Institute for Societal Resilience
“A wave of solidarity,” was how the great rise of new initiatives that emerged since 2015 in the Netherlands and in many other European countries around the reception and inclusion of refugees in society was described. While media reports were … Continue reading
Young people without a residence permit who are rooted in the Netherlands and have a Dutch high school diploma can recently study at the VU for the normal tuition of two thousand euros. Ten thousand euros tuition per year. That … Continue reading
This course invites students to rethink and re-evaluate standard methods of thinking, knowing, doing, and sharing within academia. We will highlight artistic practice as research and the act of creation as a form of knowledge in and of itself. Continue reading
In September 2015, Alan Kurdi, a three-year old Syrian Kurd, drowned during his family’s attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea. His photo – and his story – made international headlines. Although the Syrian civil war had begun in 2011, Alan’s … Continue reading