Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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Research and teaching at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Maastricht University
🎓✨ Welcome to our Bachelor’s Open Day! Explore programmes, meet staff & students, and discover your future 📚🚀 We’re excited to have you here - let’s get started! 😊🎉
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Exciting conference happening at FASoS right now!👇
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Ferenc Laczó appeared on TVP World — Poland’s public broadcaster for international audiences — to talk #European current affairs and #history. Watch here:
youtu.be/1Q5oft8VYR4
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Trump asks, Putin agrees: week without bombing in Ukraine | World News…
Our stories tonight: Donald Trump has said that Vladimir Putin agreed to not fire on Kyiv for a week due to the cold weather. After a series of Russian atta...
https://youtu.be/1Q5oft8VYR4
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Emese Vig speaks with Ferenc Laczó about his new book on contemporary #history. Topics include East–West relations, paradoxes of dealing with the past, and the #transnational history of the #illiberal turn.
telex.hu/transtelex/2...
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„Hiába a külpolitikai nagyzolás, Magyarország ma kevésbé szuverén, min…
Laczó Ferenc Összefonódó történetek című kötetében azt mutatja meg, hogyan fonódik össze az illiberális politika a holokauszt-emlékezet relativizálásával, a nemzeti identitás…
https://telex.hu/transtelex/2025/12/23/laczo-ferenc-interju-orbanizmus-ceu-holokausztkutatas-szuverenizmus
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Betto van Waarden
11 days ago
My new podcast interview on the history of media & politics on the
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
podcast series:
newbooksnetwork.com/politicians-...
(also available on Spotify etc.) A big thank you to Miranda Melcher for having me on the show!
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Ever wondered what makes studying at FASoS different? Join a real
#PBL
session during our Bachelor's Open Day! Work on a case together with other students, and see how our small-group, tutor-guided learning works in practice. 👉 Curious to try it yourself? Sign up now:
shorturl.at/wBixI
10 days ago
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Europe must end subservience and assert strategic autonomy—economically, politically, and in security. In this interview, @yfreykers.bsky.social explains why bold European leadership matters now👇
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/end-sub...
📸Philip Driessen
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🎓✨Congrats to Master European Studies student Janic Luca Belz, winner of a UM Master Thesis Prize at the 2026
@maastrichtu.bsky.social
Dies Natalis!👏 From 01:33 he explains his thesis. Kudos too to Bachelor Thesis Prize winners Henry Bogdanowics, Delnaz Yaghouby, Marlena Bonin & Puming Zhang!🎉
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📣 Job opening: Assistant Professor in Conservation & Museum Studies! Focus on contemporary #art conservation, #museum decision-making & #inclusive practices. Join an international, interdisciplinary heritage community. Apply by 22 Feb 2026👉
shorturl.at/mkqNq
#art
#museum
#inclusive
#AcademicJobs
#MuseumStudies
12 days ago
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Half a century of learning, growing and pioneering together! 🌟
@maastrichtu.bsky.social
#um50
#happy50th
#maastrichtuniversity
#fasosmaastricht
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14 days ago
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Cyrus Mody
18 days ago
many thanks to everyone who attended the all
@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
colloquium on Research in the Age of Trumpism yesterday & especially to panelists
@mariellew.bsky.social
@matthewarcher.bsky.social
Eliza Steinbock & Arjun Sharma plus moderator
@blenormand.bsky.social
!
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ENSURED
20 days ago
🏛️New report on global institutions! Drawing on ENSURED's 15 case studies, our latest research by
@hdijkstra.bsky.social
shows that reform is far from straightforward, but there remains unexploited potential.
