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A special edition of open access journal 'Politics and Governance' has recently been published.

This special issue focuses on the impacts of gender registration and the possibilities for abandoning such practices. Deadline for submission: 4 February 2019.

Joas Wagemakers on NOS.nl on the availability of books written by radical Muslims in jail.

Science historian Hieke Huistra talked about the history of December celebrations with Sinterklaas and Father Christmas in the leading role.

Koen Leurs, Sanne Sprenger, Ena Omerović and Hemmo Bruinenberg developed a program called “Media literacy through making media”.

Palgrave Macmillan published 'Gems in the Early Modern World. Materials, Knowledge and Global Trade, 1450–1800', edited by Michael Bycroft and Sven Dupré.

On 16 October 2018 Brill published 'The Quest for an Appropriate Past in Literature, Art and Architecture', edited by Karl Enenkel and Koen Ottenheym.

Ingrid Robeyns argues neither for or against universal basic income, but she does aim for a debate based on grounded arguments.

Presses Universitaires du Septentrion published 'Machines. Magie. Médias', a collection of essays edited by Frank Kessler, Jean-Marc Larrue and Giusy Pisano.

This year Brill published 'Feasting and Polis Institutions' by Floris van den Eijnde.

Matthias Kramm has won the Denis Goulet Memorial Prize 2018 for his paper 'Capability and Habit'.

In October Routledge published 'The Instant Composers Pool and Improvisation Beyond Jazz', a book by Dr Floris Schuiling.

Last month Eisma Edumedia published 'Saxa Loquuntur', a book by Dr Mr Feyo Schuddeboom.

Last month Springer published 'The Hackable City', a book by Dr Michiel de Lange.

Prof. Tine de Moor was invited by Science to give the historian’s perspective on commons.

New project focuses on letters from the 16th to the 18th century with a learned character.

Last month the book 'The Grammatical Realization of Polarity Contrast' by Dr Stefan Sudhoff has been published. 

In the TV series 'Food for Thought' philosophers and students go into discussion with each other. Jeroen Hopster wrote a book regarding the series.

In November 'Food for Thought: Wereldfilosofie aan de keukentafel.', a book by Jeroen Hopster was published by Ten Have.

Wanted: papers for the Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society 2019 at Utrecht.