17th of March: St. Patrick’s Day Lecture with the Alumni

On St Patrick’s Day, Dr. Joost Augusteijn will give a lecture on the significance of the 1916 Easter Rising in Irish history. This is an interesting time to examine the subject, as 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, when a group of Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse, proclaimed the Irish Republic. Although the rising was soon quelled by the British, it ultimately led to Ireland’s independence

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English Department’s First Inaugural Miltonathon

All intrigued readers and listeners are most welcome to participate in the UvA English Department’s first annual MILTONATHON: an all-day marathon reading of John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’. Sit back and listen to others read this 10.000-line epic poem, or be one of our readers. Drop in whenever you’d like and stay for however long you’d like. Bring some friends and, of course, your copy of Paradise Lost! If you can’t find

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Etcetera’s New Board!

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*DEADLINE 6TH OF MAY 17:00*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Looking for the opportunity of a lifetime? Etcetera offers our members a platform to showcase their skills. Are you: – Awesome? – Social? – Reliable? – Organized? And are you looking for: – A challenge? – A great experience? – A way to make lifelong new friends? – A way to boost your resume? Then we have just the thing for you: A position in

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25th of February: 90s and 00s party!

Ready for some old school fun?!Join us for our 90’s & 00’s party at Cafe De Bieb, where the outfits are sick and the music is slammin’!Also, the person with the dopest outfit will win a cool prize. Looking forward to seeing you all!  

19th of February: Drinks!

Giving our budget a guideline and our study trip a destination calls for celebration! Which is why we’ll be having our drinks right after at Molly Malone’s.If you don’t want to join the ALV you’re still very welcome to come drink with us!The Board will be there from 20:00 onwards.We look forward to seeing you there!  

19th of February: ALV

We would like to invite you to Etcetera’s second ALV (Algemene Leden Vergadering) of the academic year. In this meeting we want to discuss a few things with you and give you the opportunity to vote about some more essential decisions regarding the rest of the year.A central issue to the meeting will be the break-in we’ve mailed you about previously. Due to this unfortunate event we, as an association,

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9th of February: Pancake day!

Dear members of Etcetera, Soon, it will be Pancake Day: Do you give a toss?! Well we sure do and would love to invite you all to join us at the lovely Pancake Bakery where the jams, syrups and chocolate saus are waiting for you! The prices range from €6,25 to €14,95 if you’re in the mood for something fancy! If your mouth is watering by the thought of this, be sure to sign

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5th – 7th of February:

We are still recovering from this lovely adventure, but to say that it was worth it would be an understatement.We would like to thank all of the 32 people who signed up for a magical weekend of Secret Hitler, potion classes and of course beer pong. We hope that you all solemnly swear to join next year as well.    

4th of February: Book my Valentine!

Single or not: you cannot miss this. It is your one and only chance to go speed dating without having to worry about what to talk about, because it’s all about the books on the 4th of February! Be ready to be summoned into a world of book enthusiasts that want to know about your personal favourites and want to tell you about theirs. Whether it’s ‘Dracula’, ‘Of Mice and

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Book sale!

BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS! February 1st is the beginning of a new semester with new subjects and also new study books. As always, Etcetera will be organizing a booksale in which we can give you an 18% discount on all your English study books and a 10% discount on your Dutch books. The sale starts TODAY and you have until the 26th to order your books at Athenaeum via this link: https://athenaeum-sv.mijnboekhandelaar.com/

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