Six talented Radboud University Nijmegen employees are looking for new colleagues Lotte Jensen
Bastian Mรถnkediek
Liedeke Plate
Lรกszlรณ Sรกndor Chardonnens
Saskia Bultman
Jos Hornikx
To understand
signification
Always try to look over the rim of your tea cup
Having carried out PhD research on medieval divination
I joined the Radboud University community in 2002, following
I specialise in the Sociology of the Family, which is why I am
I am associate professor of Early Modern Dutch Literature,
at Leiden University, I transferred to Radboud University
appointments at universities elsewhere in the Netherlands
very interested in studying family formation. While I was doing
my main passion being the poetry of the true Dutch greats,
ments of History and Philosophy, studies practices of identity
Nijmegen in 2003, where I expanded my interests to include
and abroad. Here, I found a stimulating environment in which
my Bachelor’s in Sociology, one of my professors kept telling me
such as Vondel and Tollens. Last year I was awarded a Vidi
construction in Dutch state reformatories for girls (1858-1975).
the study of magic. In 2010 I accepted a visiting scholarship
to conduct my research on rewriting by women and explore
that it is important to ‘look over the rim of the tea cup’ now and
grant by NWO to do research on Dutch national identity
of factors that relate to human interaction and psychological
Combining theory and approaches from both disciplines, I
at the International Consortium for Research in the Huma
how women retell old stories in new forms and in new con
then if you want to be creative and successful. Radboud Univer
formation between 1648 and 1815. As part of this project,
processes. At Radboud University, our staff and students are
investigate the way in which identity is not just “there”, but
nities at Erlangen University to investigate dream divination
texts, especially online. In Nijmegen we truly value teaching,
sity gives me the opportunity to work in a group of researchers
I am studying how war and peace texts play an important role
dedicated to measuring this impact, and to understanding
rather is something that is made through practices. This com
and mantic alphabets, after which I returned to Nijmegen to
care deeply for our students, and foster innovative research
with different academic backgrounds. This provides me with
in fostering sociocultural solidarity and promoting a spirit of
the underlying processes. The excellent facilities, the positive
bination of disciplines opens up new and exciting areas of
commence a postdoctoral research fellowship. In between
through interdisciplinary research groups, for instance the In
the unique opportunity to broaden my views on the process
patriotism. Working at Radboud University makes me feel at
student-staff interaction, and our international network
inquiry. Moreover, the ability to exchange ideas with experts
research trips and presentations at institutions from the
stitute for Gender Studies with which I am affiliated. As chair
of family formation and helps me create new ideas. Now I am
home in doing research: there is a lot of room for initiative,
help us to achieve our goals of understanding the impact of
from different fields helps me develop my own thinking and
USA to China, it is a pleasure to work at a university that
of the Internationalisation Committee I am strongly commit
working on a research project together with two other PhD
and the small-scale setting really enables you to put your
human communication at the level of the individual, groups,
certainly benefits my research.
facilitates and promotes individual research projects, and that
ted to an international climate of scholarly exchange.
Each of us is
I have always been fascinated by the question of how commu
A little over a year ago, I started working on my PhD thesis at
nication enables people and organisations to persuade others
Radboud University. My project, embedded in the Depart
to behave in a certain way. Communication can be surprising ly powerful, but its impact generally depends on a number
made up Ian Hacking
and society.
Idealist doctrine
has it that the verbs ‘to live’and ‘to dream’are at every point
synonymous
Jorge Luis Borges, The Zahir
Art and culture are ways in which we give meaning to our existence. By studying the stories we tell and retell, in books but also online, I seek insight into human
Humanities
who we are,
we need to delve into the events that shaped our national
identity
candidates from different countries and with different acade
plans into practice. Furthermore, researchers receive well-
encourages researchers to integrate scholarly interests in
mic backgrounds, analysing the effects of family and gender
organised and highly professional support in managing their
their teaching.
systems, as well as spousal and kin relationships, on people’s
projects.
fertility behaviour in different European regions over different periods of time. Jos Hornikx
Saskia Bultman
László Sándor Chardonnens
Liedeke Plate
Bastian Mönkediek
Lotte Jensen
Communication and Information Studies MA and PhD at Radboud University Nijmegen, postdoc at Northwestern University, assistant professor of Business Communication Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen. www.ru.nl/humanities/hornikx
History and Philosophy BA at Utrecht University, MA at Utrecht University and Radboud University Nijmegen, PhD candidate at Radboud University Nijmegen. www.ru.nl/humanities/bultman
English Language and Culture MA and PhD at Leiden University, visiting scholar and research partner at IKGF, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, lecturer and postdoctoral research fellow at Radboud University Nijmegen. www.ru.nl/humanities/chardonnens
Literary and Cultural Studies and Gender Studies Conservatoire National de Musique et de Danse, Strasbourg; MA at Utrecht University, MA at the University of Southampton, PhD at Indiana University, assistant professor at James Madison University, associate professor at Radboud University Nijmegen. www.ru.nl/humanities/plate
History BA at the University of Osnabrück, MA at the University of Bremen, PhD candidate at the University of Tübingen, PhD candidate at Radboud University Nijmegen. www.ru.nl/humanities/monkediek
Dutch Language and Culture MA at Utrecht University, PhD at the University of Amsterdam, lecturer at Utrecht University, postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Amsterdam, visiting professor at Ghent University, associate professor at Radboud University Nijmegen. www.ru.nl/humanities/jensen
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Communication seems so straightforward, but how can things as simple as make people change their minds and alter their behaviour?
Radboud University Nijmegen is looking for talented PhD candidates and assistant professors in the Humanities. The disciplines we offer are Arts, Communication, Culture, History, Language, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion Studies and Theology. Major research themes are: ‘Europe’s Identities’ with an emphasis on European culture, history and literature, and ‘Language and Communication’, with an emphasis on language diversity, communication and persuasion. For more information and vacancies, check our website at www.ru.nl/humanities or contact the Human Resources Department via vacatures@let.ru.nl.