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  • Page-turners
    November 3, 2021
    • Maartje Braam
    Emma Pleeging – Verslonden – Ronald van den Heerik

    What The Lord of the Rings can teach you about hope and uncertainty

    Emma Pleeging’s doctoral research was on the subject of hope. It’s a feeling that is…

    Page-turners
    November 3, 2021
    • Maartje Braam
  • Page-turners
    September 30, 2021
    • Maartje Braam
    Robbert-Jan Adriaansen – verslonden – Ronald van den Heerik

    ‘A party holiday and a philosophical book complement each other’

    Robbert-Jan Adriaansen read Hermann Hesse’s classic novel Siddhartha on a bus to a…

    Page-turners
    September 30, 2021
    • Maartje Braam
  • Page-turners
    July 7, 2021
    • Maartje Braam
    Ruth Van der Hallen – Ronald van den Heerik

    Ruth Van der Hallen learned that it’s OK to make errors in therapy when she read De naakte therapeut

    As Psychology student, Ruth Van der Hallen was really concerned about how therapists can…

    Page-turners
    July 7, 2021
    • Maartje Braam
  • Page-turners
    June 18, 2021
    • Maartje Braam
    Julian Schaap Verslonden – Ronald van den Heerik

    Julian Schaap loves absurdist, tragicomic books that play with society’s rules and morals in a provocative way

    Julian Schaap finds meaning in absurdist, tragicomic books that break down society’s…

    Page-turners
    June 18, 2021
    • Maartje Braam
  • Education
    March 16, 2021
    • Elmer Smaling
    Lege Universiteitsbibliotheek Corona

    Buying e-books during Covid has cost EUR hundreds of thousands extra

    E-books are often far more expensive – and far more complicated to buy – than the…

    Education
    March 16, 2021
    • Elmer Smaling
  • Page-turners
    February 24, 2021
    • Maartje Braam
    Roel van Steensel 2 – Ronald van den Heerik

    Roel van Steensel likes to get lost in a book

    Books tell stories. EUR staff members talk about their lives, using a particularly…

    Page-turners
    February 24, 2021
    • Maartje Braam
  • Page-turners
    January 20, 2021
    • Maartje Braam
    Bas Karreman – Verslonden – Ronald van den Heerik

    Bas Karreman smells China when he reads the book Mr. China

    The book Mr. China tells the bizarre true adventures of a young Wall Street banker who…

    Page-turners
    January 20, 2021
    • Maartje Braam
  • Page-turners
    December 17, 2020
    • Maartje Braam
    Shirley Nieuwland

    PhD candidate Shirley Nieuwland reads a Christmas message

    Christmas is drawing near and that means a time of traditions for PhD candidate Shirley…

    Page-turners
    December 17, 2020
    • Maartje Braam
  • Page-turners
    November 18, 2020
    • Maartje Braam
    Willem Scholten – Ronald van den Heerik

    Why Willem Scholten likes Bildungsromans

    Books tell stories. We asked several EUR employees to tell us about their lives, on the…

    Page-turners
    November 18, 2020
    • Maartje Braam
  • Page-turners
    October 22, 2020
    • Maartje Braam
    Moniek Buijzen – Ronald van den Heerik

    Why Moniek Buijzen loves children’s books

    As a child, communication scientist Moniek Buijzen loved the fantasy worlds created in…

    Page-turners
    October 22, 2020
    • Maartje Braam
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