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September 14, 2020
- Tessa Hofland
Migration to the city: do as the Dutch do?

Migration is more than just assimilation and integration, says historian Esther Captain…
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September 14, 2020
Tessa Hofland
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September 2, 2020
- Tessa Hofland
You can find stories about Rotterdam’s slavery past in these places

Rotterdam and its residents also played a role in slave trade history. The (economic)…
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September 2, 2020
Tessa Hofland
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August 27, 2020
- Tessa Hofland
How Rotterdam, too, was involved in the slave trade

'One might say that Rotterdam merchants were the pioneers of the Dutch slave trade.'
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August 27, 2020
Tessa Hofland
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August 26, 2020
- Mirjam de Winter
40,000 digital lectures within two months

The EUR is going from traditional to digital and hybrid education, but not all the…
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August 26, 2020
Mirjam de Winter
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August 25, 2020
- Elmer Smaling
The campus under lockdown: ‘It was utter chaos’

How was it for teachers to continue teaching online once the lockdown took effect on…
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August 25, 2020
Elmer Smaling
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June 18, 2020
- Elmer Smaling
New chair of the Executive Board Ed Brinksma ‘loves life’ and speaks several languages

From 1 September, Ed Brinksma will be the new chairman of the Executive Board, succeeding…
Profile
June 18, 2020
Elmer Smaling
Background
February 20, 2020
- Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
Five years after the Maagdenhuis occupation: ‘The minister can no longer ignore the staff’

The Maagdenhuis occupation was front-page news five years ago, but did the protesters get…
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February 20, 2020
Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
Background
December 10, 2019
- Tim Ficheroux
These are the tangible memories of Jan Tinbergen, fifty years after his Nobel Prize

On Tuesday 10 December it was exactly fifty years since Jan Tinbergen received the very…
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December 10, 2019
Tim Ficheroux
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June 26, 2019
- Elmer Smaling
‘Poisoned atmosphere’ and infighting: what went wrong at ESHCC?

Plagiarism, the sudden departure of the dean, infighting between several professors and…
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June 26, 2019
Elmer Smaling

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