Language
  • English
Format
  • Full time
Start date
  • September
Location
  • Maastricht
Events

Arts and Culture: Contemporary Literature and Arts

How do contemporary literature and arts interact with politics? This specialisation explores how literature and arts engage with issues of social justice, focusing on the meaning, political power, and social impact of contemporary cultural practices.

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Courses & curriculum

The specialisation Contemporary Literature and Arts: Cultural Interventions and Social Justice offers you the opportunity to study 21st century literature and arts from an interdisciplinary perspective. You will examine how contemporary literature and arts intervene in issues of social justice, such as racial injustice, class and gender inequalities, climate justice, the rights of migrants and refugees, the discrimination of LGBTQ people, ageism and ableism.

Download the programme overview 2025/2026. 

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