To ‘Be Happy!’ - or Not to Be In her research, Esther Op de Beek works on happiness in contemporary literature. In the context of our 'Arts in Society' theme, she challenges the common idea that we should always strive for happiness through a range of literary examples. Esther Op de Beek • April 04, 2019
MOM 4: Every citizen needs a mother (or father) (II) The Month of the Mother's (MOM) last blog: Not only men but women as well can exploit the parent motif in their political self-presentation. This week, we will look at the image of the female leader as mother of the people. Leanne Jansen • March 28, 2019
MOM 3: Blessed Be the Fruit: Why The Handmaid’s Tale’s Sexual Politics Are Not Medieval 23 to 31 March is the Dutch National Week of the Book. For this reason, the month March will be devoted to this year's theme ‘de moeder de vrouw’, as the Month of the Mother (MOM). This week: politics of sex, marriage and motherhood in The Handmaid's Tale. Lieke Smits • March 19, 2019
MOM 2: Art and the Maternal 23 to 31 March is the Dutch National Week of the Book. The month March will be devoted to this year's theme ‘de moeder de vrouw’, as the Month of the Mother (MOM). This week: how art contemplates experiences of childbirth and postpartum trauma. Annabel Kanaar • March 14, 2019
MOM 1: In Love with Your Stepmother 23 to 31 March is the Dutch National Week of the Book. For this reason, the month March will be devoted to this year's theme ‘de moeder de vrouw’, as the Month of the Mother (MOM). This week's blog explores a son's problematic love for his stepmother. Tim Vergeer • March 07, 2019
History, Gender, and Power at the Auckland Art Gallery Two artists featured at the Auckland Art Gallery in New Zealand, Pati Solomona Tyrell and Jasmine Togo-Brisby, invite and challenge visitors to engage with diversity of gender expression and the problematic history of slavery in the South Pacific. Layla Seale • February 28, 2019
It’s a Small World: The Dollhouse in the Seventeenth-Century Netherlands A small corpus of extant seventeenth-century Dutch dollhouses shares traits with other contemporary collecting practices, but demonstrates different potentials for microcosmic thinking. Jun Nakamura • February 21, 2019
How to Share Your Research with the World On blogs and other platforms to share academic research and what universities and funding organizations can do to help. Lieke Smits • February 14, 2019
Every citizen needs a father (or mother) (I) A famous, age-old motive in politics is that of the citizen parent. The late mayor of Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan, performed the role of father quite masterfully; his success could inspire statesmen both ancient and modern. Leanne Jansen • February 07, 2019