Cultural Analysis (Arts and Culture) University of Amsterdam

Overview

Since its beginnings in 2001, the Cultural Analysis (Arts and Culture) programme of the University of Amsterdam has rapidly gained a leading reputation in the field and is constantly attracting growing numbers of high-level applicants from around the world. The programme is dedicated to the interdisciplinary analysis of culture at large.

Cultural phenomena such as works of art and literature, cinema and new media, popular culture, as well as social belief and value systems are examined and analysed. Emphasis is placed on textual, visual and historical details in the context of the social, political or aesthetic movements that underpin them. Their implied normativity and the ways in which identity, difference and otherness are negotiated across the cultural spectrum are questioned.

Careers

The Research Master's programme Cultural Analysis provides a unique foundation for students planning to pursue a PhD degree or a career in higher education, journalism, cultural management, policy and consultancy or management in non-governmental organisations and international enterprises. In the past, graduates have been accepted at UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, New York University, the University of Michigan and Goldsmiths College, as well as at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis.