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  • Page-turners
    June 11, 2025
    • Maartje Braam

    Elisa de Weerd recognises that gender identity does not yet have a firm foothold in (scientific) literature

    Elisa de Weerd was impressed by Lentekind by Harmen van Liemt, a book about a boy growing…

    Page-turners
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    • Maartje Braam
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    • Maartje Braam
    Kyra Hanemaaijer – Verslonden April2025 – Leroy-Verbeet

    Origin matters, Kyra Hanemaaijer knows from her research and bookcase

    Kyra Hanemaaijer's research shows that origin can affect the way you are treated in the…

    Page-turners
    May 1, 2025
    • Maartje Braam
  • Students
    April 22, 2025
    • Myla Carbo
    Emma Francis Trouwborst_student_Erasmus MC_boek_masker van verraad_Daan Stam

    Medicine student Emma Trouwborst has written a debut novel about espionage and romance: ‘My characters sometimes feel so real’

    Medicine student Emma Trouwborst (22) published her first book this month: a young adult…

    Students
    April 22, 2025
    • Myla Carbo
  • The Issue
    March 13, 2025
    • Manon Dillen
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    Why adjusting Roald Dahl’s books is not censorship

    Even Pippi Longstocking and James Bond are not exempt. Roald Dahl's Oompa-Loompas are now…

    The Issue
    March 13, 2025
    • Manon Dillen
  • Page-turners
    January 18, 2024
    • Mariska van Schijndel

    This book filled with fascinating images inspired Charlotte Bruns while she was working on her PhD (for which she received several awards)

    A thickly-padded book filled with colourful pictures – how useful is that to a…

    Page-turners
    January 18, 2024
    • Mariska van Schijndel
  • Page-turners
    November 24, 2023
    • Mariska van Schijndel
    Diana Kartojudo_verslonden_23.11.2023_Leroy Verbeet 1280 x 859

    Thanks to this book, IT professional Diana Kartojudo is holding her own in a world dominated by men

    Laughing self-consciously after making a suggestion, cleaning the department kitchen and…

    Page-turners
    November 24, 2023
    • Mariska van Schijndel
  • Page-turners
    October 19, 2023
    • Mariska van Schijndel

    Laurens read Sophie’s World as a teenager. ‘I’ve moved house ten times and have always dragged this book along with me’

    When Laurens Wielaard read the philosophical novel Sophie’s World as a insecure…

    Page-turners
    October 19, 2023
    • Mariska van Schijndel
  • Page-turners
    September 20, 2023
    • Maartje Braam
    Oskar Wolthoorn _ Verslonden _ Leroy Verbeet _ 9.2023

    Why Oskar Wolthoorn is wearing mismatched socks

    Oskar Wolthoorn was on the bus on the way to a festival when he saw a young man wearing…

    Page-turners
    September 20, 2023
    • Maartje Braam
  • Page-turners
    July 6, 2023
    • Maartje Braam
    Gijs van Oenen_verslonden_Ronald van den Heerik

    Why Gijs van Oenen is searching for the origin of things

    In his book, Culturele veldslagen (cultural battles), Gijs van Oenen investigates the…

    Page-turners
    July 6, 2023
    • Maartje Braam
  • Page-turners
    May 31, 2023
    • Maartje Braam

    ‘In the scientific world, we should be encouraging each other more often’

    Books bring us stories. In this series, EUR employees tell us about their lives based on…

    Page-turners
    May 31, 2023
    • Maartje Braam
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