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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 15/09/2026

Interested in jurisprudence, political communities, the future, and visiting Maastricht? Submit an abstract for @um-foundations.bsky.social's 2027 Annual Conference on Future Normativities: The Foundations of Law and Political Community.

Call for abstracts. A pdf of the same can be found at https://rolandpierik.nl/downloads/CfA_MCLJ_Annual_Conference_2027.pdf

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 13/08/2026

trying to write while my computer keeps freezing (or, really, overheating) is less than ideal, but the company is excellent

Cosmos, my one-eyed smokey black cat, pirate boy and little menace, curled into a tiny ball on a pillow placed for this very purpose on my desk, a bookshelf in the background

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 09/12/2025

"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution". Student band from Enschede is kicking things off, the Dam is getting heated. 🟥 #WOinActie 🟥

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 09/12/2025

We’ve made it without train issues this time. A little longer, then things will kick off at the Dam. 🟥 #WOinActie 🟥

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 09/12/2025

As the Dutch say, “de slingers moet je zelfs ophangen” (you have to put up the party decor yourself, as in: it’s up to you to make something out of it). So to combat demotivation and tiredness and the early morning, I’ve packed a book, tea, and snacks. Amsterdam, here we come!

The protesting academics’ survival kit: a thermos full of tea, a sandwich, chocolate and pepernoten, a red square to symbolise that higher education is squarely in the red, a sci fi book (in this case, Artemis by Andy Weir).

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 18/06/2025

Today and tomorrow, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social and @um-foundations.bsky.social are hosting the #RECONNET conference on Constitutionalism and Democracy: Tensions and Transformations, organised by @massimofichera.bsky.social, Donald Bello Hutt and Francesco Rizzi Brignoli

Massimo, Donald and Francesco kicking off the conference with words of welcome in the Feestzaal of Maastricht’s Faculty of Law

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 16/04/2025

Today, I stood & marched with 1500+ colleagues and students in opposition to the government’s budget cuts to higher education. #WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO

protest march through the inner city of Maastricht: union flags and hats in front of the old Dutch houses. Also pictured a protest sign (in Dutch) that translates to “everyone has a right to education and peace”

protesters, neatly sticking to one lane of the street, going up a bridge, as far as the eye can see

at the Vrijthof, a wide shot of the protesting masses

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 06/02/2025

Upside down orange birthday cake 🎂

A self-made birthday cake, moist and with orange slices on top. Not professional, but delicious

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 14/01/2025

Picking this up again after the break, since the vote in the upper chamber (where the coalition does not have a majority) is coming up: The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests. #WoInActie #DoeHetNiet 🟥

A banner held up, already somewhat dirtied from previous protests, that says "Stop de Eppocalyps", which translates to "Stop the Eppocalypse", a play on words with the first name of the minister of education, Eppo Bruin, who is in charge of the disastrous budget cuts to (higher) education. In the background, half of a star of Maastricht and some Christmas lights on Plein 1992 are visible.

A protester (barely in frame) holding up a sign (which is the focal point of the picture) which says "Iedereen heeft recht op onderwijs & vrede!" which translates to "Everyone has a right to education and peace!".

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 29/12/2024

I was going to do things, potentially, but nope, the cats have trapped me and I am fully incatpacitated. Stuck on the sofa. What a tragedy.

A big tabby and a small black cat snuggled up on and against legs stretched out under a knit blanket, effectively trapping the owner of said legs

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 11/12/2024

And lest anyone think it is just people from the university concerned about this: HBO (applied sciences), high school students, unions, children, even a dog withstanding the whistle concert were all showing up.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 11/12/2024

Today at Plein 1992 in Maastricht - named after the signing of the Maastricht Treaty which aimed at a "closer union among the people of Europe - we gathered to protest the budget cuts to education in the Netherlands planned by the right-wing government: #DoeHetNiet #WOinActie @woinactie.bsky.social

Photograph taken from behind a colleague wearing a red vest of union FNV holding up a sign with statements about the international classroom and diversity entailing critical thinking and innovation needing diversity. Blurred in front are more protesters holding up more signs.

