Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
In our teaching and research we highlight major developments in societies and cultures as they have unfolded during the modern and contemporary eras. We seek to gain understanding of the interrelationships of Europeanisation, globalisation, scientific and technological development, political change and cultural innovation. We are interested in how today’s societies cope with these challenges through, amongst others, practices of remembrance, governance techniques, strategies for managing knowledge, technologies and risks and ways of dealing with diversity and inequality. Yet, understanding our present world is impossible without insight into its past. This is why historical research serves as a key element of our scholarly and educational identity.
Fast Facts
- International community with 77% of our students and 42% of our staff coming from abroad
- Interdisciplinary approach towards teaching and research
- 4 bachelor's programmes, 8 master's programmes and 2 research master's programmes
- 4 research programmes, 6 research centres and a graduate school
Education
Our faculty offers four bachelor’s programmes, eight master's programmes and two research master's programmes.
Research
Our research institute studies societies and cultures as they unfolded during the modern and contemporary era in a radically interdisciplinary manner. We analyse the interrelationships of Europeanisation, globalisation, scientific and technological development, political change and cultural innovation.
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News
Christian Ernsten and Zuyd University lector Ties van de Werff receive UM-Zuyd collaboration grant
The €29,000 grant was given to develop a shared UM-Zuyd learning space in the context of MERIAN – an already existing collaboration between these institutions and the Jan van Eyck Academy.
Darian Meacham appointed Professor of Practical Philosophy
Darian’s research focuses on how philosophy can help us to better understand and steward the co-shaping of technology and politics.
Costas Papadopoulos winner of eScience Center - Lorentz Competition
With a grant of €50,000, Costas will be able to organise a 5-day workshop with 25 international experts on 3D heritage from the academic community and the public/private sector to explore 'Paradata in 3D Scholarship: Intellectual Transparency and Scholarly Argumentation in Digital Heritage'.
Harro van Lente receives RWTH Aachen Research Fellowship
The project 'Epistemic Imaginaries' will study how within research fields ideas about 'where to go' emerge, stabilize and change under external pressure, such as the climate crisis.
Emilie Sitzia receives Cambridge Visual Culture Visiting Research Fellowship
Emilie Sitzia has received a Cambridge Visual Culture Visiting Research Fellowship to work on a project titled ‘Common Sense: (Re)inventing a Social and Sensory Museology of the Illustrated Book’.
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