Board

Ex falso sequitur quodlibet, that is, “from falsehood, anything follows”. This has precisely the spirit of our social committee, founded on September 1, 2016: we aim to be the one space at the ILLC where people are free to spend time doing whatever, and not just logic.

2025-26

Emma Batistoni (MoL student, 3rd year)
Giuseppe Manes (MoL student, 2nd year)

If you are a Master of Logic/Logic Year student and want to join the board for the upcoming year, feel free to contact any of us. Help is very much appreciated, especially if your program/year is currently underrepresented! Even if you are not interested in joining, you can still pitch a new event, of course.

2024-25

In the foreground, from the left: Victor, Emma, and Stefano from the board smile for a group photo. In the background, from the left: Vighnesh, Horia, and Estel. The blackboard behind them reads “Ex Falso Board Game Night 2024/25x03”.

Emma Batistoni (MoL student, 2nd year)
Victor Joss (Logic Year student)
Vladimíra Martinková (MoL student, 1st year)
Jeremy Sorkin (MoL student, 2nd year)
Stefano Volpe (MoL student, 2nd year)

We also thank our external collaborators, who have been working on the ILLC sweaters:

Lucrezia Mosconi (MoL student, 2nd year)
Gidon Kaminer (Mol student, 1st year)

2023-24

From the right: Emma and Alyssa (from the board) are posing for a picture with Rodrigo Almeida. Swapnil and Stefano (also part of the board) are at the event, but not in the frame. The picture was taken at the “Ex Falso Night 2023/24x02”, on December 1.

Emma Batistoni (MoL student, 1st year)
Swapnil Ghosh (MoL student, 3rd year)
Alyssa Renata (MoL student, 2nd year)
Stefano Volpe (MoL student, 1st year)

2019-23

The board was inactive during this period, partly due to the pandemic.

2018-19

The Ex Falso board at the ILLC Talent Show in 2019. Photo published as a
FaceBook post on July 1, 2019.

2016-18

The members of the original board, formed on September 1, 2016, were Bas, Laura, Ana, Joost, and Lucy. The original announcement was posted here.

Dear MoL and PhD-students,

Wouldn’t be nice to hang out with your logician friends outside the ILLC? To go for a drink or catch a movie sometimes after a long day at work or lectures? Or just to explore some of the cool things Amsterdam has to offer together? Of course it will be nice!

We would like to introduce Ex Falso: a group of logician friends craving more social activities and gatherings together (within our young researchers ILLC community, i.e, MoL students and PhD’s). The idea is simple: With a little effort from a larger group of people, we will have some social events where you can get to know other students better and have a great time.

This is our idea so far: besides a board, we would like to start with 3 groups that organize events:

one in charge of cultural events, like museum trips, drawing workshops and movie nights,

one in charge of sport events, like football, mini golf, climbing clinics and volleyball tournaments, and

one in charge of organizing biweekly(?) drinks at interesting bars

If you are interested in joining any of these groups, let us know! Naturally, we are also open to other type of events or ideas, just come and talk to us!

For now, we have set-up a facebook page (here!) , an email account (exfalso.illc@gmail.com), and we will keep you up-to-date using posters at the ILLC.

Our first event will be a launching borrel, Wednesday 7th september at 20:30 (location t.b.a.). Drop by if you are interested and want to discuss your ideas with us, or simply to have a drink with us and other logician friends!

Hope to see you all there!

Best,

Bas , Laura, Ana, Joost and Lucy