Protesters, more protesters, the blurred facade of Centre Ceramique - housing Maastricht's city library - and a sign that says "stop met het slopen van ons onderwijs" (stop wreaking our education)

Attached to a tree, a sign asking "Who fears an educated population?". Around that tree, a number of protesters (photographed from the back).

Protesters (shown from the back) and a sign held high that says "onderzoek = toekomst" (education = future).

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 11/12/2024

I also want to share these two pictures of a student I met at the protests in The Hague at the Malieveld. The government is not only planning to cut the budget, but also sharply decrease the number of international students, befitting their general nationalist agenda.

A student holding up a white sign that says "international students enrich the NL & " at the protest against budget cuts to (higher) education in the Hague.

The same student holding up the same sign, other side displayed, which reads "make the country colourful!" - while all the letters are simply outlined in black, "colourful" is outlined in black and filled with a veritable rainbow. The exclamation point is a red heart.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 11/12/2024

The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests. Protests again today all over the country - in Maastricht at 14:30 @ Plein 1992. Let's fight to stop the Eppocalypse! 🟥 #DoeHetNiet #WOinActie 🟥

Two colleagues holding a large banner at the Vrijthof in Maastricht. The banner reads "Stop de Eppocalyps" (Stop the Eppocalypse), a play on words with 'appocalypse' and the first name of the minister of education, Eppo Bruins.

#WOinActie #DoeHetNiet #StopTheEppocalypse #Stopdeeppocalypse

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 10/12/2024

The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests until a. the cuts are off the table, b. the gov falls or c. I run out of pictures. Tomorrow may be decisive. We'll be back on the streets! For today: 🟥 #DoeHetNiet

A bright red poster stating "van bezuiniggen kun je niet leren!" (you can't learn from budget cuts) with a sad smiley face.

A white poster held high against grey skies stating "bezuinigen op h.o.?! NIET SLIM" (budget cuts to higher education? NOT SMART)

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 09/12/2024

The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests against these cuts until a. the cuts are off the table, b. the gov falls or c. I run out of pictures. PS: It's not looking good in NL 😩 🟥 #WOinActie #DoeHetNiet 🟥

A sign held high at the Vrijthof in Maastricht at a local protest (replacing the cancelled one in Utrecht) stating "no money, no brainy".

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 05/12/2024

A group of people, their backs to the camera, moving over the Malieveld. One protester is holding a sign that says "het loops allemaal in de soep" - literally "it's all running into the soup" and less literally but more accurately "it's all going to shit".

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 03/12/2024

A cardboard sign held high above the Malieveld in Den Haag at the protest against budget cuts. It shows two figures, one asking "kunnen we dan straks nog vermengvuldigen en delen?" and the other responding "nee, alleen nog ons land verdelen", which translates to "will we still be able to multiply and divide?" and "no, only divide the country". Above the two figures, the caption says "bezuinging op educatie", "budget cuts to education".

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 01/12/2024

Made it to Leeds and saw Trolley P— from the corner of my eye. Guess where my mind went.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 01/12/2024

Last leg of the journey: St Neots to Leeds. Two hours left to go! The way back will be considerably shorter, at least. I’ve run out of tea and thus am considering taking LNER up on the offer to “order food, we’ll deliver it to you” to get more. Or something alcoholic.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 01/12/2024

Made it to London only to find that my next train was cancelled—but I was directed to an earlier one, so I’m on track anyway 🙌

The arrival terminal of the Eurostar at St Pancras in London—the grey steel of train stations, a board welcoming passengers to St Pancras and a pink neon sign in the distance saying “I want to take my time with you”

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 01/12/2024

Another edition of academic train travel: heading to Leeds for the book launch of Science Fiction as Legal Imaginary tomorrow. First leg: Maastricht to Liège.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 29/11/2024

While marching towards the ministry of education as part of the big protest against the budget cuts to higher education by the Dutch government, a protester holds up a sign saying "democracy needs unruly thought"

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 28/11/2024

The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests against these cuts until a. the cuts are off the table, b. the gov falls or c. I run out of pictures. Today, two shots from the Malieveld, 25/11/24. #WOinActie 🟥

A woman, elegantly dressed and wearing a little smile, holding up a cardboard sign with colourful writing on it that says, in Dutch, "wil je een dictatuur? Pleeg dan stil censuur", which translates to "do you want a dictatorship? Then quietly exercise some censorship"

Amidst other signs, one in focus that says "education cuts are nuts".

