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The European Branch of the World Humanities Report

NEH21.net coordinated and executed successfully the establishment of a European regional network within the broader World Humanities Report, which is a flagship project of CIPSH conducted with CHCI. NEH21.net was successful in securing funding for this project from the Volkswagen foundation and delivered a report, a website, a data bank of interviews, a series of public events including lectures, seminars and symposia. The European Humanities report offers a selected overview of the Humanities across Europe.

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Future Humanities

Daan F. Oostveen has recently been appointed Editor in Chief of a new Gold Open Access journal named Future Humanities, published by Wiley in Oxford, together with Francesco Tava. Future Humanities highlights the rise and convergence of new and critical humanities by publishing trans- and inter-disciplinary research focused on their diverse subjects and methodologies, including digital transformation and artificial intelligence, health ethics and biomedical technologies, climate change and biodiversity, and new media and communication

Expert’s Report on European Humanities

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Mobilizing the humanities. Notes on the relevance of the humanities in the contemporary world

Lucia Quaquarelli, co-directs the Centre de Recherches Pluridisciplinaires Multilingues, Université Paris Nanterre Lucia Quaquarelli co-directs the Centre de Recherches Pluridisciplinaires Multilingues (CRPM Université paris Nanterre. Her research focuses on the forms...
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Postcolonial digital humanities

Sandra Ponzanesi, Chair and Professor of Media, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht UniversitySandra Ponzanesi is Chair and Professor of Media, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, at the Department of Media and Culture...
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Resilient Humanities

Stefan Rieger, Professor for Mediahistory, Ruhr-University of BochumStefan Rieger, Dr. phil., since 2007 Professor for Mediahistory at the Ruhr-University of Bochum. Studied German and Philosophy, received a grant from the "Graduiertenkolleg" Theory of Literature...
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History and its Humanities

Laurent Tissot, UEmeritus Professor of Contemporary History, University of Neuchâtel Laurent Tissot is Emeritus Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Neuchâtel. He is the co-founder of the International Commission of the History of Travel and Tourism...
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The Role of Geography in Society and Among Social Disciplines

Vladimir Kolosov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) Professor Vladimir Kolosov is Deputy Director of the Institute of Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow), Executive Committee Member of the Conseil...
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Doing and Undoing the Humanities in Times of Uncertainty: Practices of Feminist Posthumanities

Cecilia Asberg, Prof Dr, is Guest professor of science & technology studies, gender and environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm Cecilia Åsberg, Prof Dr, is Guest professor of science & technology studies, gender and environment at KTH Royal...
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The Ethics of Aesthetics

Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, Professor of Comparative Literature, Aarhus University, Denmark Mads Rosendahl Thomsen (MA 1998, PhD 2002, Aarhus University) is Professor of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark. He is the author of Mapping World Literature:...
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Humanities: Past, Present and Future?

Graham Dawson, Professor of Historical Cultural Studies, University of BrightonGraham is Professor of Historical Cultural Studies at the University of Brighton and Director of the Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories, which he co-founded in 2008. As a PhD...
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Scientific Vision of the Humanities

Gesine Lenore Schiewer, Chair of Intercultural German Studies, University Bayreuth Gesine Lenore Schiewer is Chair of Intercultural German Studies at University Bayreuth, Chair of the Institute for International Communication and Foreign Cultural Work e.V. (IIK...
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The Role and Relevance of the Humanities in the Contemporary World

Noel B. Salazar, Professor in social and cultural anthropology , KU Leuven, Belgium Noel B. Salazar is professor in social and cultural anthropology at KU Leuven, Belgium. He is editor of the Worlds in Motion (Berghahn) book series and author of Momentous Mobilities...
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Survey of the New Humanities

NEH21.net has conducted a survey of emerging trends in the contemporary Humanities in Europe, notably new inter and trans-disciplinary developments that are currently underway concerning methods, institutions and themes in the Digital Humanities, the Environmental Humanities, the Public Humanities, the Medical Humanities and the Intercultural Humanities.

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The Humanities in the 21st century

NEH21.net is planning a new project in the European context, on the topic “The Corona Crisis and its Consequences for the Humanities”. This project will address the contemporary societal challenges, such as migration, climate change, public health, the digital revolution and inequalities in both education and society in Europe.

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Establish a European Early-career Scholars Network

With a link to this organisation https://yacadeuro.org/

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European Humanities Students Council

A European Humanities students council will be established, with one representative from each member institution, selected from all levels of university education ( BA, MA PhD). The students council works closely with the Early-career network to highlight issues of relevance to career prospects; to identify specific needs; to organize media and other professional training and coaching; to work towards a better integration of the Humanities in science curricula; to enhance the European dimension of debates on citizenship, democracy, equality and academic freedom.

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Audio Visual Resource Centre

NEH21.net will provide an up-to-date digital audio-visual resource Centre, with lectures, interviews, panels, short documentaries, and other interventions.

A short series of integrated interviews with leading Humanities scholars in Europe will be made available

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News bulletin and Blogs

NEH21.net will publish a bi-annual news bulletin and regular blogs from the members of the networks, including the younger scholars and students.