Making sense of female conservatism
How research on conservative women reshapes political history, gender studies and ideas of political authority—from influence and activism to motherhood and faith.
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Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies
Combining humanities and social science-based approaches to the study of Europe and other world regions
News
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Nieuwe promovenda ARTES: Myrthe Potters
Myrthe Potters is op 1 september 2026 begonnen met haar promotieproject bij ARTES 'Moreel vakmanschap en de crisis van de naoorlogse politiek-bestuurlijke orde (1968-1982)'.Read more -
ARTES welcomes Puck Limburg as a new PhD researcher.
Puck Limburg started 1 August 2026 as a PhD researcher at ARTES. Her research topic is 'Royalist Radicalism and Parliamentary Democracy in Restoration France.'Read more -
Normalisation of border controls within Europe are cause for concern
Italy responded to events in Ceuta by imposing border controls on travellers arriving from Spain. Germany has once again extended its controversial border controls. Schengen promises free movement across Europe, yet ...Read more
Five transversal research clusters
The ARTES community hosts about 30 research projects and groups, and individual staff members are often involved in more than one project. As a school that encompasses a number of world regions, ARTES organises its intra- and transcontinental research in five interdisciplinary and interconnected clusters.
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Digital Networks, Communications, and Technologies
This thematic cluster examines contemporary discourses and practices surrounding digital networks and communications technologies. Inspired by multiple disciplinary approaches to understanding the mutually-shaping ... -
Identity and Belonging
The theme cluster Belonging and Identity comprises of research critically questioning the construction of collectives as well as the role of individuals within them in a variety of local, regional, national, ... -
Power and Governance
During the last couple of decades the power of the nation state as the dominant actor in national and international rule making has been weakened, although the post-covid state has proved to be more resilient than ... -
Sustainability and Disruption
This cluster addresses tensions and synergies across multiple values, practices, rules and institutions influencing imaginaries and materialities of (un)sustainability. We take a critical perspective to ... -
Violence and Political Justice
This thematic cluster consists of research projects that focus on political violence and its legacies, social inequalities and struggles for justice in both global and local contexts.
Upcoming events
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PhD Skills |Introduction New Candidates | Online
29 Sep 2026Introduction meeting for PhD candidates who have just started. Ask all your questions!Read more -
Crafting a Modern Self: The fate of Catholic Spain and the rebirth in England of José María Blanco White (1810-1823).
29 Sep 2026Lecture Xavier Andreu Miralles (University of Valencia)Read more -
PhD Defense Josip Kešić: Commonalities, Continuities and Conflicts in Cultural Stereotyping of Spain and the Balkans
30 Sep 2026Josip Kešić will defend the dissertation 'European Peripheries. Commonalities, Continuities and Conflicts in Cultural Stereotyping of Spain and the Balkans'. Supervisors are Guido Snel and Joep Leerssen.Read more
About ARTES
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About us
The Amsterdam School for Regional and Transnational and European Studies (ARTES) combines humanities and social science-based approaches to the study of Europe and other world regions, and the relations between them. ... -
ARTES Researchers
The Amsterdam School for Regional and Transnational and European Studies brings together academics from a broad range of disciplines. An overview of its members can be found on this site. -
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