„Universiteiten moeten niet nu al op hun rug gaan liggen", stel ik in NRC. Zie de universiteiten die al vooruitlopen op de kabinetsplannen, zoals de VU die spreekt over extra bezuinigingen, of de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, die een vacaturestop instelt! nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/06…

See for a new podcast interview on my book Europe against Revolution (and Europe's past and future in general) with Morteza Hajizadeh on the New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) newbooksnetwork.com/europe-against…

Looking forward to our panel on (de)polarisation, legitimacy and democracy at CES Lyon on Friday 5 July with Amel ahmed, David art, Pepijn corduwener en Robin de Bruin. #CES2024 join us! councilforeuropeanstudies.org/conferences/20…

I am grateful to Oliver Garner and Review of Democracy for interviewing me about my PhD research and about the state of the rule of law and democracy in the EU more generally. You can listen to it or read the interview here: revdem.ceu.edu/2024/07/04/mac…

See for my new article on Europe against Revolution in the trilingual Canadian politics and rights Review: #politicsrights politicsrights.com/reinventing-eu…

Arguing that illiberalism should be studied from a longer historical perspective, Matthijs lok follows with a piece on the complex role of intellectual historians in the study of #antiliberalism and #illiberalism. illiberalism.org/illiberal-idea…

my new article 'illiberal ideas' has appeared in the journal of illiberalism studies marlene Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies illiberalism.org/illiberal-idea…

Explore the Enlightenment in all its facets with a great line-up of speakers in the Online Enlightenment Club. See more 👇

Now that an increasing number of colleagues and students have asked me how they can contribute to the protests against the budget cuts imposed on Dutch universities, here's a detailed "Action List" written by Ingrid Robeyns @[email protected] Spread the word! crookedtimber.org/2024/09/06/act…

📢 Onderwijs en onderzoek zijn cruciaal om de grote vraagstukken van onze tijd aan te pakken! Toch bezuinigt het kabinet-Schoof €1 miljard op hoger onderwijs en wetenschap. Wij komen in actie tegen deze bezuinigingen! Teken jij ook de petitie? campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/stop…

Awful news from Leiden, an ancient university with a proud record internationally and which I have often visited

And here is our program for the winter bloc... Come and think with us about emerging research on globalization's fractures, maps and postcolonial imagination, the politics of despair, Russia's pursuit of greatness, crises of democracy, and anti-liberal internationalism! Tot ziens

This week we welcome Matthijs lok at Faculty of Arts - University of Groningen for the HTIR colloquium - and what a way to close the year. Matthijs will present 'Anti-liberal internationalism in the 20th century'... sharing a timely history for the present turn in global politics. All welcome!

If you are at the History at EUI in Florence next week, do attend a talk by my good colleague Matthijs lok from ACES - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies UvA Geesteswetenschappen eui.eu/events?id=5753…

Looking forward to the workshop (10-13h) and lecture (16-18h) with Jan-Werner Müller (Princeton) tomorrow (Monday 3 February) in Amsterdam on 'Architecture and Democracy (past, present and future)'. #democracy #Germany #architecture aces.uva.nl/content/events…

Looking forward to tomorrow's interdisciplinary workshop 'Constitutional Transformation and Mobility between the European Center and Periphery' with colleagues from iCourts ACES - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance UvA Geesteswetenschappen Jenny Orlando-Salling Giacomo Tagiuri Emilia Kowalewska Wiebe Hommes

This week @OxfordUniversityPress and the prestigious Zhejiang University Press (in Hangzhou, China) signed a contract for the Chinese translation of my book Europe against Revolution (OUP 2023). Needless to say, I am very proud!

Received a contributor’s copy in a place where the Eurasian landmass meets the Pacific Ocean! x.gd/fw3Nx Matthijs lok Routledge Books

Proud to announce that last week a new and groundbreaking volume came out with Routledge Books on a very topical global subject: Antiliberal Internationalism in the Twentieth Century #antiliberalism, #internationalism, #illiberalism, #globalhistory, #unitednations, #backlash

today online roundtable on our book antiliberal internationalism (17h amsterdam time) Illiberalism Studies Program with @marlenelaruelle @jessicareinisch @robindebruin @marjetbrolsma #antiliberalism @internationalism calendar.gwu.edu/group/illibera…