Esther Hammelburg

Current

Lecturer Media & Culture at Hogeschool van Amsterdam

Past

Student assistent, back office employee at University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Education
Receptionist, assistent at marketing events at Weekbladpers Tijdschriften
Co-founder and manager at Kultuurhuis Bosch

Production assistent, researcher, editor at Various media compagnies

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Education

English for Lecturers
Media Studies
Dutch Professional Speaking and Writing minor

Hebrew Language and Culture

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Higher Education

Esther Hammelburg’s Summary

Esther Hammelburg has been a lecturer at the School of Design and Communication of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, University of Applied Sciences since 2007. She teaches courses in media and culture, media literacy, cultural history and philosophy. Before that she worked on various projects within the cultural and media field, ranging from television documentaries to live events.

Esther Hammelburg holds a Master's degree in Media Studies from the University of Amsterdam. During her studies she specialized in media and citizenship.

Esther Hammelburg’s Experience

Lecturer Media & Culture

Hogeschool van Amsterdam

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Institute: Media, Information, and Communication at the School of Design and Communication.

Focus: Media and Culture, Media Literacy, Philosophy of Culture, Trends in Media. Also working on internationalization.
Student assistent, back office employee

University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Education

(Higher Education industry)

June 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 1 month)

Informing and advising students, evaluation, promotion, organisational and back office work.
Receptionist, assistent at marketing events

Weekbladpers Tijdschriften

(Higher Education industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year )
Co-founder and manager

Kultuurhuis Bosch

(Entertainment industry)

2000 — 2004 (4 years )

Kultuurhuis Bosch is a cultural center in Arnhem. The aim of this project is to create a platform for diverse forms of culture, and (political) discussion, as well as providing a social meeting point. After it opened, on the 3rd of October 2003, I was mainly occupied with PR, general management and coordination of volunteers. This was an unpayed position. More information on this project: www.kultuurhuisbosch.nl.
Production assistent, researcher, editor

Various media compagnies

(Media Production industry)

1997 — 2002 (5 years )

Various jobs in the media field:

- Production assistant at AVA-Dateline Productions (internship)
- Editor for the program Fortuin’s Advice on Business News Radio
- Word and image spotter for the documentary Aftermath (televised in The
Netherlands by KRO in September 2002)
- Translator (English-Dutch) of the voiceover text for the documentary Searching for
Wallenberg (televised in The Netherlands by NIK Media in November 2001)
- Radio show Lawaaipapagaai at Radio Rataplan, Nijmegen (unpayed)

Esther Hammelburg’s Education

English for Lecturers

2009 — 2009
Media Studies

Drs/MA , Universiteit van Amsterdam , 2000 — 2006

Major:
Television, Culture and Media Studies
Thesis:
Constructive Zapping: On Watching Television as a Hybrid Practice of Citizenship.
Grade:
8

Extra courses:
Philosophy of Science
The History of Mentality
Great Theories of Philosophy
History of Philosophy
Dutch Professional Speaking and Writing minor

Universiteit van Amsterdam 2003 — 2003

Subjects:
Introduction to Communication and Argumentation
Argumentation and Debate
Writing and Rewriting.
Hebrew Language and Culture

Universiteit van Amsterdam 2001 — 2002

Subjects:
Language Acquisition
Cultural History