Dialogues on Central Asia
Call for papers: Central Asia workshop, University of Amsterdam, Sept 2026. Focus on civil society, culture, media, migration, decoloniality. Deadline 10 June 2026.
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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
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Are Europeans Truly Free?
Alberto Alemanno argues Europeans are less free than they think, tied by hidden dependencies in energy, tech and defence, and calls on citizens to reclaim agency.Read more -
What Has the EU Achieved —and What Comes Next?
On Europe Day, ACES researchers reflect on the EU’s biggest achievements—from shared finance to digital regulation—and the major challenges Europe still faces.Read more -
Deadline for Finishing Fellowships 2026
The deadline for applications in the 2026-1 round is June 4th 2026. A second round for this year has a deadline in October 2026.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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Belonging and Identity
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Social Justice and Contestation
This thematic cluster consists of research projects that problematize a variety of social justice-related issues in global and local contexts. -
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 ...
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