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 26/11/2024

Some pictures from yesterday's #WOinActie protest against the budget cuts to higher education. Thinking of doing a thing where I post a picture from a protest each day until a. the budget cuts are off the table, b. the government falls, or c. I run out of pictures. Yay or nay?

A close-up of a colleague's blonde hair in a bun, with a red square attached to it.

A sign held high, saying "education cuts never heal" with a bloody knife pictured.

Amidst a busy protest, a sign is held high that says "kennis is blijkbaar te woke", which translates to "knowledge is apparently too woke".

A garbage bin with a sign on top of it that says "investeer in de toekomst!", which translates to "invest in the future!". The symbolism feels very on point for this one.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 25/11/2024

Mostly took pictures with the camera, and my battery’s dead, but one for the road from just after the protest.

A sign saying “don’t balance the budget on the backs of our children” leaning against a tree.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 25/11/2024

Good morning, it’s protest day! Against the budget cuts to higher education in the Netherlands, against those that stand against innovation or fair working conditions, against those that would undermine giving folks the tools for critical thinking and make education less accessible. 🟥 #WOinActie

A red square, symbol of #WOinActie, safety pin attached and ready to wear at today’s protest

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 18/11/2024

Hot off the press, expertly edited by @glexareen.bsky.social, @drmitchtravis.bsky.social & Kieran Tranter and with many contributions I'm looking forward to sinking my teeth into (and one by me that I'll let you judge). Also: book launch on Dec 2 in Leeds: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

On a desk, a book entitled 'science fiction as legal imaginary'. The book is edited by Alex Green, Mitchell Travis and Kieran Tranter and published in the TechNomos series by Routledge. Not on the cover, but insider info: the book is "first published 2025", so befitting a book on science fiction, it's doing its own kind of time travel.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 15/11/2024

Well, now I want to make myself a cocktail. Currently incatpacitated, though.

The reason I cannot make myself a cocktail: black cat napping on my lap

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 14/11/2024

And here's proof that I was, in fact, protesting myself and not just taking pictures of everyone else's signs (although I'd argue that that's it's own form of furthering the protest's cause).

Me, myself and I, wearing a Maastricht University sweater in dark blue with a red square - symbol of the protests against budget cuts to higher education in the Netherlands and of WOinActie - standing in front of a mural symbolising the importance of free speech. Particularly poignant, seeing how the originally planned demonstrations in Utrecht were "de facto prohibited" due to safety concerns (aka "if you don't cancel, we'll prohibit"), curtailing academics' right to peaceful protest. I'm holding my camera in one hand and a sign saying "innovatie? probleemoplossend vermogen? heb je onderwijs voor nodig" in the other. And I've matched my lip stick to the red square.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 14/11/2024

Protesting the budget cuts to higher education in the Netherlands in Maastricht today. November 25: going to the Hague! #WOinActie 🟥

A union rep wearing a big red velt square speaking to a crowd of protesters assembled at the Vrijthof in Maastricht. One sign reads "stop de Eppocalyps", stop the Eppocalypse, a word play on the name of the Dutch minister of education, Eppo Bruins.

