In this episode, Diego and Hanne have a conversation with Dr. Marc Esteve Del Valle, who is assistant professor at the department of Media Studies in the University of Groningen about his specialization: the role of social media for democracy. In the media-saturated society we live in today and the recent developments with, for example, Cambridge A…

In this episode, Hanne and Diego have a special guest from the department of American Studies: Dr. Tim Jelfs. We talk about what "American Studies" is, why it is important and how it fits in the humanities. Furthermore, we discuss some of Tim Jelfs' own research, like his recent book "The Argument about Things in the 1980s: Goods and Garbage in an …

In this third episode, hosts Hanne and Diego receive professor Barend van Heusden to talk about perhaps the most relevant question for this podcast: What are the humanities? And why do they matter? Barend van Heusden specializes in culture, cognition, and culture education and helps us understand why and how the humanities should be taught, researc…

For this episode, Hanne and Diego will discuss the fine line between free speech in hate speech. This episode focuses on the controversy with philosopher Paul Cliteur, who was scheduled to speak at the "Nacht voor de Filosofie." Cliteur's affliation with Dutch populist party Forum voor de Democratie and his views on the Islam sparked a protest from…

This is the first episode of the podcast "The Voices of the Humanities" in which hosts Diego Casas and Hanne Nijtmans, both from the University of Groningen, discuss current topics, events and new research in the humanities with different guests each episode. This first episode covers the topic of 'canon wars', focusing on the question "Don't we re…