force. -
Researching displacement together: Co-producing knowledge with displaced women in Colombia
12 Dec 2025Displacement is often discussed in statistics, but its true weight is felt in personal stories of survival and reinvention. This lecture focuses on the lived experiences of 24 displaced women in Colombia as they ... -
Philosophical drawing workshop
8 May 2025What does freedom mean to you – and how would you draw it? Join us for a drawing workshop inspired by the life and ideas of Rosa Luxemburg. As part of the finissage and public programme of the exhibition Meet Rosa ... -
Female Spaces in Medieval Amsterdam
10 Oct 2025Medieval women had a profound impact on the social and urban fabric of Amsterdam. They often took the initiative to create something new: new communities, new forms of life for themselves. In this event, five ... -
Humanities Ever After
Once upon a time, in a not so far away place called Binnengasthuisstraat, VOX-POP was born. It was a scheduled delivery, nonetheless it was a very intentional and idealistic one. VOX-POP was created to stimulate new ...