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Academic Freedom Besieged: Whose Academy? (And Who Decides?)—NIAS Opening of the Academic Year 2025-2026, keynote by Claudine Gay
We are honoured to welcome Claudine Gay—Professor of Government, of African and of African-American Studies & former president of Harvard University—for her address to NIAS' Opening of the Academic Year 2025-2026. With a welcome by NIAS director Jan Willem Duyvendak and contributions by Ingrid Robeyns, Maria Barnas, Jonathan Soeharno, Wendelmoet Boersema and (mod.) Marcia Luyten.
NIAS welcomes fellows for 2025–2026
The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) is proud to welcome its new cohort of fellows for the 2025–2026 academic year. Coming from more than 15 countries and spanning a wide spectrum of disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and the arts, the new fellows bring with them a wealth of perspectives—as well as the complex political and social realities of the world they come from.
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InsightsIntellectuals have confused their own worldview with the broader culture
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NewsReligion, Populism, and the Fragmentation of the Sacred
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NewsCecilia Hendrikx: Investigating Architecture, History and Power
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Summer School 18 August - 22 August 2025EventRevolution Theory, Social Movement Theory: Bringing Them Closer
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NewsWe are looking for a great Director!
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Opening Academic Year 3 September 2025EventAcademic Freedom Besieged: Whose Academy? (And Who Decides?)—NIAS Opening of the Academic Year 2025-2026, keynote by Claudine Gay
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NewsFor Women in Science Fellowships Awarded
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Insights‘What world does AI create – and for whom?’
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NewsDavid Van Reybrouck appointed Philosopher Laureate of The Netherlands
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NewsWhat can go wrong if politics starts acting as the boss of other pillars of democracy.
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NewsFleeing Ukrainian scientists on their country's future: ‘Values suddenly don't count’
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NewsNIAS Fellows Community Stands up for Science
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NewsStatement of academies of science in Europe: academic freedom and cooperation under pressure in the US
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NewsThe Academy and the Rule of Law by Tamar de Waal
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NewsMichael Ignatieff on Academic Freedom: What’s At Stake? (And Who Cares?)”
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NewsThe Academy as a Pillar of Liberal Democracy - Jan Willem Duyvendak
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NewsBrush up on Academic Freedom: What's At Stake? (And Who Cares?)
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NewsGuidance on Your NIAS Fellowship Application
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NewsNIAS Fellow Frank Dobbin: ‘Companies adhering too closely to Trump, will become less competitive.'