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To Birth or Not to Birth?
A Baby Bonus Americans are being asked an interesting question: “would you have a child if it meant you received $5,000 cash, no strings...
Bas Crousen
May 24


Pulping Fiction: Where Books go to Die
Most books do not get a happily ever after. That is the realisation I had while working at the Foire du livre de Bruxelles , Belgium’s...
Alexiane François
May 24


Housewarming
The trees around the meadow sway lightly in the breeze. Beneath them, the tall grass is brighter than usual, cast in artificial light for...
A.G Thor
May 21


Pope-litics: the American Impact and its Global Implications
With his first address, last Sunday, the new Pope - Leo XIV - has officially announced the direction of his papacy. These intentions set...
Calista Longo
May 19


Secrets the Sky keeps
I like the way people talk about those who are losing their minds. They say I’ve got my head in the clouds, and I imagine I actually do....
Clara Ledoux-Vanek
May 17


Pope Leo XIV: Will the legacy of Pope Francis be continued?
On May 8th, when the white smoke came out of the chimney, the crowd on St. Peter’s Square in Rome cheered in excitement. With the...
Patrycja Tobola
May 15


The Cinema Complex
My €19 Redemption Arc During my four-month Korean Media and Popular Culture class, the professor showed us the box office sales in South...
Brooke Betten
May 14


ⵣ Is History repeating itself? The Shared Struggle of the Amazigh and Palestinian People ⵣ
(Garanger, 1960) titled: A 1960 photograph of an Algerian woman , Marc Garanger A Reflection on Resistance and Modern Colonialism In May...


The Church and the Global South: Prospects of Catholicism in the post-Franciscan era
“The Church is no longer Eurocentric” . While this quote from Cardinal Sarah of Guinea is from ten years ago, it rings more true than...
Zeteny Jakab
May 6


50 Shades, All Gray
What if I were to tell you your world is fading to gray - literally? You may not believe me, but look around you. Look at the objects...
Calista Longo
May 5


A Small Collection of Poetry For Spring
Thursday, 27th of March Today, I took my vitamins and went for a walk Did my laundry, phoned mum When the birds sang in the morning I...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
Apr 18


TEFAF 2025: Brushes and computers: How the art world is adapting to the rise of generative technologies
The code has changed This year was my first time visiting TEFAF Maastricht. I was amazed by the beauty of classical paintings presented...


Museumsnacht 2025: Space, Society, and Speculation: A Night of Artistic Futures
Notions of space, society, institutions and relational frameworks are all broad and complicated, yet important terms for interpreting and...
Ella Leffler
Apr 9


Museumnacht 2025: A Night of Many Stories at Filmhuis Lumière
“A playground with something for everyone.” This is how Filmhuis Lumière presents its activities for Museumnacht 2025. Indeed, a very...


Museumnacht 2025: A Tapestry of Sound and Story at Theater aan het Vrijthof
Have you ever gone to a boring concert and left disappointed? This time, it will not be the case. If you’re a music lover, you may want...
Clémence Bernard
Apr 6


“A Free, Conscious and Consensual Death” - Nicolas Menet’s Ultimate Plea for the Right of Death
Discussion with his tumor, moments of life with his friends, days in the hospital… faire le deuil de soi , or self-mourning, traces back...
Vanille Villez
Apr 2


“Food for People, Not for Profit” – How Maastricht University Students are Transforming Local Food Systems
It’s a Wednesday afternoon in Maastricht. In the sustainability hub, a group of Maastricht University (UM) students gather to unload...
Dominique Berendsen
Mar 31


Who Brought TEFAF’s 2025 Trophy?
Front and center at TEFAF is the Landau Fine Art Gallery. Their relatively large stand at 414 is earned by frequenting Europe's finest...
Emma Godfried
Mar 29


A Day at TEFAF 2025
For a second, the only sound you hear is the little beep of your ticket being scanned, your fingers grasping it gently in fear of...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
Mar 26


TEFAF 2025: Van Cleef & Arpels: more than the Alhambra
Van Cleef & Arpels is perhaps most known today for its iconic Alhambra. The clover charm almost serves as a logo for the brand itself....
Charlotte Godfried
Mar 22


The Great Exhaustion
In 2026, we are expected to be tired. Or we already are. Habitually, we are deleting social media applications from our phones in a...
Brooke Betten
Mar 21


How “The Godfather” altered our perception of the Mafia
Growing up in Sicily, I was inevitably made aware that my beloved land, even though beautiful, was haunted by an unspoken shadow: “Cosa...
Elide Saia
Mar 19


A Short Interview With Nowhere Girl
If you are a seeker of fervent poetry and unforgiving summer heat and ways to turn life to art and art to life until the two are one and...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
Feb 23


Breaking the Fourth Wall: Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show and the Politics of Performance
Except if you live in a cave, you could not have missed the annual U.S. Superbowl game, which took place in New Orleans (Louisiana) on...


