ABOUT US
Since 1987, CASA has been committed to the interests of students of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at the University of Amsterdam. Since then, the study association has become more and more extensive, more professional and more active. Through an extensive program of both social and study-depth activities, ASV CASA makes it possible for students to get more out of their study time, to commit themselves more to the study, and to encourage critical thinking outside the curriculum.
Here you will find information about the board, the committees, the general members meeting and the advisory board.
STUDY
Chair: Eduardo Di Paolo
​
The Study Committee helps to organize academic events throughout the year such as exam study sessions, museum visits, and anthropological film screenings. This is an excellent opportunity to become acquainted with the anthropology department and to deepen your knowledge of anthropology outside of your classes.
Interested? Contact study@asvcasa.nl
​
SOCIAL
Chair: Hugo Pereira-Walker
If you are interested in planning the social events, then social committee is the place for you. Help to organize fun occasions such as bowling, themed borrels, collaborative parties with other study associations and more! This involves finding venues, coordinating with other associations, purchasing decorations, deciding on themes and more. Help us organize the parties that you would want to go to!
Interested? Contact social@asvcasa.nl
​
TRAVEL
Chair: Haley Carpenter
Each year the CASA team organizes interesting and exciting excursions to both closeby and further out locations. Every year the trips and their format change. This year our board is organizing two trips: one to the Hague earlier in the year to explore the city and connect with the powerful peace institutions located there, and a weekend to Paris in the later part of the year where we will attend museums, eat great food and hopefully sniff out some local music or events.
These trips are still being constructed and will continue to take shape over the next months. If you have any questions about how these trips work or what they will look like feel free to reach out or stop by the board room for more information.
Interested? Contact travel@asvcasa.nl
CONFERENCE
Chair: Eduardo Di Paolo
This committee is in charge of organizing the yearly NEST conference. This involves organizing a day or half a day of lectures from different experts on a certain topic. NEST is an anthropological convention aimed at familiarizing anthropology students with the content and research environment that anthropology offers. This event is a good opportunity to engage more with the field of anthropology, as it is larger in scale than the T.O.P and lecture events. The conference is a very big event that needs a lot of planning and coordinating, so if you are good at organization and like creating such events, you should consider joining this committee!
​
Interested? Contact study@asvcasa.nl
General Members Meeting
A General Members' Meeting (GMM) is a meeting at which the candidate board, the annual budget and the policy plan are approved at the beginning of the year. During the six-month GMM, the board updates its members on how the first six months went and the Application Committee is also introduced. The board can also organize interim GMMs to allow decisions to be approved or to allow members to contribute ideas about certain ideas. It is important that members come to the GMM to agree on the above matters and have their say about CASA's policies and events.
Members are expected to look very critically at the documents of the board during a GMM. It is clear that your vote as a member of CASA counts in the decisions of our study association!
Advisory Council
Introducing: 'The Advisory Council' (RvA)
​ The Advisory Council tries to contribute to the functioning of the board of CASA with solicited and unsolicited advice. The council is made up of (active) members and former board members of CASA with a heart for the association who will guard the CASA culture. This year the RVA also includes a former board member of a comparable study association who will look at problems within the association from a different perspective. The RvA holds individual (performance) interviews with the members of the board, sporadically watch board meetings and read through all GMM documents and then present an advice at the GMM. In addition, we would like to emphasize that the RvA is open to the opinion of the members and you can always contact us with questions or other comments. We are really looking forward to it and hope to see you at the various events next year! We can be reached via rva.kwakiutl@gmail.com