A banner saying "hoger onderwijs voor: de rijksten (crossed out) iedereen" which translates to "higher education for: the richest (crossed out) everyone"

A banner held up saying "no money no brainy"

A protester holding a cardboard banner high over the heads of the crowd, which reads "budget cuts today, lost generations tomorrow"

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 13/11/2024

Some morning coffee and arts and craft, professionally supervised by Cosmos, to prepare for the protest against the Dutch government’s budget cuts to higher education tomorrow! #WOinActie 🟥

Cosmos, the one-eyed black pirate cat, on a table next to my morning cup of coffee, supervising the making of a sign that says “innovatie? Probleemoplossend vermogen? Heb je onderwijs voor nodig!” as well as “stop the eppocalypse”, a play on apocalypse and the name of the current minister of education, Eppo Bruins

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 24/10/2024

Last leg of the journey, Liege to Maastricht 💪🏻

Liege/Luik train station, a lot of glass and straight lines

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 23/10/2024

8 minutes to change trains stressed me out a bit, but with no delays it was actually plenty of time. Second leg: Villach to Vienna now.

A seat number with a reservation from Villach to Vienna indicated

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 23/10/2024

The tracks by Kranj run along the river and there was hardly anyone in the train—just me enjoying the landscape.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 23/10/2024

Leaving Ljubljana again—amazing place, will miss it, but also very much looking forward to seeing my cats at. But first, roughly 20 hours of train travel. First leg, Ljubljana to Villach.

A blue and white Slovenian train and part of the track, sign saying “Villach Hbf”

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 21/10/2024

Monday morning, first edition of the Maastricht-Ljubljana legal theory seminar, off to a great start

A photo of a handout, a mug, and a notebook on a table; the silhouette of three seated people in the background

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 26/09/2024

Pictured: sneaking in some weekend hiking while on a research visit to Ljubljana 🤓

A clear alpine lake, rocky outcrops in the foreground and forest as well as a mountain range in the background

The silhouette of a distant mountain range against a blue sky dusted with clouds

The reflection of a light boulder in a clear green alpine lake, trees and mountains in the background

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 17/09/2024

What does this get me, very minor bragging rights?

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 19/08/2024

Timeline promptly doing a funny (but not funny ha-ha): the Tagesschau Bot sharing an article about how train itineries in Germany are being changed constantly.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 19/08/2024

Very early sunset, but still. And to continue the photographic chain mail, if you see this, quote post a picture you’ve taken of a sunset.

Maastricht, the sky lightly blue-grey, descending into soft greyish pink, the sun hanging low with a decently sized orange halo around it. Also pictured, the river Maas, a modern bridge going over it, and some buildings aka “the skyline”

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 11/08/2024

Pizza oven (that doubles as a bbq and outdoor fireplace, if it functions as advertised) acquired, dough is resting, tomato sauce is ready, friends coming over soon, the weather is gorgeous—not the worst prospects for a Sunday evening!

A spot in the garden (an armchair with pillows, a bench likewise with pillows, an outdoor rug and a little bistro table with flowers under a pergola, greenery around), central in the picture a corten steel oven with a little chimney; this is the intended star of the show

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 09/07/2024

One of my least favourite parts of the IVR is figuring out which workshops to attend. In the first Tuesday session, there are six I’d like to go to—absolutely spoiled for choice! Ultimately a great problem to have 🤓

A coffee on the IVR programme with an overview of which special workshop takes place when, several circled

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 09/07/2024

Sunday before the registration/reception was for some initial sightseeing.

A cafe on Seoullo (which is similar to the high line in NYC)

The side of a building, which features a rocket ship and two astronauts

A number of plastic panda bears looking either drugged or insane, chilling around some grass and bamboo greenery and a sign saying Namsam Seoul Tower

A round traditional wooden building structure

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 09/07/2024

At the #ivr2024, a mini-spam thread, at least if I remember to update it. ( #jurisprudensky )

A buk dance - four women and a man in traditional Korean clothing surrounded by drums they play. Before the stage, people watching and taking pictures, while in the background, the banner of this year’s IVR can be seen

An upper class tradition Korean house in a Hanok village

Skyscrapers of Seoul seen through trees from atop Namsen, against a cloudy and gray sky

Antonia looking very happily down at a variety of Korean food in small bowls in front of her; a large window behind her showing various rooftops of southern Seoul

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