This book provides a thorough revision of the image of the public church under the Dutch Republic after the Peace of Westphalia and before the onset of the ‘high Enlightenment’. Traditional church history considers the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries a period of decline. Yet this was the high tide of Dutch expansion when Dutch society was extremely rich. In its five universities and its highly literate population internationally acknowledged scholarship, arts and sciences flowered. D...

'Expeditions in Persia: Exploring Qajar Persia in two 19th-Century Diaries' unveils the intricacies of 19th-century Persian expeditions through two complementary travelogues. The first account, with an anonymous author (attributed to Sir John Malcolm), offers a detailed diplomatic and historical perspective on the journey through Persia during an East India Company mission led by Sir John Malcolm. The second travelogue, written by Mirza Saleh, an Iranian intellectual and later diplomat, chron...

Wat betekent het écht om diversiteit, inclusie en kansengelijkheid te laten werken? Wat gebeurt er als we deze woorden omzetten in daden?

Diversiteit, inclusie en kansengelijkheid zijn steeds belangrijkere thema's in de huidige maatschappij en vooral in het onderwijs. De wereld is divers en scholen worden geconfronteerd met de uitdaging om leeromgevingen te creëren die recht doen aan deze diversiteit.

'Oog voor kleur' verkent vragen die er écht toe doen, zoals: hoe ga je om met diversitei...