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Call: Open Cities Reading Circles
Background
2 April 2024
If you are starting a new research project and want to read specific scholarship, we invite you to suggest a reading circle within our Open Cities events.

Doing Digital Migration Studies: Theories and Practices of the Everyday
Publication
21 February 2024
Doing Digital Migration Studie, edited by Koen Leurs and Sandra Ponzanesi, offers a comprehensive entry into a variety of debates, interventions, and discussions.

Jülide Sezer receives Hélène Phoa Gender Studies Research Thesis Prize 2023
News
16 January 2024
Sezer’s thesis is titled Sustaining Resistance, Cultivating Liberation: The Enduring Bond of Rooted-Resistance-Companionship between Palestinians and the Olive Trees.

The Edinburgh Companion to the New European Humanities
Publication
15 December 2023
Edited by Rosi Braidotti and Daan Oostveen, among others, this volume examines the rise of the ‘New’ Humanities.

Transitions in Art, Culture and Politics
Publication
20 October 2023
Transitions in Art, Culture and Politics is edited in honour of the retirement of Emeritus Professor of Art, Culture and Diversity Rosemarie Buikema.

Creating Europe from the Margins
Publication
7 September 2023
Creating Europe from the Margins, edited by Sandra Ponzanesi and others, explores the idea of Europe through a focus on its margins.

Departing Professor Rosemarie Buikema: “Decolonisation does not mean setting fire to a collection”
News
31 August 2023
Professor of Art, Culture and Diversity Rosemarie Buikema will deliver her farewell lecture on 10 October. We meet her in her study, between boxes and piles of books.

The protests in Iran: on the demonstrations that grew into a national revolt
News
6 February 2023
Following the death of 22-year-old student Mahsa Amini, thousands of Iranians are taking to the streets every day. They are demonstrating for more freedom and equal rights.

‘Inclusive Media Literary Education for Diverse Societies’, Media & Communication
Publication
17 January 2023
The thematic issue titled ‘Inclusive Media Literacy Education for Diverse Societies’ was published in the Open Access journal Media & Communication.

Horizon Europe funding for transformative research project RE-WIRING
News
16 January 2023
The Horizon Europe funded program 'Realising Girls’ and Women’s Inclusion, Representation and Empowerment (RE-WIRING)' will be coordinated by Utrecht University

Badhai: Hijra-Khwaja Sira-Trans Performance across Borders in South Asia
Publication
22 November 2022
‘Badhai’ is the first full-length book to provide an introduction to ‘badhai’ performances throughout South Asia.

Poetry as protest: Iranian poet spoke out for women’s self-determination 100 years ago
News
11 November 2022
The socially critical poetry of Parvīn Iᶜtiṣāmī (1907-1941) is more relevant than ever. Postdoc researcher Zhinia Noorian explains why (video).

Rabeea Ahmad receives Hélène Phoa Gender Studies Research Thesis Prize 2022
News
1 November 2022
Rabeea Ahmad's thesis has been awarded with the Hélène Phoa Gender Studies Research Thesis Prize 2022.

‘Screening Intellectuals: Cinematic Engagements and Postcolonial Activism’, Transnational Screens
Publication
20 October 2022
Professor of Media, Gender and Postcolonial Studies Sandra Ponzanesi is co-editor of a special issue of the journal Transnational Screens.

Five NWO Open Competition grants for UU Humanities scholars
News
19 July 2022
Five research projects by UU Humanities scholars have been awarded a research grant in NWO’s Open Competition.
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Lecture Chelsea Schields: Oil and Intimacy in the Caribbean
25 April 2024 from 15:00 to 17:00
Chelsea Schields presents her newest book on how the contested management of sex and race transformed the Caribbean into a crucial site in the global oil economy.

Open Cities Reading Circle: Reading for Sudan
26 April 2024 from 15:30 to 17:00
Join this reading circle concerning the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan.
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