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Detail of the Tapestry of Limburg’s History of Slavery

Threads Completed: The Tapestry of Limburg’s History of Slavery

In 2025, historians Diana Miryong Natermann and Christian Ernsten launched a research project on the history of slavery in the province of Limburg. The research was translated into a design for a 35-meter-long tapestry.
Dr Marielle Weijermars

Event series 'The Perfect Storm' offers new perspectives on global unrest

Many people in the Netherlands are worried and feel uncertain about the future. For them, the event series The Perfect Storm, organised by our Platform for Outreach and Co-Creation, is well worth attending, says coordinator Mariëlle Wijermars.
Anne van den Bulk en Arianne Elissen

“The starting point for integrated neighbourhood care is the story of the neighbourhood”

Creating a healthy and vibrant neighbourhood is a joint effort. But how can professionals and residents work together effectively? Arianne Elissen and Anne van den Bulck explored this in the LIME project ‘Working together for healthy neighbourhoods’.
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Four Vidi grants for talented Maastricht University researchers

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded four experienced researchers from UM Vidi funding, totalling 850,000 euros. This will enable them to develop their own innovative line of research and set up a research group.
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UM websites and systems accessible again following security update

The UM has carried out security updates on its main websites and systems in response to vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language, which is used across large parts of the internet. Most of the platforms are accessible again.
Dr Melanie Sauerland and Professor Miet Vanderhallen

Why don’t suspects talk? “We’re quick to think: they must be guilty”

Legal researchers Dr Melanie Sauerland and Professor Miet Vanderhallen study why suspects exercise their right to remain silent — and what consequences this may have.