Publications
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Gods huis in de steigers
(2017)
In this book three anthropologists explore contemporary religious architecture and they develop an original vision on the religious landscape in the Netherlands and Europe. Mosques, synagogues and churches do not only ...
Observing Protest from a Place: The World Social Forum in Dakar (2011)
(2015)
Social movements throughout the world have been central to history, politics, society, and culture. Observing Protest from a Place examines the impact of one such campaign, the global justice movement, as seen from the ...
Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood
(2005)
Ernst Lubitsch, the German film director who left Berlin for Hollywood in 1923, is best remembered for the famous "Lubitsch touch" in such masterpieces as Trouble in Paradise and Ninotchka, featuring Greta Garbo. Kristin ...
The Art of Ethics in the Information Society. Mind you
(2016)
New technologies are often implemented before their ethical consequences have been fully understood. In this volume, experts working in the sciences, arts, and philosophy of technology share novel perspectives on how we can
Writing for the Medium
(1994)
This collection of essays, by well known writers on the subject of writing for television, is divided into three sections, with the first one devoted to the debates on quality television. The second one focuses on literature ...
Turbulence: A Corporate Perspective on Collaborating for Resilience
(2014)
The ever tighter coupling of our food, water and energy systems, in the context of a changing climate is leading to increasing turbulence in the world. As a consequence, it becomes ever more crucial to develop cities, ...
Contemporary Culture
(2013)
Are the humanities still relevant in the twenty-first century? In the context of pervasive economic liberalism and shrinking budgets due to a deep and prolonged recession, the exigency of humanities research for society ...
Synod on the Freedom of Conscience
(2008)
This is the first English translation of a pivotal work in the history of religious tolerance. In Synod on the Freedom of Conscience (1582) the Dutch humanist Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert (1522-1590) provides one of the ...
From Grain to Pixel
(2011)
Film is in a state of rapid change, with the transition from analog to digital profoundly affecting not just filmmaking and distribution, but also the theoretical conceptualization of the medium film and the practice of ...
Multiregionalism and Multilateralism
(2006)
The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM, est. 1996) is an interregional forum which consists of the members of the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China, Japan and South Korea. The main components ...
Geschrift eener bejaarde vrouw
(2007)
Dutch and Flemish literature; Dutch literature; Culture and history; Women: historical, geographic, persons treatment
David Gorlaeus (1591-1612)
(2012)
When David Gorlaeus (1591-1612) passed away at 21 years of age, he left behind two highly innovative manuscripts. Once they were published, his work had a remarkable impact on the evolution of seventeenth-century thought. ...
Leven voor een leer
(2025)
In September 1945, Anna Terruwe opened a private psychiatric practice in Nijmegen. She soon came into conflict with church authorities over the moral accountability of Catholics suffering from mental health issues. The ...
Planetary Cinema
(2022)
The story is now familiar. In the late 1960s humanity finally saw photographic evidence of the Earth in space for the first time. According to this narrative, the impact of such images in the consolidation of a planetary ...
The Public Core of the Internet: An international Agenda for Internet Governance
(2016)
The growth and health of our digital economies and societies depend on the core protocols and infrastructure of the Internet. This technical and logical substructure of our digital existence is now in need of protection ...
Spaces of Communication
(2022)
"Semio-pragmatics, an approach to the study of film and audiovisual media first proposed by Roger Odin in the early 1980s, shifted the focus from textual analysis to the interaction of text and context and to the institutional ...
Zootechnologies
(2019)
Swarming has become a fundamental cultural technique related to dynamic processes and an effective metaphor for the collaborative efforts of society. This book examines the media history of swarm research and its significance ...
100 Ideeën voor Caribische regelgevers
(2022)
This book fits into the (limited in scope) Dutch tradition of university research and publications on 'good lawmaking'. It takes into account the specific needs and possibilities of 'small island countries' with a limited ...
Women and Muslim Family Laws in Arab States
(2007)
A number of Arab states have recently either codified Muslim family law for the first time, or have issued amendments or new laws which significantly impact the statutory rights of women as wives, mothers and daughters. ...
The Architecture of Empire in Modern Europe
(2022)
Empires stretched around the world, but also made their presence felt in architecture and urban landscapes. The Architecture of Empire in Modern Europe traces the entanglement of the European built environment with overseas ...