@tsommerer.bsky.social
@claraweinhardt.bsky.social
@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
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Reforming Global Institutions in an Era of Geopolitical Strain: Evidence from 15 Case Studies - Research Report | ENSURED
Global governance is often described as being in crisis, yet demand for effective international cooperation has never been higher. Drawing on ENSURED's 15 case studies, this report asks: How can inter...
https://www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications/reforming-global-institutions
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Maastricht University
26 days ago
50 years ago, on 9 Jan 1976, UM was founded in the presence of Queen Juliana, with innovation, problem-based learning and societal impact at its core. We’re now counting down the days to 23 Jan, when the anniversary year officially begins. Join the countdown 👉
edu.nl/hpap6
⏰🎉
#DiesNatalisUM
#UM50
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Betto van Waarden
26 days ago
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Betto van Waarden
about 1 month ago
My podcast interview on 'Publicity Politicians, Public Opinion, and the Birth of Media Politics' on the SOCIAL MEDIA & POLITICS podcast:
socialmediaandpolitics.org/media-histor...
Also on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/4jyl...
Many thanks to Michael Bossetta for hosting me on the show!
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📣Hiring: Assistant Professor in Political Philosophy Advance research & teaching on inequality in contemporary European democracies. Join an international, collaborative philosophy community. Apply before 22 February:
shorturl.at/B1aYc
#AcademicJobs
#PoliticalPhilosophy
about 1 month ago
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📣Hiring📣 Assistant Professor in Science, Technology & Society Join a vibrant, international community, contribute to #interdisciplinary research & teaching on #sustainability, #innovation & #society. Apply before 8 February 2026👉
shorturl.at/qLCBb
#interdisciplinary
#sustainability
#innovation
#society
#AcademicJobs
#STS
about 1 month ago
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Congratulations to Costas Papadopoulos for having been awarded awarded a €1.5M
@opensciencenl.bsky.social
grant to lead PURE3D2.0🎉 He will develop a next-gen infrastructure for web-based 3D
#scholarship
, advancing
#FAIR
, open, reusable digital
#heritage
.
about 1 month ago
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LSE Review of Books
about 1 month ago
NEW✨ How societies (mis)manage the tension between markets and democracy. Understanding Political Economy by Bob Hancké
@lse-ei.bsky.social
@toonvano.bsky.social
@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
and
@dustinvoss.bsky.social
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
Review by Tsauro Ahalla
@ulaval.ca
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How societies (mis)manage the tension between markets and democracy - LSE Review of Books
Understanding Political Economy by Bob Hancké, Toon Van Overbeke and Dustin Voss explores the complex interplay of capitalism, democracy and inequality.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2026/01/05/book-review-understanding-political-economy-capitalism-democracy-and-inequality-bob-hancke-toon-van-overbeke-dustin-voss/
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Joint AMC & MUSTS colloquium on 21 January, 15:30–18:00 Research in the Age of
#Trumpism
examines how global
#illiberalism
is reshaping academic research. With
@ccmmody.bsky.social
, Eliza Steinbock,
@mariellew.bsky.social
,
@matthewarcher.bsky.social
, Arjun Sharma and
@blenormand.bsky.social
.
about 2 months ago
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Congratulations to @bettovanwaarden.bsky.social, @iskanderdebruycker.bsky.social, @mfenzl.bsky.social and Camilo Erlichman for receiving NWO XS grants!🎉 Their projects tackle
#disinformation
,
#inequality
,
#occupation
legacies, and the
#history
of “truth” in
#democracy
.
about 2 months ago
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Christian Ernsten is co-applicant on the newly funded UnRest project, which will recontextualize the colonial-era Robert Jacob Gordon collections. Led by Siona O’Connell, UnRest aims to reshape how South Africa’s past is interpreted and displayed. 👉
shorturl.at/xdBdI
about 2 months ago
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📢Hiring: Assistant Professor in Political and Social Philosophy Research & teach on democracy’s contemporary challenges in an #international, #interdisciplinary community. Apply before 31 January 2026:
shorturl.at/n54dV
#international
#interdisciplinary
#AcademicJobs
#PoliticalPhilosophy
#SocialPhilosophy
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📢 Hiring! Assistant Professor in European Political History since 1900 Join an #interdisciplinary team exploring Europe’s political past to shape its future. Passionate about #democracy, #integration & global #history? Apply before 31 January 2026! ✨
shorturl.at/n6RSv
#interdisciplinary
#democracy
#integration
#history
#AcademicJobs
#EUHistory
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📢 Hiring! Postdoc on #Disinformation & European #Democracy. Join an #international, #interdisciplinary team shaping research on democracy & #digital resilience in Europe. Interested? Apply before 7 January 2026 & help set the course for the future! ✨
shorturl.at/Wmo9L
#Disinformation
#Democracy
#international
#interdisciplinary
#digital
#AcademicJobs
#EUstudies
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Ever stood pregnant in a glue-smelling shoe factory in Addis Ababa? Spent a night at a sacred site in Senegal? The Stories We Tell reveals the real, messy, human side of research. Launch of the Dutch translation of the book: 15 Jan, 19:00 @ Boekhandel Dominicanen.
