Nieuws /en en Sun, 11 May 2025 01:14:03 +0200 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200 Why remembering the Second World War also means looking ahead /en/background/why-remembering-the-second-world-war-also-means-looking-ahead Before we look back, Professor Ismee Tames invites us to engage in a thought-experiment. How will people remember ús, at the dawn of the 22nd century? 149090 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Does AI really reduce casualties in war? “That’s highly questionable,” says Lauren Gould /en/news/does-ai-really-reduce-casualties-in-war-thats-highly-questionable-says-lauren-gould Lauren Gould recently received an FWO grant for research into algorithmic warfare and the role of AI in military conflicts. She explains the current state of affairs. 146455 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws “Short-term thinking in Dutch politics comes at the expense of the longer term” /en/news/short-term-thinking-in-dutch-politics-comes-at-the-expense-of-the-longer-term In their research on short-termism, students from the Master’s in History of Politics and Society spoke to seven national (former) politicians. 142397 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Three Utrecht humanities scholars receive NWO funding /en/news/three-utrecht-humanities-scholars-receive-nwo-funding Three Utrecht humanities scholars receive funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) as part of the PhDs in the Humanities programme. 141769 Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Routledge Handbook on Zionism /en/publicatie/routledge-handbook-on-zionism Laura Almagor has written the chapter ‘Jewish Territorialism and 'Other Zions'’ in the Routledge Handbook on Zionism which will be published this month. 141245 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws A homeland without statehood? /en/in-de-media/a-homeland-without-statehood In New Line Magazine, Assistant Professor in Political History Laura Almagor wrote an article about the Freeland League for Jewish Territorial Colonization. 136727 Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:15:00 +0100 Nieuws Together making Bonairean heritage belong to the people of Bonaire again /en/news/together-making-bonairean-heritage-belong-to-the-people-of-bonaire-again Samenwerking tussen Terramar Museum op Bonaire en ̨. Het doel: geen tentoonstelling voor cruisetoeristen, maar een postkoloniale expositie voor en door Bonairianen. 136464 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:30:00 +0100 Nieuws Una storia ambientale delle Paludi pontine /en/publicatie/una-storia-ambientale-delle-paludi-pontine Read this book by Roberta Biasillo, 'An Environmental History of the Pontine Marshes: Terracina from the Unification to the Integral Reclamation (1871-1928)' in English, in open access. 135069 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Use I-Analyzer tool for informed voting in Dutch Elections on November 22 /en/news/use-i-analyzer-tool-for-informed-voting-in-dutch-elections-on-november-22 Would you like to gain insight into the statements of a politician or party? The Dutch Parliamentary Speeches, from 1815 to 2022, have now been added to the text search and exploration tool I-Analyzer. 134903 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 14:31:00 +0200 Nieuws The Rise and Fall of the People’s Parties /en/publicatie/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-peoples-parties Associate Professor in Political History Pepijn Corduwener presents a synthetic history of democracy in Western Europe since 1918. 134117 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:09:00 +0200 Nieuws Moira de Kok and Jarne van der Poel win 2022-2023 thesis awards /en/news/moira-de-kok-and-jarne-van-der-poel-win-2022-2023-thesis-awards Thesis awards for research on the privatisation of the social housing sector and the intertwining of music and the concept of solidarity. 133581 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Seven NWO Open Competition grants for ̨ Humanities scholars /en/news/seven-nwo-open-competition-grants-for-uu-humanities-scholars Seven Utrecht humanities scholars have been awarded research grants for their research projects in NWO’s Open Competition. 127430 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 11:10:00 +0100 Nieuws Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics During the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 /en/publicatie/revolutionary-worlds-local-perspectives-and-dynamics-during-the-indonesian-independence-war-1945 Edited by Roel Frakking among others, ‘Revolutionary Worlds’ looks at the Indonesian Revolution (1945-1949) from a local and regional perspective. 127336 Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:03:00 +0100 Nieuws Utrecht Young Academy welcomes eight new members /en/news/utrecht-young-academy-welcomes-eight-new-members Eight young academics have been selected to join the Utrecht Young Academy in 2023. 127198 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws The story of a Dutch double agent during the Cold War: "Truly unique" /en/in-de-media/the-story-of-a-dutch-double-agent-during-the-cold-war-truly-unique Associate Professor of History of International Relations Eleni Braat and Ben de Jong investigated the life of Agent M who was a double agent for 22 years. 122191 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 09:56:00 +0200 Nieuws Five NWO Open Competition grants for ̨ Humanities scholars /en/news/five-nwo-open-competition-grants-for-uu-humanities-scholars Five research projects by ̨ Humanities scholars have been awarded a research grant in NWO’s Open Competition. 121988 Tue, 19 Jul 2022 11:10:00 +0200 Nieuws Empire's Violent End: Comparing Dutch, British and French Wars of Decolonization, 1942-1962 (Open Access) /en/publicatie/empires-violent-end-comparing-dutch-british-and-french-wars-of-decolonization-1942-1962-open-access Three ̨ historians contributed to the volume Empire's Violent End, published by Cornell University Press. 120342 Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:51:00 +0200 Nieuws Rethinking Liberty before Liberalism /en/publicatie/rethinking-liberty-before-liberalism Building on the book Liberty before Liberalism by Quentin Skinner, Rethinking Liberty before Liberalism offers new histories of freedom and republicanism. 113888 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:17:00 +0100 Nieuws New IOS Think Paper on Contested Institutional Legitimacy /en/publicatie/new-ios-think-paper-on-contested-institutional-legitimacy Institutions for Open Societies is pleased to announce the publication of the third paper in its Think Paper Series. 112466 Fri, 17 Dec 2021 10:57:00 +0100 Nieuws Battleground Brussels: the EU and the regulation of multinationals /en/achtergrond/battleground-brussels-the-eu-and-the-regulation-of-multinationals Koen van Zon wrote a blog for Liesbeth van de Grift's Vidi-project about European regulation of multinational corporations. 108120 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:45:00 +0200 Nieuws