Het koffietafelboek The Book of Temples neemt je mee op een visueel indrukwekkende reis door 30 eeuwen spiritualiteit verspreid over vijf continenten. Van Ethiopische synagogen en Franse kathedralen tot Mayatempels en Japanse schrijnen – dit boek biedt een rijke verzameling van uiteenlopende heilige plekken. Het is een eerbetoon aan de diversiteit van geloof en devotie wereldwijd.

This volume contains the proceedings of the 66th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space held in October 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan, as well as the report of the IISL Standing Committee on the Status of International Agreements Relating to Activities in Outer Space.

First published in March 2001, this work was the first and only book of its kind in the Dutch intellectual landscape, and it rapidly became a classic for multigenerational audiences with an interest in intersectional theory and praxis. By zooming in on the issues that Black, migrant, and refugee (BMR) women placed on the feminist and multicultural agenda of the late twentieth century, the writers in this volume highlight the exclusionary practices BMR women encountered within Dutch institutio...

An adventurous Guide for Regenerative Educators invites readers into a shared exploration on what it means to become regenerative educators in todays and tomorrow’s world. Through biographical letter writing, a deep dive into the multidisciplinary theoretical foundations of these journeys, and the development of a cutting edge innovative methodological approach of co-constructed auto-ethnography, the book sheds light on the interwoven inner-transformations and outer systemic transitions inv...

In today’s fast-paced world, organisations face unprecedented and ever-evolving challenges, making effective change management more vital than ever. Leaders, managers, and change agents often struggle to make their organisations more resilient, as choosing the right change methods can feel daunting. Without clear guidance on which approaches work best in specific situations, organisations risk adopting solutions that fall short or fail to deliver lasting results, jeopardising their strategi...

This booklet explores various aspects of decision-making, including the importance of reality, expectations, decision pressure, priorities, intuition, and dealing with doubt. It also covers different cognitive biases and provides practical tips and strategies for making better decisions. Having a realistic perspective is crucial when making a decision. It is important tot understand the situation, allowing you to gather facts and set priorities.

Since 2020, Collecting Otherwise, initiated by the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, has explored how archives and their policies shape institutional memory, urban history, and public heritage, challenging the idea that heritage is “neutral”. It aims to change institutional culture to recognise and champion under-represented roles, practices, and perspectives in archives. Besides rethinking archival practices in case studies from the National Collection, the project addresses annual themes o...

Freedom of contract plays a key role in many of our legal and public debates, but its

meaning is rarely explicitly interrogated. Often it is simply assumed that freedom of

contract stands for the idea that the law should just enforce private deals and otherwise

get out of the way. Professor Hanoch Dagan argues that this libertarian understanding

of freedom of contract, shared by both friends and foes of a laissez-faire vision of

the law, presupposes a conceptually unnecessary and normatively ...

This volume intervenes in the growing field of transimperial history, which explores interactions across empires—European and non-European—between the mid-1800s and mid-1900s, a period of heightened imperial entanglement. It focuses on how actors from one empire came to know, interpret, and position themselves in relation to actors from other empires, emphasizing the role of socio-professional profiles, informal networks, and formal institutions. The volume is structured around three them...

In de jaren tachtig werd ze nog lacherig ontvangen: ‘Kijk, daar heb je Steur, die gaat het ook proberen.’ Een vrouw, tussen de mannen, met cowboylaarzen en fonkelende ogen. Maar Patricia Steur (1948) wist door te dringen waar anderen buiten bleven. Ze tourde met rocksterren, hielp mee aan de acceptatie van tattoos, fotografeerde glamour én inheemse volkeren. Van verlegen meisje groeide ze uit tot rolmodel.

Een hoogtepunt was haar werk in Nieuw-Zeeland, waar een Maori-stam zich voor haar ...