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European political history @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social | everything between law, politics & history: NL constitution, EU law, interwar international law, etc | NL/EN

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Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · Jan 13

Very happy to have received a small grant to pioneer something I've been talking and thinking about for some years now (and thanks to those who endured this!): studying 'judicialization of politics' from a historical angle. 1/

Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · Jan 13

How does judicialization shape democracy? @historikarin.bsky.social receives a €50,000 grant from NWO to explore this through history. Her pilot study on 1980s acid rain cases offers fresh insights into the evolving interplay between courts, policy and democracy🌍⚖️

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Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · 15d

By the way, do stay tuned for the rest of the special issue on EU legal histories 'from below' that this piece will be part of, masterfully edited by Brigitte Leucht, Magnus Esmark and Mala Loth!

Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · 15d

.. and thus our analysis nuances the alleged democratic virtues of legal mobilisation. Are new legal opportunities empowering societal groups? Sometimes, sometimes not.

Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · 15d

As the title suggests, it zooms in on legislation meant to prevent industrial disaster, namely the early 1980s post-Seveso directive, which led to two major infringement cases: one in the Netherlands and one in Italy. Comparing these cases, it shows origins could hardly have been more different..

Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · 15d

Published today @europeanlawopen.bsky.social : this piece co-authored with @koenvanzon.bsky.social on 'societal mobilisation' of EU law through an instrument you'd not immediately think of as very 'societal': infringement proceedings

European Law Open @europeanlawopen.bsky.social · 15d

On First View: important historical work by @historikarin.bsky.social and @koenvanzon.bsky.social on different pathways to mobilisation of EU Law.

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Preparing for disaster: the Seveso directive, infringements and societal mobilisation of European law, 1976–2000 | European Law Open | Cambridge Core

Preparing for disaster: the Seveso directive, infringements and societal mobilisation of European law, 1976–2000

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Association for Political History @associationpolhist.bsky.social · Aug 26

📣Call for Panels, Papers and Posters for the APH 2026 Conference! Deadline, 1 Dec 2025.

Topic: Dynamizing and Decentring Empires: A Recalibration of the History of the Political

📍Münster @uni-muenster.de @sechistnetwork.bsky.social
📅11-13 June 2026

www.associationforpoliticalhistory.org?p=2797

APH 2026 – Call for Panels, Papers, and Posters. “Dynamizing and Decentring Empires: A Recalibration of the History of the Political” | Association for Political History

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Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · Aug 25

There they are! Kicking off the 2025-2026 academic year (and my directorship of the programme!) with over 300 first year students for the BA European Studies @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social 🇪🇺

Patrick Bijsmans @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social · Aug 25

Lovely morning for the start of our introduction week. Today we’re welcoming our new BA #EuropeanStudies students 🇪🇺

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Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · May 14

Ja eens hoor, of althans: in lijn met mijn punt, namelijk: er zijn allerlei factoren in het spel hier, niet één bewuste keuze geweest

Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · May 14

Wordt geconstrueerd.. maar de vraag is door wie. Terwijl Angelsaksische wereld zich opende voor talent van overal bleven Duitse en Franse academie vrij gesloten is mijn indruk. Dus in hoeverre is het dan (Nederlandse) wetenschappers te verwijten dat ze niet in die talen investeren?

Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · May 9

Happy Europe Day from our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social European Studies graduates!

Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · May 9

🎉 Happy #Europe Day!

FASoS student Lisa went to #Brussels to meet 5 of our #alumni who are working at the heart of European #policy💶✨

In this video, they share what Europe Day means to them and why it should be celebrated.

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Europe Day in Brussels – FASoS Alumni Share Their Insights

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Pavol Jakubec @pavoljakubec.bsky.social · May 5

One great PhD opportunity! The lucky historian will learn a great deal.
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PhD scholarship in the ERC Consolidator Project INNER_LEAGUE at the Saxo Institute at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen

The Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), invites applications for a PhD scholarship in the ERC Consolidator Project INNER_LEA

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Massimiliano Simons @masssimons.bsky.social · Apr 16

Huge crowd, protesting against the budget cuts in Dutch higher education at Maastricht #WOinActie

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Maastricht University @maastrichtu.bsky.social · Apr 16

Today UM strikes! 🟥

Staff & students pause work to protest education cuts. Over 2,500 concerned citizens and academics signed a solidarity letter. ✊

Follow the liveblog 👉 edu.nl/xaa3q & share your solidarity on social media platforms using #WOinActie

Or follow the strike live on this channel!

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WOinActie.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social · Apr 16

Vandaag staakt Maastricht! Aujourdhui, Maastricht en grève! Heute streikt Maastricht! Today Maastricht is on strike!
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#KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs

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Woensdag duizenden stakers naar Maastricht voor protest tegen onderwijsbezuinigingen

Woensdag ligt het hoger onderwijs in Maastricht plat. Duizenden docenten, onderzoekers, studenten en werknemers van het hoger onderwijs staken tegen de heilloze onderwijsbezuinigingen van het kabinet....

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Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · Apr 15

Daar hoeven we niet op te wachten, dat is er al..

Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · Apr 11

Op woensdag 16 april pakt Maastricht de estafettestaking van Nederlandse universiteiten over. We staken uit protest tegen de inmiddels door de Eerste Kamer goedgekeurde bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs. Omdat goed (hoger) onderwijs essentieel is voor Nederland kennisland en haar democratie!

WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Apr 11

On Wednesday, April 16, we strike in Maastricht in opposition to the detrimental budget cuts to higher education - see the programme below and join us!

Op woensdag 16 april staken wij in Maastricht tegen de schadelijke bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs - zie het programma hieronder en doe mee!

stakingsprogramma maastricht, 16 april op het vrijthof

vanaf 12.30 muziek en friet
13.00 - 14.00 podiumprogramma
14.45 - 14.45 mars door de binnenstad
14.45 - 15.30 stakingsmarkt

strike programme maastricht, 16 april at the vrijthof

from 12.30 - music and free fries
13.00 - 14.00 speeches and music
14.00 - 14.45 march through the city centre
14.45 - 15.30 strike market

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Prof.dr. Beatrice de Graaf @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social · Apr 3

Waarom we heel snel werk moeten gaan maken van onze geo-ideologische ongeletterdheid (als we tenminste niet steeds weer door de grillen van buitenlandse leiders in de internationale betrekkingen overvallen willen worden). Nieuwe column! 👇🏼

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Column | Geo-ideologische ongeletterheid

Column: Hoe kijken we aan tegen mensen die dingen geloven die zo raar en fantastisch zijn, dat het niet eens meer in ons denkraam past, vraagt Beatrice de Graaf zich af.

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Historical Archives of the European Union @eui-euarchives.bsky.social · Feb 24

Hello!
We’re looking forward to sharing news about recent archival deposits, grant opportunities for research on European integration, exhibits, publications, and outreach activities at the HAEU.
Please give us a follow-we’re excited to meet you!

📲 @eui-EUArchives.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · Feb 17

Never mind woke Marxism, I can't even indoctrinate my students into formatting a bibliography consistently. 🤷🏻‍♀️

George Parker @georgewparker.bsky.social · Feb 17

Kemi Badenoch this morning: "A country cannot be successful if its people and intellectual elite don’t believe in it. This means dealing with the poisoning of minds through higher education."

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Martijn van den Brink @martijnvandenbrink.bsky.social · Feb 13

The call for papers for the ELU-S inaugural conference is out!

More information on how to submit your abstracts is available here: europeanlawunbound.eu/annual-confe...

We look forward to receiving your paper and panel submissions and seeing you in Prague!

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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · Feb 13

🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.7
🔄 @ferenclaczo.bsky.social reconsiders European integration as a history of the present, focusing on the roles East Europeans have played & how they remind their fellow Europeans of the existential stakes of the 🌍 European project.
👉 bit.ly/4hXp5qC

🧭 Reasserting the meaning of integration: a new history of the present

Ferenc Laczó reconsiders European integration as a history of the present, focusing on the roles East Europeans have played. He argues that the foremost representatives of East European states now rem...

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Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · Feb 12

Hoe is dit beleid??

"De gewenste daling van de instroom van internationale studenten is al bijna gehaald. Dat creëert ruimte, schrijft [Bruins]. Tegelijkertijd: wordt het doel een jaar niet gehaald, dan volgt er mogelijk een “vermindering in de netto bekostiging per student in dat jaar”."

Observant @observant-um.bsky.social · Feb 12

Even leek het alsof de vlag uit kon voor universiteiten in krimpregio’s. Maar de brief aan de senaat van onderwijsminister Bruins laat veel open, zegt UM-collegevoorzitter @rianneletschert.bsky.social: “Het is volstrekt onduidelijk wat de minister wil.”

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European Law Open @europeanlawopen.bsky.social · Feb 12

Happy to announce a new issue has dropped. Good stuff.

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European Law Open: Volume 3 - Issue 3 | Cambridge Core

Cambridge Core - European Law Open - Volume 3 - Issue 3

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Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · Feb 11

Zorgelijke ontwikkeling, ik hoop dat het Nationaal Archief snel met een oplossing komt (ook voor die onderzoekers die gebruik willen maken van de vele andere collecties van het archief is de toegang momenteel zeer beperkt)!

Mari Smits @marismits.bsky.social · Feb 11

Enkele jaren geleden kon je nog lange tijd in het #NationaalArchief zitten om een compleet #CABR dossier over te tikken. Nu mag je blij zijn dat je voor één dag een plekje op de studiezaal kunt reserveren.

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Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · Feb 8

Once again, we had a great vibe on our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social campus during a very sunny Bachelor Open Day! Good to see so many prospective students and parents coming to Maastricht, and considering our wonderful programmes.

Patrick Bijsmans @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social · Feb 8

VR glasses, info sessies in het Nederlands, alumni from years ago, and great turnout at the @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social BA Open Day. Thanks to all colleagues and students who contributed to making today a success 🙏🏼

Karin van Leeuwen 🟥 @historikarin.bsky.social · Feb 7

On Feb 26th, our @maastrichtu.bsky.social Law&History network will host a seminar with Lucas Lixinski @heritagelaw.bsky.social , discussing the turn to history in international law, and its promise to offer alternative imaginations by recovering history: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/law-h...

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