The Baby Name Craze
Baby names. For some people, especially women and girls, the act of naming their baby, whether they are expecting it or not, is a ritual....
Elena Bovée
Feb 20


“Please don’t let it be a Muslim”: an interview on Islamophobia and racism after last summer’s events in the UK
On July 29 2024 in Southport, 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana was arrested after repeatedly stabbing three little girls as they left a Taylor...
Esther Wolff
Feb 19


Love is For The Ones Who Love the Work
For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper Now I let it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
Feb 15


FashionClash: The art/tech/research nexus: Making sense of fashion through the eyes of an Arts, Science and Technology Studies student
For the rest of the world, life goes on as usual. Women and men, sitting together at round café tables, sipping coffee and chatting about...
Carolina Scheuch
Feb 12


China’s Solar Oceans
On a sweat-inducing, sweltering day last summer I landed in Shanghai. It had been a long time coming. Since high school, I had wanted to...
Jaap Steunenberg
Feb 11


Silent Suffering: China's hidden grasp on Hong Kong
When I was planning my solo trip to the mountains this year, I had no idea I would meet this inspiring Hong Kong citizen along the way...
Patrycja Tobola
Feb 10


The Trial of Luigi Mangione and the American HealthCare System
On December 4th this year, the CEO of UnitedHealthCare Brian Thomson was shot dead as he was walking to the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel...
Elena Bovée
Jan 23


A Tiny Hole Has Appeared in China’s Great Firewall
‘You must pay your cat tax!’ is what Chinese users of Red Note, also known as Xiaohongshu, are demanding of new American users. The cat...
Jaap Steunenberg
Jan 22


A Small Collection of Poetry for the Winter
The Space Between the Snow and the Sparrows After a tiresome trip, I made it back home for Christmas. I had not been feeling it this...


FashionClash Film Programme: Mutual Attraction
In 100 Years of the Fashion Film , Marketa Uhlirova describes the relationship between fashion and cinema as a “mutual attraction.” In...
A.G Thor and Charlotte Godfried
Dec 19, 2024


Knitting in Norway: A Steady Hype
Knitting is going through a revival across social media, but in Norway, it was never dead. When I started my exchange in Trondheim,...
Fin Gerke
Dec 15, 2024


Has the royal family in Spain become a symbol of division instead of unity?
The Spanish monarchy is a subject of significant divide within Spanish society. Indeed, the royal family raises many questions from a...
Jade Thiebaut
Dec 5, 2024


“If Crisis Comes” Lessons from Sweden and the Nordics on War
For the next two weeks, in addition to their weekly magazines and newspapers, millions of Swedes will receive in their mailboxes what...
Alexiane François
Nov 25, 2024


To Live is to Perform: The Self-Fictionalisation of Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977) was a novelist and a diarist who, in her tender, soulful works, tangled the imaginative nature of fiction with...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
Nov 19, 2024


Culture For a Cause: How DANA Maastricht is supporting Flood Recovery in Valencia
Once again, students have shown what they are capable of. After the catastrophic flooding in Valencia, which cost over 200 lives and...
Jakob Aufenberg
Nov 18, 2024


Why I Don't Biohack - and Neither Should You
Top foods for skin health, supplements for longevity, cold plunges, blue light blocking glasses, inflammation, red light therapy,...
Carolina Scheuch
Nov 15, 2024


Clinitex: a Company Inspired by the Montessori Pedagogy
Founded in 1980 by Thierry Pick in his parents' garage in France, Clinitex is now a major player in professional cleaning, with over...
Faustine Rocoplan
Nov 13, 2024


Femicides in Turkey: A National Emergency
The republic of Türkiye, majorly known as Turkey internationally, is a country in the Middle East famous for its tourist spots and...
Sena Gonel
Nov 13, 2024


Why Does Albania Plan to Build an Islamic Vatican City?
Most microstates come into being through a quirk of history. Take the Vatican, for example, created in a compromise between the Pope and...
Jaap Steunenberger
Nov 8, 2024


Dear Diary, It’s Me, I’m the Problem (and I’m Singing About It) - ‘Sad Girl Pop’ as a Tool for Introspection
As the days get rainier, windier, and colder, autumn brings with it an air of melancholy. It is once again the season of yearning through...
Mahault Etienne
Oct 30, 2024
A chat with Wilson Fache: how war reporting is navigating a new wave of civilian journalism
“Journalism was not a child's dream”, says Wilson Fache, winner of the Albert Londres Prize and independent war reporter born in...
Ana Navarro Bullo
Aug 28, 2024


The Cultural Tapestry of Hong Kong: Understanding how different cultures find identity
The day is humid as heat blankets the pedestrians walking through the streets of Hong Kong. The sound of lapping water from the harbour...
Sofia van Trooijen
Jul 11, 2024
02.06.2024: Elections bonanza
Sunday Summary 02-06-2024: Last week saw the conclusion of three more elections in the veritable voting bonanza that is 2024 and all...
Matthijs Lenaerts
Jun 8, 2024


Read this before volunteering abroad this summer
As the cold city becomes slightly warmer, thoughts of the up-and-coming summer fill our minds. What are you going to do? Visit family? Go...
Raquel Ureña
Jun 7, 2024


Transcending Walls: The Power of Art in Times of Crisis
There are walls. Grey walls, towering ominously into the sky. Some of them have ropes or ladders to climb them, some are naked. Some are...
Becci Niederhoff
Jun 6, 2024


Alison Jackson's "Truth is Dead" Exhibition - A Provocative Dive into Celebrity Culture
In anticipation of Museum Night on April 19th, a friend and I went to Alison Jackson's exhibition "Truth is Dead" which is being...
Amira Hamadeh
Apr 14, 2024
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