Pandēmus

Pandemus: Here’s a free pass

Illustration by Chitra MohanlalThis issue is about happiness. When writing a column about the pandemic and happiness I have two easy options: either I could…

Quinty MarsMay 31, 2021

News & opinion Pandēmus Society Spiegeloog 411: Power

Pandēmus: UvA, we need to talk

Photo by Sandra SchönAlmost a year ago, I was forced to take a lunch break as my unstable internet connection made it impossible to watch…

Anne Sophie GiacobelloApril 19, 2021

Pandēmus People Society Spiegeloog 410: Rainbows

Pandemus: Free(dom) of covid speech

I have written and rewritten this piece about a million times by now. I was supposed to write something about the pandemic. But what about…

Quinty MarsFebruary 26, 2021

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

Pandēmus People Society Spiegeloog 404: Experience

Pandēmus: The Fear of Not Doing Enough

It’s Saturday night. After a long day of doing the bare minimum (watching YouTube videos of people building Sims houses, binging another Netflix show and…

Quinty MarsMay 16, 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: Global Stress Response During The COVID-19 Pandemic

The continuous spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the looming threat for the coming years and the never-ending quarantine guidelines in most countries have drastically changed…

Spiegeloog EditorsApril 27, 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