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In July 2018 a special issue of journal 'Memory Studies' has been published, edited by Prof Astrid Erll and Prof Ann Rigney.

Climate change is also a matter of ethics, argues Prof Ingrid Robeyns.

In August the book 'The Cambridge Companion to the Dutch Golden Age' has been published by Cambridge University Press.

The Centre for Global Challenges is looking for two new Postdoctoral Researchers.

The first Seed Money call of the Future Food Hub in 2018 for Education projects is open till November1st.

This book offers an innovative take on the role of intellectuals in Europe through a postcolonial lens.

This summer 'Sense and Essence', edited by Birgit Meyer and Mattijs van de Port, was published by Berghahn Books.

Cell biologist Anna Akhmanova and historian Beatrice de Graaf were presented with the highest distinctions awarded in Dutch science

Kiene Brillenburg Wurth, Karí Driscoll and Jessica Pressman edited the volume 'Book Presence in a Digital Age'.

Prof. dr. Kiene Brillenburg Wurth is guest editor of a special issue for the journal 'Comparative Literature', which launched on September 1.

This book explores ecological sustainability as a human rights issue and examines what our long-term responsibilities might be.

Lawyer Stefan Kulk and data specialist Mirko Schäfer are critical of the 'link tax' and proposed copyright filter.

Prof. Sandra Ponzanesi received a NWO grant for her international research project 'Postcolonial Intellectuals and their European Publics'.

In August 2018 Maarten Prak's 'Citizens without Nations. Urban Citizenship in Europe and the World c. 1000-1789' has launched.

In August a Japanese translation of dr. Ewout van der Knaap's 'Uncovering the Holocaust' has been launched by publisher Misuzu Shobo (Tokyo).

The International Proserpina Award is committed to honour Sicilians working abroad in different fields

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?