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It argues that the erosion of universal scriptural authority was caused by a humanistic philology which originated in the 16th century.

The collection of Aramaic magic bowls and related objects in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin is one of the most important in the world.

Ahead of the 23rd anniversary of the Srebrenica massacres, questions have been raised about whether the verdicts so far are logical.

The gap between the poor and the rich threatens to become unbridgeable. What does this mean for our chances and our children's chances?

Prof Dr Beatrice de Graaf wrote in her column about a challenging research project that she is developing: terrorism classes for children.

Art historian Jessie Wei-Hsuan Chen will delve into the epistemic value of seventeenth-century flower books of amateur collectors of botanical visual material.

The European Commission published the results of Bas van Bavel's ERC project on Western European societies coping with rural hazards and disasters (1300-1800).

Uğur Üngör wrote a blog for Oxford University Press on how studying mass murder can affect the researcher in profound ways.

Special Issue of PhiloSOPHIA: A Journal of Continental Feminism 8.1 (2018), edited by Birgit Kaiser and Kathrin Thiele.

The Stevin Prize of 2.5 million euros is an individual award intended to foster knowledge transfer and serve as a token of appreciation in this regard.

In the Movies & Science series we approach authenticity from three angles: art, nature and food. Organised by Studium Generale and Centre for the Humanities.

The New Jerusalem is the latest book by poet and punk legend Patti Smith. This bilingual English-Dutch prose poem was translated by Onno Kosters.

Frederic Kaplan's Time Machine FET Flagship CSA proposal, which the Descartes Center co-authored, may continue to the second round.

Liesbeth van de Grift will examine the contribution of consumer organisations to increased public participation within the EU.

The Media and Austerity examines the role of the news media in communicating and critiquing economic and social austerity measures in Europe since 2010.

How the media has been complicit in sustaining free market capitalism.

JLEO is a prestigious journal in the field of Law and Economics.

Iva Vukusic won the ASN Award for her paper 'Paramilitary Violence in the Former Yugoslavia: Insights from War Crimes Trials'.

Professor Neil ten Kortenaar, University of Toronto, will be a KNAW Visiting Professor attached to the Comparative Literature section in 2018-2019.

The book explores diffraction as a quantum understanding of difference and a new critical reading method. Editors: Birgit Kaiser and Kathrin Thiele.