Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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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 and 8 master's programmes, including 2 research master's programmes
- 4 research programmes, 6 research centres and a graduate school
Education
Our faculty offers four bachelor’s programmes and eight master's programmes, including 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.
News, events and stories
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News
How beautiful can a polluted landscape be?
- Researchers
Anyone who walks along the meandering river Geul sees a postcard scene: rolling hills, half-timbered houses, grazing cows, a watermill giving rhythm to the landscape. Yet beneath that idyllic image lies an uncomfortable reality.
Bringing research to the kitchen table
- Researchers
Through collaboration with Studio Europa Maastricht, Katleen Gabriels turned her research on children and Snapchat into a policy brief connecting academia and policymakers. The initiative shows how UM structurally translates research into societal impact in Brussels, The Hague and beyond.
Turning film into community
- Researchers
Films, discussions and shared space brought academics, students and locals together, showing how cinema can make complex research visible, social and accessible beyond the university.
Two UM professors appointed member of Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities
- Researchers
The Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW; Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities) is the oldest learned society in the Netherlands.
An end to subservience: how Europe must assert itself
Europe must build an independent defence capability and stop relying on the whims of the US. This is, in a nutshell, the position of international relations researcher Yf Reykers.
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