dr.mr. Michiel Bot

Bio

Michiel Bot is Associate Professor of Law and Humanities and Program Director of the major Law in an International Context at University College Tilburg. Before joining Tilburg University, he obtained his PhD in Comparative Literature at New York University in 2013, held a postdoctoral fellowship in Politics and Humanities at Bard College (New York) from 2013 to 2015, and worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature and Society at Al Quds Bard (Palestine).

Expertise

Michiel Bot's recent research includes publications on the right to boycott, freedom of expression and demonstration, the politics of undocumented migrants, municipal ID cards, and race, colonialism, law, and the nation-state.

Teaching

Michiel has been teaching and supervising students in the fields of fundamental rights, jurisprudence, and law, politics, and the humanities.

Courses

• Legal Fictions
• Imagining Justice: Introduction to Law and Humanities
• Professional Practice: Internship
• Pass UCTilburg 2
• Pass UCTilburg 3
• PASS UCTilburg 1
• Bachelorthesis Liberal Arts and Sciences
• GLB: Perspectives on Law

Recent publications

1. De natiestaat als olifant in de kamer van de postkoloniale rechtsstaa…

   Bot, M. (2022). De natiestaat als olifant in de kamer van de postkoloniale rechtsstaat: Over nationaliteitsdiscriminatie, institutioneel racisme en het recht. NJCM-bulletin, 47(1), 78-94. [NTM/NJCMbull. 2022/5]. https://www.navigator.nl/document/idda5d7da006a34794896ffa032f2e7286?ctx=WKNL_CSL_102

2. Disrupting undocumentation - Municipal ID cards against passport feti…

   Bot, M. (2022). Disrupting undocumentation: Municipal ID cards against passport fetishism. Law & Literature, 1-21.

3. Institutioneel racisme als excuus - Over de witte onschuld van staats…

   Bot, M. (Author). (2022). Institutioneel racisme als excuus: Over de witte onschuld van staatssecretaris Van Rij en het College voor de Rechten van de Mens . Web publication/site, . https://www.nederlandrechtsstaat.nl/institutioneel-racisme-als-excuus-over-de-witte-onschuld-van-staatssecretaris-van-rij-en-het-college-voor-de-rechten-van-de-mens/

4. Is institutioneel racisme echt racistisch?

   Bot, M. (2022). Is institutioneel racisme echt racistisch? NJB, 2022(26), 2048-2055. [NJB 2022/1754].

5. Wie zich druk maakt over vrijheid van meningsuiting moet de feiten ni…

   Bot, M. (Author). (2021). Wie zich druk maakt over vrijheid van meningsuiting moet de feiten niet verdraaien. Web publication/site, Trouw. https://www.trouw.nl/opinie/wie-zich-druk-maakt-over-vrijheid-van-meningsuiting-moet-de-feiten-niet-verdraaien~b6fdad17/