CC - Perfume's Grenouille and Frankenstein's Creature are More Similar Than We Think.
A few months ago, I read a book called Perfume by Patrick Süskind. Although I have read other books since then, I keep thinking about...
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Mark Sijtsma
3 days ago
Monuments of Peril and Power: The Politics of Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers have long transcended their utilitarian function, now serving as emblems of national pride, political power and economic...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
4 days ago
To Live is to Perform: The Self-Fictionalisation of Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977) was a novelist and a diarist who, in her tender, soulful works, tangled the imaginative nature of fiction with...
Jakob Aufenberg
5 days ago
Culture For a Cause: How DANA Maastricht is supporting Flood Recovery in Valencia
Once again, students have shown what they are capable of. After the catastrophic flooding in Valencia, which cost over 200 lives and...
Virgile de Maupeou
6 days ago
Sunday Summary – 17th November 2024
If there were any doubts about whether Donald Trump would follow through on the promises made during his campaign, his early nominations...
Finding the Academic Compass: UM’s Treasure Hunt in the Spam Folder
Last Wednesday (13th of November), chilling at the library, scrolling and making space in my Outlook student email, I went to the ‘Other’...
Germany: The New Sickman of Europe
“Blühende Landschaften” 35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the former chancellor Helmut Kohl’s evocation of “Blühende...
Léa Besnard
Nov 15
Cancelled Protests in Utrecht: an Isolated Event or a Threat to the Right to Demonstrate in the Netherlands?
The nationwide protest against a 1 billion cut in the 2025 Dutch budget for higher education and research, originally scheduled in...
Carolina Scheuch
Nov 15
Why I Don't Biohack - and Neither Should You
Top foods for skin health, supplements for longevity, cold plunges, blue light blocking glasses, inflammation, red light therapy,...
Léa Besnard
Nov 14
The Fall of a Dictator: An Account of the Student-People’s Uprising in Bangladesh
Quotas for government jobs may not be what you think would spark up a revolution — even though they were indeed the initial driver behind...
Faustine Rocoplan
Nov 13
Clinitex: a Company Inspired by the Montessori Pedagogy
Founded in 1980 by Thierry Pick in his parents' garage in France, Clinitex is now a major player in professional cleaning, with over...
Sena Gonel
Nov 13
Femicides in Turkey: A National Emergency
The republic of Türkiye, majorly known as Turkey internationally, is a country in the Middle East famous for its tourist spots and...
Virgile de Maupeou
Nov 12
To Flow or Not to Flow - The Atlantic Current’s Existential Crisis
Water is pretty cool, right? Drink it, and you’re not thirsty any more; pour it on yourself, and you’re cleaner than ever before; dive in...
U.S. Elections - He’s Back. What to expect from a second Trump presidency?
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. In what was predicted to be one of the closest U.S. presidential elections in...
Zeteny Jakab
Nov 11
Goodbye Eastern Europe? Opportunities in crisis for a region with a troubled past
The outbreak of the Ukraine War in 2022 pushed Eastern Europe into a perilous situation. A region historically ridden with imperial...
Claire Anderson
Nov 10
Sunday Summary - 10th November 2024: "Concepts of a tariff"
Upon former President Donald Trump winning the 2024 U.S. presidential election, there has been a lot of speculation surrounding his...
Simone Capuozzo
Nov 10
A Tale of Two Germanies - The Rise of AfD and BSW
The German coalition government has collapsed after Chancellor Scholz's decision to sack Finance Minister Lindner. The Chancellor has...
Emma Larrue
Nov 9
New Bus Line for the Jewish Community in London: Protection or Division?
What Happened and Why? In London, a new bus line dedicated to members of the Jewish community was inaugurated this September,...
Jaap Steunenberger
Nov 8
Why Does Albania Plan to Build an Islamic Vatican City?
Most microstates come into being through a quirk of history. Take the Vatican, for example, created in a compromise between the Pope and...
Patrycja Tobola
Nov 7
Poland's Deal With the EU: Protecting Borders or Violating Human Rights?
Since 2021, there has been an ongoing migration crisis present on the Polish-Belarusian border. Belarusian authorities, with the...
Life Over 1.5°C: The Emissions Gap Report 2024 Explained
Picture this: it is the year 2100, and you are a European Robin ( Erithacus rubecula ), a small bird with an orange throat that can be...
Jakob Aufenberg
Nov 5
The intriguing promise of the White Gold.
Dawn on the Salar. Under a burning sun, turning skin into sunburnt remnants, in no time lies a treasure attracting gold diggers and...
Mark Sijtsma
Nov 4
Bridging Currents: Navigating Water Cooperation in the MENA region
In a region where rivers are lifelines, and scarcity breeds tension, the struggle for accessible water has become just as prevalent as...
Mahault Etienne
Nov 3
Sunday Summary - 3rd November 2024: The Final Countdown
Life in the 2020s increasingly feels like we are always barrelling towards some kind of end, holding our breaths, and this week was no...
Mahault Etienne
Oct 30
Dear Diary, It’s Me, I’m the Problem (and I’m Singing About It) - ‘Sad Girl Pop’ as a Tool for Introspection
As the days get rainier, windier, and colder, autumn brings with it an air of melancholy. It is once again the season of yearning through...
