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.
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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Prestigious European grant for two UM researchers
Two researchers from Maastricht University (UM) have received a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council. This will allow them to set up a scientific research team in the coming years for studies on bioprinted models of a human kidney and on female guest workers from...
Costas Papadopoulos awarded eScience Centre grant
€250,000 for the project ‘Dynamic3D: Real-Time Simulation and Analysis for 3D Scholarly Editions’.
UM conducts research into Limburg language in child care
Scientists from Maastricht University are involved in a study on the use of Limburg language in child care.
Valentina Mazzucato awarded NWA-ORC grant
With a consortium, she will research how early action and adaptation can effectively build on local at-risk populations’ resilience needs and strategies and how their knowledge can best be included in large-scale climate modelling to better reflect their needs.
Toon van Overbeke awarded Charlemagne Prize Fellowship
With this fellowship, Toon can further examine the impact of changes in capital and labour taxation on digitalisation in the European economy.
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