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On 4 April 2018 Carlo Giordano defended his PhD thesis at the Università Cattolica of Milan.

In this book, Merlijn Hurx argues that transformations in building organisation in 15th century Northern Europe laid the foundations for modern architecture.

UYA-Members Susanne Knittel and Joâo Trabucho Alexandre collaborated in an interdisciplinary masterclass.

In this programme, all 14 Dutch universities work together to secure the Netherlands’ leading international position in human-centred information technology.

Constantin Ardeleanu wrote a biography of John Stokes, the first British commissioner in the European Commission of the Danube (1856-1871).

Pilot Beatrice de Graaf: 'Discussing terrorism in the classroom'

Afstudeeronderzoek naar Nederlandse hiphop wint Vliegenthart Scriptieprijs 2017.

The Special Collection 'Forced migration and digital connectivity in(to) Europe', published in Social Media + Society is edited by Koen Leurs and Kevin Smets.

Jon McKenzie is Centre for the Humanities SPRING Festival Fellow 2018. He will participate in several public activities.

Co-edited by Sarah Moran, this special issue considers activities of Catholic and Protestant women in Europe and the Americas in the 16th to 18th centuries.

Our Massive Open Online Course 'Understanding child development – from Synapse to Society' starts again on 7 May. Enroll now!

ERC Advanced Grant for Ann Rigney, professor of Comparative Literature at Utrecht University.

Sandra Ponzanesi, leader of ERC project CONNECTINGEUROPE, organised the conference during her visiting professorship at Columbia University.

Stereotypes of Weimar Germany keep us from learning the right lessons: anti-democratic forces do not always come in reactionary guises, writes Jochen Hung.

In 'Het socialisme van nu' Ido de Haan and Anne-Marie Mreijen compiled important texts and correspondences of politician Marinus van der Goes van Naters.

The Dynamics of Youth programme committee has representatives from all seven faculties. Representing the Faculty of Humanities is linguist Frank Wijnen.

Koen Leurs and Alison Harvey have co-edited a special issue with a selection of works presented at the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) conference.

As of 1 January, Annelien de Dijn has been appointed professor Modern Political History.

The exhibition ‘Between Aleppo and Mosul’ will highlight the cultural destruction in Syria and Iraq.

Political developments in Italy are a precursor for the rest of Europe, conclude Pepijn Corduwener and Arthur Weststeijn in their book 'Proeftuin Italië'.