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The latest news from the institute, fellows and alumni.

  • NIAS awards fellowship grants for the academic year 2024 -2025
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    NIAS awards fellowship grants for the academic year 2024 -2025

    NIAS is pleased to announce the endowments of its fellowship grants for the upcoming academic year. Promoting slow science, these grants offer an opportunity for researchers, writers, journalists, and artists to dedicate five or ten months to their research projects within the institute's international and interdisciplinary setting.

  • ‘When after two months of reading I finally start to write, I realize there are few finer places to do so than at NIAS.’
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    FondsBJP & NIAS are fostering in-depth and investigative journalism

    NIAS and the Fonds Bijzondere Journalistieke Projecten welcome applications for their Journalist in Residence programme, which allows journalists to work at the institute for a period of 5 months and focus on their journalistic project.

  • Safe Haven Fellowship extended to all scholars and cultural actors at risk 1
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    Safe Haven Fellowship extended to all scholars at risk

    This Call for Applications in the extended Safe Haven Fellowship particularly invites reactions from scholars, journalists, writers and artists affected by the war in Gaza.

  • NIAS podcast: Room to explore anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
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    NIAS podcast: Room to explore

    At NIAS excellent researchers find the time and space to freely pursue their curiosity and ask new questions. The NIAS podcast series Room to explore aims to share their insights, demonstrating how direct and wide the relevance and impact of research-based interventions can be.

    • Photo of the NIAS staff in the garden of the Oost-Indisch Huis by Marieke de Bra
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      We are looking for a great Director!

    • For Women in Science Fellowships Awarded 1
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      For Women in Science Fellowships Awarded

    • David Van Reybrouck appointed Philosopher Laureate of The Netherlands
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      David Van Reybrouck appointed Philosopher Laureate of The Netherlands

    • Toekomsthistorici 3
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      What can go wrong if politics starts acting as the boss of other pillars of democracy.

    • Fleeing Ukrainian scientists on their country's future: ‘Values suddenly don't count’
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      Fleeing Ukrainian scientists on their country's future: ‘Values suddenly don't count’

    • NIAS Fellows Community Stands up for Science
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      NIAS Fellows Community Stands up for Science

    • Academic freedom and academic cooperation under pressure in the US 2
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      Statement of academies of science in Europe: academic freedom and cooperation under pressure in the US

    • Michael Ignatieff on Academic Freedom: What’s At Stake? (And Who Cares?)” 1
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      Michael Ignatieff on Academic Freedom: What’s At Stake? (And Who Cares?)”

    • The Academy and the Rule of Law by Tamar de Waal
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      The Academy and the Rule of Law by Tamar de Waal

    • Prof. Jan Willem Duyvendak
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      The Academy as a Pillar of Liberal Democracy - Jan Willem Duyvendak

    • Frank Dobbin 2
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      NIAS Fellow Frank Dobbin: ‘Companies adhering too closely to Trump, will become less competitive.'

    • Freedom Lecture 1
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      Watch the Freedom Lecture by NIAS Safe Haven Fellow Amal Helles

    • Watch NIAS Fellow Michèle Lamont in The Appeal of the Radical Right at De Balie
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      Watch NIAS Fellow Michèle Lamont in The Appeal of the Radical Right at De Balie

    • Academic Freedom: What's At Stake? (And Who Cares?)
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      Brush up on Academic Freedom: What's At Stake? (And Who Cares?)

    • For Women in Science
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      L'Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science Fellowships at NIAS

    • NIAS Pop-Up Lectures
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      Guidance on Your NIAS Fellowship Application

    • Exploring colonial histories: Fellowship Opportunity for Researchers
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      Exploring colonial histories: fellowship opportunity for researchers

    • Safe Haven Fellowship extended to all scholars and cultural actors at risk 1
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      Upcoming: Continuous Call for Applications for a Safe Haven Fellowship at NIAS

    • Francesco Battaglia
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      Francesco Battaglia awarded Distinguished NIAS-Lorentz Fellowship for innovative brain research

    • Researchers from Gaza find a safe haven at NIAS 2
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      Researchers from Gaza come to NIAS