HUMmagazine - Research News

Boek publicatie van Adnan Hossain gebaseerd op jarenlang onderzoek met hijras in Bangladesh.

In TV progamme Atlas, José van Dijck talks about her research into possible solutions for the influence of large digital platforms on our daily lives.

Karin van Es & Tim de Winkel reflecteren op de GDS workshop Covid-19, ventilation norms & measuring CO2 van 28 september en gaan in op de totstandkoming van de workshop en de interventie van de workshop zelf m.b.t dit onderwerp.

This year you can apply for the ROSANNA Fund for Women Scholarship, the deadline is 1st of December 2021.

In The Conversation, Christian lange explains how the Taliban's interpretation of Islamic criminal justice is misguided.

Thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign, the only fully Irish-language manuscript kept in the Netherlands will soon be available as open access.

This collection of essays by Bob Becking gives an insight into the problems that we encounter when we try to (re)construct events from Israel's past.

As of 1 October, Historian Jacco Pekelder is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History of the Netherlands at the Westfälische Wilhelm-Universität Münster.

Emile Wennekes is co-editor of a publication that presents recent research in the field of speech and music processing.

Schlüsselbegriffe der Public History, co-author Judith Keilbach

Natalia Petrovskaia has won the biennial JIAS essay prize for her essay ‘Peredur and the Problem of Inappropriate Questions’.

In this booklet, Iris van der Tuin and Anouk Zuurmond introduce readers to the French philosopher Michel Serres, and his thinking on education.

The 28th edition of the NOISE Summer School 2021 took place from August 30 to September 3.

The award is given to talented and engaged scholars on feminist and inequality issues in Europe, and are meant to support their research and development.

Sandra Ponzanesi edited this special issue of the Journal of Global Diaspora & Media.

Martha Frederiks presents the Exceptional Extracurricular Achievements award in times of corona to students of French Language and Culture.

The research describes how a certain 'energy discourse' is promoted in exhibitions, a narrative that portrays the oil and gas sector in a positive light.

Publication: Dangerous Gifts by Ozan Ozavci

Rick Dolphijn's new book, published by Bloomsbury Press, is a journey in thinking through the material fate of the earth itself.

Norbert Corver has joined the Academia Europaea, an international network of scientists.

Brigit Meyer wrote an essay in German titled Wir und die Anderen (we and the others) for Rotary Magazin.

José van Dijck is University Professor of Media and Digital Society and is a top player in the international field of media studies.

Geert Buelens talks to Nieuwsuur and De Wereld Vandaag about the new literary genre climate fiction.

The organisation of the 'Regulating Big Tech'-workshop during the Ius Commune conference is looking for abstracts.

On 30 July 2021, historian Albert van der Zeijden passed away at the age of 64.

Researchers from Utrecht University, UMC Utrecht and TNO examined how people interpret and assess the allergen information on labels.

On 5 July, De Gruyter published the 'Handbook of Comics and Graphic Narratives', co-edited by Dan Hassler-Forest.

Rachell Gillett published a piece on the racism surrounding last week's UEFA Euro 2020 final in The Conversation.

Gandolfo Cascio has written a new book about Dante's views on literature and other authors' 'conversations' with his work.

Koen van Zon wrote a blog for Liesbeth van de Grift's Vidi-project about European regulation of multinational corporations.

Last week, Brill published a book about Adriaan Reland, co-edited by various Utrecht University researchers.

Recently, Feike Dietz' new book has been published, titled 'Lettering Young Readers in the Dutch Enlightenment'.

Historian Iva Vukusic spoke in the media about the judgement on Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, two former Serbian officials, for their role in former Yugoslavia.

The project team The Intimacies of Remote Warfare presented together with civil society organisations an advisory report to the Ministry of Defence on 1 July.

O'Keefe's and Hoeken's research into the influence of choice on the persuasiveness of communication has been published in Frontiers of Psychology.

The committee of the 'What Makes a Philosopher Good or Bad?' conference in November is accepting abstract submissions.

Pooyan Tamimi Arab explains in The Conversation that the lack of fair elections is causing many Iranians to refuse to vote.

Erik de Lange receives the Rubicon grant to conduct two years of research at King's College London, on the history of international cooperations at sea.

Media Scholars Nanna Verhoeff and Michiel de Lange give their perspective on the future of our (smart) cities.

The prize has been awarded to Deneer's research into nineteenth century art from Europe.

In the Washington Post, Ingrid Robeyns argues that it is morally impermissible to own more resources than needed to flourish in life.

Iva Vukusic spoke to different media outlets about Mladic' conviction and the aftermath of the war.

Diana Willemijn Helmich examines (the increase of) domestic violence in the Netherlands during COVID-19.

Bloomsbury published 'A Cultural History of Democracy', of which the volume on the Medieval Age was edited by David Napolitano.

The least surprising news of the week from Syria is that Bashar al-Assad has won another seven-year term, says Ali Aljasem in an article for The Conversation.

Diana Willemijn Helmich and Emma Post question the way in which the media have written about women leaders' successful handling of the pandemic.

The researchers will receive a grant with which they can realise their ideas for innovative and research-related public engagement activities.

Britta Schilliing, Selin Dilli and Lukas Verburgt will become members of the NIAS fellows, a select community of independent thinkers.

The program encourages young researchers to enter into or develop interdisciplinary collaborations in order to achieve new fundamental research insights.

De Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung has awarded a fellowship to Reindert Dhondt.