The Stories We Tell - Creative Nonfiction Accounts of Our Research

This unique anthology brings together creative narratives from researchers across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University, revealing how scholarship becomes story. From historians tracing narratives sedimented over time to philosophers examining the boundaries between nature and culture, from political scientists exploring the power of myths that transcend borders to scholars of the arts celebrating the sparse beauty of language itself, these pages demonstrate that academic enquiry and storytelling are inseparable. Drawing on the ‘narrative turn’, reshaping fields from social psychology to criminology, this collection speaks to a fundamental human truth: that tales, myths, chronicles and yarns are a language we all share. Whether you’re an academic or simply someone who can’t resist one more chapter before bedtime, these creatively written research accounts invite you into a world where rigorous scholarship meets the timeless art of storytelling.