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.

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.

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

📢 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

📢 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

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.

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 🌟

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🇪🇺

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.

🎉 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

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?

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

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

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...

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

🎉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...

🚨 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

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...

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

📢 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

🎓 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

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

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

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

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...

🎬 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.

Lovely weather and a fantastic atmosphere during today’s @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social BA open day. Thank you so much to all colleagues and students who were present today 🙏🏼

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.

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

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘄? We sat down with Full Professor Giselle Bosse and PhD researcher Wicke van den Broek to discuss why the EU must not engage with Lukashenka’s regime. 👉 Read the interview here: studioeuropamaastricht.nl/2025/11/03/f... #WorkingOnEurope

🎶 MCICM just launched 'Playing the Digital', a site exploring how #digital tech and #classical music collide. It brings together an inventory of tools, an #interactive map of sources, letters on #GenAI, a #podcast, and even an AI-co-created performance + score. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4anh8b7r#digital

Josje Weusten wrote a short story for Influent, an international art #exhibition exploring how our relationship with #water is changing🌊 It became an immersive installation — designed by Tim Scheffer and voiced by @sallywyatt.bsky.social🎤 🗓️ 29 Nov – 14 Dec 🎟️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/mvfhpyk9

Lots of meetings about #teaching and #learning but today was the start of the only full course I teach, for our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MSc #EuropeanStudies, on #democracy in #Europe

Last week I had the pleasure of teaching a short intro to text classification with LLMs to the faculty at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social. Interested? Materials: github.com/laurencleek/.... I've also made public a repo for an intro to GitHub course github.com/laurencleek/... I taught some time back!

A month ago I presented BBILY to friends and colleagues, hosted by @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social. These are the introductory comments that I made: michaelerard.com/blog/comment...

Join @posteurope.bsky.social for his inaugural lecture as Professor of practical #philosophy with a thematic focus on the #politics of socio-technical systems @maastrichtu.bsky.social 🗓️ 7 Nov 2025, 16:30 💬 "Instelling, werk en technologie" 🎥 Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=037m...

Today, at 16:30, @posteurope.bsky.social will deliver his inaugural lecture 'Instelling, werk en technologie' and accept his position as Professor of practical #philosophy with a thematic focus on the #politics of socio-technical systems. 📹watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=037m...#philosophy

Pre-discussing the Dutch elections @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social

You’re invited!💥 CARE, ART & CARE AESTHETICS public event — with a woodworking workshop, expert panel, Q&A + refreshments. 📅 14 Nov | 12:00–18:00 🪵 Workshop: Werkhuis Maastricht, Hunnenweg 4 🎤 Panel: FASoS, Grote Gracht 76 Free, 18+, no experience needed. 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/3b4fzn93

Ben jij gepassioneerd over bijdragen aan de toekomst van het hoger #onderwijs via doeltreffend beleid en strategisch advies? Solliciteer dan op de #vacature van #beleidsadviseur in onze Teaching & Learning Hub! 🔔vacature sluit op 26 oktober 👉https://tinyurl.com/ye24a3e5

Join us for the @maastrichtu.bsky.social Master’s Open Day!💡 Discover our interdisciplinary programmes, meet inspiring lecturers and students, and explore how FASoS can help you shape a meaningful career in the humanities and social sciences✨ 🗓️ 15 November 👉 Register now: tinyurl.com/3dkn4vty

It’s Master’s Open Day!🌍✨ We’re excited to welcome future students exploring our diverse and interdisciplinary master’s programmes — from European Studies to Globalisation, Media, and beyond💡 Whether you’re ready to specialise or still exploring your path, today’s the perfect day to get inspired!🚀

Curious about studying at @maastrichtu.bsky.social? Join us for the Bachelor’s Open Day and discover our unique international community, problem-based learning approach, and vibrant campus life💡✨ 🗓️ 8 November 2025 💬 Explore our programmes & meet students and staff 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/mtu2k8hp

🎓 This week, we are celebrating our FASoS master’s #graduates! 🌟 Your dedication, curiosity, and critical insight have brought you to this proud milestone. From innovative research to international collaborations, you’ve shown what it means to think deeply and engage meaningfully with the world🌍

🎓 Congratulations to our FASoS bachelor’s #graduates! 🌟 Today we celebrate your hard work, creativity, and perseverance — and the friendships, discoveries, and memories made along the way💐 Here’s to new adventures, continued learning, and meaningful contributions ahead👏

🌟 Want to make your research more #collaborative and #community-driven? Join our workshop “Designing Community-Led Research/Projects”🤝 🗓️ 30 Oct 2025, 14:00–16:00 📍 GG76 1.15, Maastricht University 👤 Led by Branko Popovic, co-founder of FASHIONCLASH Secure your spot today 👉 tinyurl.com/4n2n8kxh

The Department of History is recruiting two PhD candidates for the @erc.europa.eu project FeMMiWork Research women's overlooked contributions to #postwar labour and community life. Apply before 30 November 👉 shorturl.at/xARJF

Today at 16:30, Anna Harris will deliver her inaugural lecture and accept her position as Professor of #Anthropology and #Medicine at @maastrichtu.bsky.social 🎥 Watch live: shorturl.at/U72tS#Anthropology

Join Anna Harris for her inaugural lecture as Professor of #Anthropology and #Medicine at @maastrichtu.bsky.social#Medicine#Anthropology🗓️ 24 Oct 2025, 16:30 💬 "The Matter of Hospitals: An Ethnographer Investigates" 🎥 Watch live: shorturl.at/U72tS