De van oorsprong zestiende-eeuwse Bibliotheca Enchusana of Librije van

Enkhuizen is een van de oudste institutionele bibliotheken in Nederland die nog

steeds in situ wordt bewaard. Sinds het begin van de zeventiende eeuw bevindt

de collectie zich in de Westerkerk in Enkhuizen. De Librije is een belangrijk

boekwetenschappelijk monument, maar biedt ook een uniek venster op het

verleden van de stad.

Daphne Wouts reconstrueert de eeuwenlange geschiedenis

van de bibliotheek aan de hand van histor...

When the Allied Forces arrived in the Netherlands after Operation Market Garden, the country’s long-awaited liberation from National Socialist occupation finally came in the summer of 1945. With freedom reclaimed, a wave of joy and hope swept through the nation, finding its most powerful expression in the stirring liberation songs that resonated across the land. These songs, an evocative transatlantic soundtrack of freedom, captured the spirit of the time through music, lyrics, and dance, c...

The identification of ceramic imports within prehistoric and historic assemblages has long been the primary indicator for identifying connections between different sites and regions. Yet this has fostered a presence/absence diagnosis for contact between different communities. Approaches such as post-colonial perspectives and network analysis, which focus on the nature of the connections, are now beginning to offer more meaningful ways of considering past interactions. These approaches can bri...