U.S. Elections: Perspectives from abroad: Interview of two American students living in Europe.
We are now one week from knowing who will be the new U.S. president for four years. Looking at the polls , the score plans to be tight....
Tina Opara
Oct 27
Sunday Summary - 27th October 2024: A World on Edge
This past week has seen crises deepen across the globe, with conflicts escalating from the Middle East to Sudan and beyond. From...
Mark Sijtsma
Oct 20
Sunday Summary - 20th October 2024: Silver Linings amidst The Chaos
The world is reeling from a wave of appalling events. In a speech, Donald Trump amplified the conspiracy theory that the Capitol attack...
A.G Thor
Oct 13
Sunday Summary - 13th October 2024: Ongoing Crises
The 7th of October marked the one-year anniversary since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza. Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced on...
One Year of Grief and Resistance: Maastricht’s Response
It has been a year since the Hamas attack on Israel, following one of the deadliest operations by the IDF the world has seen. At least...
Jules Boelens
Oct 7
Sunday Summary - Erasing History: Gaza's Cultural Heritage in the Crossfire
The destruction of Gaza’s cultural heritage has become a deeply troubling and tragic aspect of the ongoing conflict in the region. Since...
Vanille Villez
Oct 3
U.S. Elections - Understanding Harris: a dive into Kamala Harris’ political strategy.
Kamala Harris’ sudden campaign start for the US presidential elections has not been easy. Since the 27th of June, with the debacle of the...
Elena Bovée
Sep 25
U.S. Elections - Inside the Democratic National Convention and the future of the United States.
In the United States, every four years right before the presidential election, the two major political parties hold a four-day convention...
Charlotte Pennings
Sep 16
U.S. Elections - 2024 Presidential Debate Bingo: Takeaways from Tuesday Night’s Comedy
On the evening of September 10th, 2024, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump went head-to-head for 90 minutes in their first-ever in-person...
Ana Navarro Bullo
Aug 28
A chat on war reporting with Wilson Fache: how war reporting is navigating a new wave of civilian journalism
“Journalism was not a child's dream”, says Wilson Fache, now an independent journalist from Brussels, “It’s only once I started that I...
Sofia van Trooijen
Jul 11
The Cultural Tapestry of Hong Kong: Understanding how different cultures find identity
The day is humid as heat blankets the pedestrians walking through the streets of Hong Kong. The sound of lapping water from the harbour...
Sofia van Trooijen
Jul 11
(Over)Consumption in the Narrative for Sustainability
On a simple Saturday afternoon, with the sun’s full glare masked behind a few stray clouds, I just returned home after completing a...
Carolina Scheuch
Jun 29
Talking human rights and police brutality
In the last few months, the right to protest has become a salient theme for many people across Europe. Especially us students have...
Maya Müller-Perron
Jun 10
Daunting Elections and Global Chaos
Last week has been tumultuous - to say the least. While a flood of majoritarily daunting news may already overflow your social media...
Raquel Ureña
Jun 7
Read this before volunteering abroad this summer
As the cold city becomes slightly warmer, thoughts of the up-and-coming summer fill our minds. What are you going to do? Visit family? Go...
Becci Niederhoff
Jun 6
Transcending Walls: The Power of Art in Times of Crisis
There are walls. Grey walls, towering ominously into the sky. Some of them have ropes or ladders to climb them, some are naked. Some are...
Raquel Ureña
May 30
Sunday Summary 26.05 — Celebrating those who inspire us
As many of us face the stress of quickly approaching deadlines, thesis submissions and the weight of feeling powerless in the eye of a...
Claire Anderson
May 25
All Eyes on Rafah Protest March (23.05) & UM Statement (24.05)
A pro-Palestine march, put together by local organizations began at 7:00 p.m. directly in front of Maastricht Centraal Station on...
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Claire Anderson
May 23
Maastricht Encampment Update: The different narratives surrounding its [fall / undoing]
Wednesday, May 22, brought about multiple developments in regards to the Pro-Palestine solidarity encampment established by Maastricht...
Claire Anderson
May 19
Sunday Summary: Commemorating Nakba Day and a breakdown of UM’s ties with Israeli or Israeli-based institutions
This past week included the anniversary and remembrance of Nakba Day halfway through the establishment of Rafah’s Garden, also known as...
‘Rafah’s Garden’: The Maastricht Encampment
UM students enter hunger strike until demands are met by Claire Anderson and Jan Pöhler Six protestors at Maastricht University (UM) will...
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Fin Gerke
May 12
[The Daily News] Napoleon dead, Paris falls to Germany
Napoleon was shot on Sunday, attending an interview that turned deadly for the French leader. After countless victims on the battlefields...
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Claire Anderson
May 12
[Reuters] NATO releases final communiqué
Delegates of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) reach unanimity in their conversations surrounding cyber warfare, lethal...
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[Reuters] A success for SOCHUM’s draft resolution
Members of the Social, Cultural & Humanitarian Committee (SOCHUM) reached an agreement on Sunday before lunch regarding ethical and...
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Jule Frank
May 12
[Agence Havas] Le Grand L'Empereur Napoléon III est mort
People of the French Empire, today, our nation has lost its great commander, for président Napoléon III was shot by the enemy. Stand...
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