https://www.uu.nl/en en Mon, 29 Apr 2024 19:23:01 +0200 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0200 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/registration-open-now-conference-summit-2024-call-for-abstracts-closed IoS Fair Transitions Platform & LANDac Conference & Summit 2024 Registration Open Now!!! Call for Abstracts Closed 138758 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/freedom-to-refuse-vaccination-is-not-unlimited How can and should the government respond to the current low participation in the vaccination programme? Ethicists Marcel Verweij and Roland Pierik (Maastricht) offer advice in their new book. 139550 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/background/call-open-cities-reading-circles If you are starting a new research project and want to read specific scholarship, we invite you to suggest a reading circle within our Open Cities events. 139199 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/conference-summit-call-for-abstracts Call for Abstracts: Conference & Summit - Land governance and the politics of fair transitions: Deepening the search for social justice IoS Fair Transitions Platform & LANDac 138201 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/will-hamas-meet-israel-deadline-over-release-of-hostages Hamas was given a deadline by Israel: all hostages must be released before Ramadan. Islamologist Joas Wagemakers explains the dilemma in which Hamas (and Israel) finds itself. 137926 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:56:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/conference-summit-call-for-sessions Call for Sessions: Conference & Summit - Land governance and the politics of fair transitions: Deepening the search for social justice IoS Fair Transitions Platform & LANDac 136922 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 23:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/conference-summit-save-the-date Save the Date: 3-5 July 2024. Conference & Summit - Land governance and the politics of fair transitions: Deepening the search for social justice IoS Fair Transitions Platform & LANDac 136593 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:34:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/the-edinburgh-companion-to-the-new-european-humanities Edited by Rosi Braidotti and Daan Oostveen, among others, this volume examines the rise of the ‘New’ Humanities. 136416 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:15:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/what-is-limitarianism-professor-ingrid-robeyns-explains “Extreme wealth is disastrous for society, democracy, and climate”, Professor of Ethics of Institutions Ingrid Robeyns pleads. 131389 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 23:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/background/why-sinterklaas-isnt-fat-at-all-and-santa-claus-certainly-is Science historian Hieke Huistra talked about the history of international December celebrations with Sinterklaas and Father Christmas in the leading role. 70871 Fri, 01 Dec 2023 23:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/the-routledge-handbook-of-material-religion This handbook, edited by, among others, Pooyan Tamimi Arab, places objects and bodies at the centre of scholarly studies of religious life and practice. 133956 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:18:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/the-muslim-brotherhood-is-down-but-not-out Associate Professor Joas Wagemakers spoke with Al Jazeera about the Islamic movement and its future. 133334 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/sanne-vergouwen-awarded-hanneke-janssen-memorial-prize Sanne Vergouwen wins world-wide Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize for best Master's thesis in history and/or philosophy of modern physics. 133670 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 20:15:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/ethics-of-socially-disruptive-technologies-an-introduction Jeroen Hopster, Lorina Buhr, Cindy Friedman, Arthur Gwagwa, and Björn Lundgren contributed to this book on the disruptive potential of technologies. 133667 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:07:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-research-group-on-philosophy-of-astronomy-cosmology Utrecht University has a new research group, on the philosophy of astronomy and cosmology: UPAC. 133558 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 20:24:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/een-schip-vol-woorden-exhibition-on-display-in-utrecht-university-library From September, the Taalmuseum’s exhibition ‘Een schip vol woorden’ (‘A Ship Full of Words’) will be on display at the Utrecht University Library. This travelling exhibition chronicles history through the lens of Sranantongo, Suriname’s most commonly spoken language. 139523 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/micah-a-new-translation-with-introduction-and-commentary Emeritus Professor Bob Becking recently published this new examination of the 33rd book of the Hebrew Bible, which offers a new theory of its composition history. 133192 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:14:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/the-balearic-islands-have-a-new-climate-law-there-are-however-foundational-challenges In The Conversation, lecturer Morten Byskov, Assistant Professor Jeroen Hopster and Júlia Isern Bennassar write about the recently passed climate law on the Balearic Islands. 133049 Fri, 18 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/having-too-much-philosophical-essays-on-limitarianism Having Too Much is the first academic volume devoted to limitarianism: the idea that the use of economic or ecosystem resources should not exceed certain limits. 132704 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 16:09:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/moraal-goed-en-kwaad-van-prehistorie-tot-polarisatie In his book 'Moral', philosopher Hanno Sauer describes the main changes and developments in our moral thinking from 5 million years ago to today. 132613 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 16:10:00 +0200 Nieuws