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Last Friday, our Arts & Heritage students wrapped up two intensive weeks of commissioned research with a full day of presentations to partner institutions 🎤✨ They shared insights with
@centreceramique.bsky.social
, Opera Zuid & Marres — gaining real-world experience and celebrating their hard work 🌟
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How do we make
#Europe
part of
#local
strategy? At a @studioeuropa.bsky.social event, municipal advisors explored how to better embed
#EU
policy locally. FASoS researcher Klaartje Peters stressed: Europe isn’t just subsidies, it impacts daily work. More knowledge, capacity & strategic focus are key🇪🇺
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Hybrid plants, big questions 🌱 @masssimons.bsky.social joins “Entangled Genes,” a bold art–science project exploring how
#hybrid
plants reshape our ideas of nature. New installations, debates & a podcast will spark fresh conversations on
#GM
plants.
2 months ago
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🎉 Congrats to Susan Schreibman, awarded the Ángel David Nieves Book Award by the American Studies Association for her book Feminist Digital Humanities, co-edited with Lisa Marie Rhody — celebrating feminist creativity, critique & new ways of making knowledge. 📚Open access:
shorturl.at/sBtT0
2 months ago
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Join the MUSTS colloquium on 10 December, 15:30-17:00 Giulia Bellinetti (@janvaneyckacademie.bsky.social) explores how
#art
institutions reshape knowledge in response to
#environmental
crises. How are
#museums
&
#residencies
transforming
#epistemic
cultures through art-science collaboration?
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New article alert! 📢📚 @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social & former RMES student Luca Mancin explore how the meaning of #Euroscepticism has evolved — and why it’s time to rethink it. Read the open-access piece:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cep4.70026
2 months ago
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Beroering door Verbeelding 📚—edited by Josje Weusten—honours Dr Jan de Roder. A vibrant mix of essays, photos and poems celebrating passion, imagination and academic freedom. An interdisciplinary tribute worth reading. 🔗
shorturl.at/7RRV0
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Missed our Bachelor’s Open Day? Catch up from home! 🏡💻 Join our online presentations to learn what makes our programmes unique, ask the Programme Director and students your questions, and get tips on student life and applications. Sign up👉
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/online-progr...
2 months ago
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Illustration meets social science 🎨📚 “Picture This” pairs @dundee.ac.uk art students with FASoS researchers to #visualise complex ideas. The result? Fresh perspectives, playful #creativity, and research that connects beyond academia. A synergy that just works. View the results👀
shorturl.at/Zbe6p
#visualise
2 months ago
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🎉Lily Heisig wins the 2025 KHMW “Responsible Internet” Thesis Prize! Her MA ESST thesis on #EU #AI legislation was praised for its sharp analysis and elegant prose. Read the interview:
khmw.nl/lily-heisig-...
and jury report:
khmw.nl/wp-content/u...
