Trineke Palm granted Seed Money Institutions for Open Societies

In the 11th Seed Money Round of Institutions for Open Societies, Trineke Palm has been allocated 3 months research time to develop a grant proposal on “Emotional Contestation in EU External Border Control.” She will be supported by prof. dr. Beatrice de Graaf, prof. dr. Kees van den Bos and prof. dr. Sebastiaan Princen.

Martijn Kool & Lennard Pater finalize research internship

From February onwards Martijn Kool and Lennard Pater have participated in the Blueprints-project. They are about to conclude their research projects. Lennard Pater has examined the way in which Adenauer understood “Avondland” in relation to  European integration. Based on Adenauer’s memoirs, letters and speeches, Lennard shows that Adenauers understanding of Avondland contrasts with Spengler’s ideas….

Report on the Workshop ‘The Affective Glue of European Integration’, 8-9 April 2019

On 8 and 9 April 2019, some twenty scholars gathered in Utrecht University’s stately Academy Hall to engage in two days of intense discussion on ‘The Affective Glue of European Integration’. This workshop, organised by the NWO-funded research project group ‘Blueprints of Hope: Designing Post-War Europe’, sought to investigate, compare, and reflect on the role…

Jorrit Steehouder receives Henri Rieben Scholarship

In 2018 Jorrit Steehouder received the Henri Rieben Scholarship from the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe, in Lausanne. The scholarship is meant for researchers with a focus on the history of European integration, and allows them to conduct research in the Foundation’s resources, such as the personal archives of Jean Monnet, Robert Schuman, and Robert Marjolin….

Mathieu Segers gave inaugural lecture

On Friday 7 December 2018, prof. dr. Mathieu Segers gave his inaugural lecture at Maastricht University, titled “European Integration and its Vicissitudes.” In an interview with NRC, Mathieu elaborates on this, arguing that the EU as we know it today is just one of the options of European integration. We need to study historical accounts…

Trineke Palm blogs on Brexit

Trineke has posted a blog on the role of emotions during the campaign and negotiations on Brexit at Wetenschap.nu. It points at the risky strategy of humiliation.

New blogpost Jorrit Steehouder

Jorrit has been blogging for Faces of Science, a platform of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, for the past year. His most recent blog was written while he was conducting archival research in the Truman Library in Kansas City, and reflects upon the historical bipartisanship of the Truman administration, viewing it in…

Vacancy: 2 Research Internship positions

Research Internship (2 positions)  Blueprints of Hope. Designing Post-war Europe: ideas & emotions, negotiations & networks (1930-1957) The early years of European integration were characterized by an initial rather “open” competition among alternative blueprints of a future European order. Analyzing different blueprints for Europe that were present in the period leading up to the institutional…

Call for Papers – Workshop “The affective glue of European integration” – 8 & 9 April

Call for Papers – Workshop   The Affective Glue of European Integration The role of transnational political, religious, and economic networks and their shared emotional vocabulary in shaping European integration (1930-’57) 8-9 April 2019, Utrecht University   How have transnational networks shaped the start-up of European integration (1930-1957) and how did they develop and make…

Interview Smit & De Graaf on anniversary of World Council of Churches

On 18 August the Dutch newspaper Nederlands Dagblad published an interview with Beatrice de Graaf and Peter-Ben Smit on the anniversary of the World Council of Churches. They highlight its role in the reconstruction of Europe after WWII by emphasizing not only reconciliation among churches but among nations as well.