Nitya Shah, Author at Spiegeloog

Bacchus: Parallel Universes

I often find myself thinking or reading about life in India, where I’m from, while living in the Netherlands and feeling a strange sense of…

Nitya ShahMarch 15, 2024

Bacchus News & opinion Spiegeloog 424: Irrational

Bacchus: Stream of Consciousness

Thoughts keep running through our brain, so many just make no sense at all when you look at it from the outside. Sometimes we recognise…

Nitya ShahMarch 17, 2023

Science Spiegeloog 419: Harmony

The Lure of Sad Music

Presenting to you yet another case of how something sad paradoxically lures us and appeals to us. Philosophers have long been riddled by why we…

Nitya ShahJune 15, 2022

Science Spiegeloog 417: Science

Psychology’s Unending Crises

The field of Psychology has long been taunted about the our grand replication crisis as the biggest scam of our lives; but there’s another fire…

Nitya ShahMarch 21, 2022

Bacchus News & opinion Spiegeloog 415: Home

Bacchus: Homeward Bound

Recently, on our last evening together before my dear friend was moving away, she said to me ‘I was telling my dad how I don’t…

Nitya ShahDecember 15, 2021

People Spiegeloog 415: Home What is it like?

What is it like? – Julius März

Julius März What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Julius März (Research Master, second year). What is the most useful…

Nitya ShahNovember 26, 2021

People Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Exploit the Night

Being awake all night can be very beautiful – if it wasn’t for your 9 am tutorial the next day. What if I told you…

Nitya ShahNovember 2, 2021

Office Hours Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Office Hours: Johnny van Doorn

Back in February 2020, pre-corona times, we visited Johnny van Doorn and asked him about three personal items in his office. Johnny is part of…

Nitya Shah and Néstor Narbona ChulviNovember 1, 2021

People Spiegeloog 413: Nature What is it like?

What is it like? – Suhaavi Kochhar & Veronica Szpak

Suhaavi Kochhar & Veronica Szpak What is it like to be a Research Master's student? Four questions for Suhaavi Kochhar and Veronica Szpak, 2021 Research…

Nitya ShahSeptember 24, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 412: Happiness

Paradoxical Pleasures

Do you find yourself seeking angst-filled poetry or sad songs? Do you ever find yourself chomping down spicy food while your mouth is burning and…

Nitya Shah and Magda MatetoviciJune 7, 2021

Camera Obscura Culture Spiegeloog 411: Power

Camera Obscura: La Belle Époque

‘Nostalgia sells better and better now.’, chimes in a chap at the beginning of La Belle Époque. Indeed, the lure of nostalgia is certainly something…

Nitya ShahApril 8, 2021

Bacchus News & opinion Spiegeloog 410: Rainbows

Bacchus: Open Minds and Opinions

Time and again, if one pays attention to it, we see how prone we are to confirmation bias and how we try to rationalise the…

Nitya ShahApril 2, 2021

People Spiegeloog 408: Consequences What is it like?

What is it like: Joselyn Arevalo Moran

Joselyn Arevalo Moran What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Joselyn Arevalo Moran (bachelor, second year). What is the most…

Nitya ShahDecember 7, 2020

Pandēmus Science Society Spiegeloog 405: Together

Current Topic: Corona Research I

On Thursday, 18th June 2020, Spiegeloog interviewed two researchers from UvA Psychology in a live Zoom organized by Ingmar Visser – Director of Psychology. We…

Lydia Tian, Néstor Narbona Chulvi, Nitya Shah, Paul Cook and Milena KaprálováJuly 3, 2020

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 405: Together

Office Hours: Reinout Wiers

Reinout Wiers, a former Spiegeloog writer from his student years, is a professor of Developmental Psychopathology and heads the Addiction Development and Psychopathology (ADAPT) Lab.…

Nitya ShahJune 12, 2020

Society Spiegeloog 404: Experience

Born Too Late

If you could go back in time, would you go and never return to the present? Have you ever thought about living in another era?…

Nitya ShahMay 20, 2020

Pandēmus Spiegeloog 403: Global

Pandēmus: Behind the Scenes at UvA

When UvA announced their measures against Covid-19, we students spent our time deciding whether to go home, attempted to study with the new ‘online’ system…

Nitya ShahMay 3, 2020

Pandēmus Spiegeloog 403: Global

Pandēmus: Internationals in Amsterdam – To stay or to leave

On March 12, following government measures, UvA announced that all on-site teaching was to be suspended, and would be offered online until the end of…

Néstor Narbona Chulvi and Nitya ShahApril 11, 2020

Society Spiegeloog 403: Global

The Murky Remains of Colonialism

Colonisers have come and gone, but their footsteps are visible to this day. It’s been over 70 years since India gained independence, but we still…

Nitya ShahApril 10, 2020

People Spiegeloog 402: Appearances What is it like?

What is it like: Franca Ding

Franca Ding What is it like to be a Psychology student? Three questions for Franca Ding (bachelor, first year). What is the most useful thing…

Nitya ShahMarch 25, 2020

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 402: Appearances

Office Hours: Marc Heerdink

For this month’s office hours, we visited Marc Heerdink and asked him about three personal items in his office. Marc is an assistant-professor in the…

Julius Dullaert and Nitya ShahMarch 16, 2020