2 months ago
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Patrick Bijsmans
2 months ago
🚨 New publication alert 🚨 What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Euroscepticism? Very pleased with this new article, co-authored with former
@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
MSc
#EuropeanStudies
student and now colleague Luca Mancin of the University of Milan
@ecpr.bsky.social
@uaces.bsky.social
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What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Euroscepticism? Relaunching the Conceptual Debate About a Contested Term
Euroscepticism has become a mainstream phenomenon in European politics since the concept's first appearance in The Times of 11 November 1985. The post-Maastricht Treaty period was an important initia...
https://doi.org/10.1002/cep4.70026
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Betto van Waarden
3 months ago
My new book is now out in print: POLITICIANS AND MASS MEDIA IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE Examines how an expanding mass media created a new type of politician and system of transnational media politics between 1890 and World War I.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
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How can our #senses transform the way we learn? 👀👂🤝 Emilie Sitzia and her team have launched ‘Come to Your Senses’, a beautifully #illustrated, open-access learning #guide that helps bridge #academic knowledge with real-world experience. 👉
shorturl.at/YXf2j
#senses
3 months ago
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📢 We’re hiring! Join the BSc Global Studies programme as Teaching Fellow👩🏫 Teach in an interdisciplinary, problem-based learning environment and support students tackling global “wicked problems”🌍 👉Apply before 1 December:
shorturl.at/6Wkft
3 months ago
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🎓 Make a real impact on #teaching and #learning at FASoS! We’re looking for an Assessment Specialist who can bridge assessment theory and everyday educational practice. Strengthen and future-proof our assessment practices! 👉Apply by 30 November:
shorturl.at/IFRGB
3 months ago
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Ready to experience what studying at FASoS is really like? Join our Experience Day✨ Take part in a real Problem-Based Learning (PBL) session, attend a programme presentation, and join a campus tour. A hands-on way to find out if FASoS is the right fit for you. 👉 Sign up now:
tinyurl.com/h9hj45wj
3 months ago
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Over 120 alumni gathered in #Brussels to celebrate 25 years of the MA European Public Affairs🎉 From 12 pioneering students in 1999 to a global network of 500+ #professionals today, the programme continues to bridge #academic rigor and real-world #EU public affairs. 👉
shorturl.at/F0IWM
#Brussels
3 months ago
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The Matter of Hospitals: An Alphabetical Investigation, invites you to see hospitals with fresh eyes—from A for atmospheres to Z for zips. Editor Anna Harris and contributors explore how colour, elevators, and bedsheets reveal power, time, and hidden potential. Funded by the EU. 🔗
lnkd.in/eMhwUrqV
3 months ago
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Viktor Orbán is trying to sideline his main opponent, Péter Magyar. FASoS historian
@ferenclaczo.bsky.social
says Orban is really worried about Magyar's rise in popularity. Pressure in Hungary’s
#election
is rising fast. 🎥
www.nu.nl/321468/video...
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Video | Orbán probeert z'n tegenstander uit te schakelen: 'Hij is echt bezorgd'
De Hongaarse premier Viktor Orbán is al vijftien jaar aan de macht. Maar voor het eerst is er een tegenstander die het hem moeilijk maakt: Péter Magyar. De Hongaarse historicus Ferenc Laczó van Maastr...
https://www.nu.nl/321468/video/orban-probeert-zn-tegenstander-uit-te-schakelen-hij-is-echt-bezorgd.htm
3 months ago
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🎬 How can
#analogue
media technologies be documented in the
#digital
age? 📅MUSTS Colloquium on 12 Nov, 15:30–17:00 📍 Attic, Grote Gracht 80–82 @timvanderheijden.bsky.social will dive into hands-on experiments, 3D digitization, and virtual “re-animation” of early home cinema devices.
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Patrick Bijsmans
3 months ago
Lovely weather and a fantastic atmosphere during today’s
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BA open day. Thank you so much to all colleagues and students who were present today 🙏🏼
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Patrick Bijsmans
3 months ago
Visited the PROTEST exhibition with my
@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
MSc
#EuropeanStudies
students today. Had a great discussion on the role of
#protests
in
#Europe
afterwards 🇪🇺 Plenty of examples from their own experience in different countries and contexts.
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Are Europeans becoming “#data serfs” to US tech #giants? 📱 @valentinagolunova.bsky.social and @danishanley.bsky.social warn of a “digital #oligarchy” where Silicon Valley holds power beyond #democracy. Yet they say resistance is possible: the EU is finally pushing back 💪
tinyurl.com/yc3c3eef
3 months ago
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