The Amsterdam Centre for Urban History (ACUH) represents the largest research group in the Netherlands for the study of urban history. With about 35 staff members and PhD candidates, we explore the history of urban societies from a long-term and broad geographic perspective: from Antiquity to the modern era, from Europe to Africa and from the Middle East to the Americas.
The Hollandsche Schouwburg as a site of memory
Bewinkelingspatroon en winkelarchitectuur in Amsterdam, circa 1550-1850
Fifty Tales of the City
Amsterdam in de eerste helft van de negentiende eeuw
The Amsterdam was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). She was…
In 1452, approximately three-quarters of Amsterdam was destroyed by fire.
Nieuwe gegevens over het 'oudste' huis van Amsterdam
Amsterdam's post-war Utopia for urban diversity
Planning and replanning Amsterdam's Bijlmermeer and new town Almere since…