Welcome at the website of Van Trier Projects!

The website of Van Trier Projects is a platform for high quality information on topics of societal and political interest. VanTrier focuses on globalisation and development politics, the European integration, environmental policy as well as participatory or grass root democratic issues on local, regional and global level. With this website, Van Trier Projects as well offers a stage for publications of those who can be leading in thinking and acting in the coming decades. [more >>>]

New Book Reviews

  • Book Review - Mouffe, Chantal. 2008. Over het Politieke [review]
  • Book Review - Schrijver, Frans 2006. Regionalism after Regionalisation. Spain, France and the United Kingdom. [review]
  • Book Review - ter Borg, Marlies (red). 2007. Koran en Bijbel in verhalen. [review]
  • Book Review - Stichting World Press Photos. 2008. World Press Photo 2008. [review]
  • Book Review - Hendriks, Tommie. 2008. Rouw en razernij om Caesar [review]

New Articles

  • 1st Lecture Report 10th Roundtable on Transnationality Sassen, Saskia 'What can replace the 'civic' of times past, of bourgeois city?' [more].
  • Open Cities, Closed Communities Integrating Cities Conference III Berlin 'Embracing Diversity, Achieving Equal Opportunities' [more].
  • 2nd Lecture Report 10th Roundtable on Transnationality Schuppert, Folke 'How to govern failed cities?' [more].
  • Van der Heide, Helmer. 2009. About "schwarze Sheriffs" and "Kiezläufer" [more].
  • Scholte, Elisa. 2007. Ontwikkelingen in het onderwijs onder Khomeini, Khatami en Ahmadinejad in de Islamitische Republiek Iran. 1979-2007. [more].

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Upcoming Events

The latest show of TheaterMachina, You All Have Time - TheaterMachina "You All Have Time" brings to mind the fragility of humankind, when a hostage-taker proposes to the hostaged mother to free her daughter in return of becoming a suicide bomber herself. He says 'you all have time' to consider this proposal... Premiere is September 3, 2009 in ACUD, Berlin, further shows are on the 4th till the 6th September.
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Janne Tervonen - Photographer Website of Janne Tervonen on air. Janne Tervonen is a dedicated reportage and portrait photographer. This Berlin based photographer has a passion for analog black&white photography.
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Proposal 'Camino 2010' A documentary photo book and exhibition project to document the spanish Camino de Santiago de Compostela Pilgrim Way in the background of the Holy Year commemoration in 2010.
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Recent Events

11th Internatinal Roundtables - Irmgard Coninx Stiftung

Call for Essays for the 11th Roundtables on Transnationality. The Roundtable is jointly organized by the Irmgard Coninx Foundation, the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and the Humboldt-University Berlin. Deadline is 30 June 2009, Workshops will take place from 21 to 26 October 2009.
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