Cees Hamelink

Cees Hamelink
Born Cees Jan Hamelink
(1940-09-14) 14 September 1940
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Residence Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Occupation Professor
Academic background
Education University of Amsterdam
Academic work
Institutions University of Amsterdam
University of Aruba
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Cees Jan Hamelink (born 14 September 1940) is a Dutch academic known for his work on communication, culture, and technology. He is emeritus Professor of International Communications and emeritus Professor of Media at the University of Amsterdam; Professor in Management Information and Knowledge at the University of Aruba; and Professor of Media, Religion and Culture at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

He was in a number of boards worldwide; chair of the Dutch League for Human Rights, chair of the Jan van Eyck Academie, honorary president of the International Association for Media and Communication Research and chair of Amsterdam World Jazz City 2014.

Hamelink wrote over seventeen book on communication, culture and technology. Among which best sellers as "The Technology Gamble", "The Politics of World Communication" and "The Ethics of Cyberspace".

Next to all this he is a passionate jazz musician. As a bassist he played in the trio with Louis van Dijk. Since 2008 he plays with Tamara Hoekwater in the Bourgondisch Combo, performing in the Netherlands and abroad. On 3 October 2014 they launched their CD I said yes in the Faculty Club of the University of Amsterdam.

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