Associate professor Genderstudies Kathrin Thiele and Associate professor Comparative Literature and Transcultural Aesthetics Birgit Kaiser have recently published their new book The Ends of Critique.
Building on the book Liberty before Liberalism by Quentin Skinner, Rethinking Liberty before Liberalism offers new histories of freedom and republicanism.
From Sunday 3 July to Friday 8 July the Urban Futures Studio of Utrecht University organises a Summer School with the theme 'the university of the future, rethinking the role of universities worldwide in light of the challenges of the 21st century'.
They are developed in a context of international collaboration, trade and governance, but is the legal and normative framework we see today sustainable over time?
Communication scientists Jan ten Thije and Inge Versteegt studied how asylum seekers value the information they receive from COA upon arrival. Student Houda Al Kalaf also contributed to the research.
The Utrecht Young Academy (UYA) has selected nine new members. The UYA connects young academics from Utrecht University who have obtained their PhD less than eight years ago.
Els Stronks shows that young people at the time were challenged to observe their own use of language as an object of study, developing new knowledge about language.