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PhD thesis by Jef Croonen

In August 2025, historians Diana Miryong Natermann and Christian Ernsten from Maastricht University began an investigation into the history of slavery in the province of Limburg. This initiative was part of the national project "Threads of Our Dutch History with Slavery".

With great regret, Maastricht University has had to decide that an event organised by a student association for Jewish students. Because of online calls from both supporters and opponents of the event, aimed at mobilising large numbers of people, UM could no longer guarantee a safe environment.

Since March 2026, Peter Renden has been leading the Skillslab, combining his role with research, PhD supervision and coaching first year medical students. In this interview, he shares his vision for the future of the Skillslab, the impact of the new Bachelor of Medicine curriculum and the importance

Friday, Dec 4, 2026 - 10:00 - 17:00 - Thor Central, Genk, Belgium

Lector Ties van de Werff from the research centre What Art Knows at Zuyd University has been named new director of the Maastricht Centre of the Innovation of Classical Music (MCICM), a collaboration between Maastricht University, Philzuid and Conservatorium Maastricht at Zuyd University of Applied S

After a brain injury forced her to put her studies on hold, Imke van der Velden gradually worked towards recovery, completed her Master’s degree and is now pursuing a PhD at VieCuri Medical Centre. She shares her story of resilience and the importance of taking things one step at a time.

Many people in the Netherlands are worried and feel uncertain about the future. For them, the event series The Perfect Storm , organised by our Platform for Outreach and Co-Creation (POCC), is well worth attending. Mariëlle Wijermars coordinates the POCC and tells us more about the event.

Health professionals and other care workers need to cooperate both with one another and with neighbourhood residents, according to UM researchers Arianne Elissen and Anne van den Bulck. As part of the LIME project ‘Working together for healthy neighbourhoods’, they explored how best to do this.

His dissertation, The Forgotten Occupation: Politics, Everyday Life, and Gender in the Luxembourg Occupation Zone in Germany (1945–55) , was recognised for its outstanding scientific quality.