Global Cultures of Contestation

Aimed at scholars and graduate students working on topics related to globalization, politics and social movements from across the humanities and the social sciencesBrings together contributors from Egypt, Iran, Australia, France, Spain, Greece, Hong Kong and across the globe Approaches each protest movement in terms of both their specificity and their tendency, in a context of digitization and globalization, to connect, share and influence each other

Esther Peeren is Associate Professor of Literary and Cultural Analysis and Vice-Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS) at the University of Amsterdam. Robin Celikates is Associate Professor of Political and Social Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam, where he also directs the NWO-funded research project Transformations of Civil Disobedience. Jeroen de Kloet is Professor of Globalisation Studies and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS) at the University of Amsterdam. Thomas Poell is Assistant Professor of New Media & Digital Culture and Program Director of the Research Master Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam.