The terrorist attacks that have been haunting European capitals show us that counterterrorism is necessary and essential in modern day society. The intelligence services and other organisations active in the field of counterterrorism are faced on a daily basis with the question of how extensive and intrusive their actions can be. What are the limits? Which actions are ethical? And most importantly: how do the professionals themselves deal with these - often complex - dilemmas? In Ethics of Co...

Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, this catalogue is about the creative power of change that is needed to face global issues and threats, now more than ever. Based on three key topics that are increasingly urgent in today's societies - scarcity, conflict, and unanimity - the presentation aims to inspire people to look at these social issues through the eyes of creative thinkers. Projects by some 50 national and international designers an...

In Africa, the Sources the Pillars, the Bearers and the Beacons are the foundation of Ubuntu, a philosophy that sees solidarity and humanity as the greatest strength and value.

This ancient philosophy is anchored in the national cultures of Africa, and has found its way into organisational cultures and management styles in contemporary Africa. It has become the backbone of a huge socio-economic development model that is welcoming the African Renaissance worldwide, deserving both respect and f...

Het werk van Desirée Dolron heeft zich de afgelopen 25 jaar gemanifesteerd als een intense opeenstapeling van ervaringen en ontmoetingen, verenigd in haar ambitieuze benadering van fotografie. Dit essay over haar serie Xteriors is een bespiegeling over de kern en creatieve context van een kunstenares die voortdurend bezig is met thema's van kaliber: de hartstocht van religieuze ceremonies op het zuidelijk halfrond, het geduldig de geschiedenis 'uitzitten' dat zo sterk is ingebed in het Cubaa...

This clear guide gives students grip on Scrum. What is Scrum@school, how do you work with Scrum, what are the benefits of it. Each step in the Scrum process is explained briefly.

For this special issue of Queeste four prominent non-Dutch speaking medievalists have read Of Reynaert the Fox, the recently published English translation of Van den vos Reynaerde. In their essays they reflect on ways in which this Middle Dutch text could provide new insights in their own research and/or on ways in which their area of expertise might shed new light on the study of the Reynaerde. Thus, Queeste offers a fascinating journey of a German, a Canadian and two English scholars, trave...

The unpublished writings of a Dutch colonial official, Pieter Albert Bik (1798-1855) are studied and contextualized in this book. The remarkable autobiographical manuscript of Bik, which is here presented in English translation with annotations, provides a unique glimpse of the wide horizons of the world of Dutch colonialism, tracing his many journeys in Europe, the Dutch East Indies and Japan as well as across the oceans in the first half of the nineteenth century.

In this work, Mikko Toivan...

There is a cluster of Early Iron Age (800-500 BC) elite burials in the Low Countries in which bronze vessels, weaponry, horse-gear and wagons were interred as grave goods. Mostly imports from Central Europe, these objects are found brought together in varying configurations in cremation burials generally known as chieftains' graves or princely burials. In terms of grave goods they resemble the Fürstengräber of the Hallstatt Culture of Central Europe, with famous Dutch and Belgian examples b...

There is a cluster of Early Iron Age (800-500 BC) elite burials in the Low Countries in which bronze vessels, weaponry, horse-gear and wagons were interred as grave goods. Mostly imports from Central Europe, these objects are found brought together in varying configurations in cremation burials generally known as chieftains' graves or princely burials. In terms of grave goods they resemble the Fürstengräber of the Hallstatt Culture of Central Europe, with famous Dutch and Belgian examples b...

Reframing Luchino Visconti: Film and Art gives new and unique insights into the roots of the visual vocabulary of one of Italy's most reputed film authors. It meticulously researches Visconti's appropriation of European art in his set and costume design, from pictorial citations and the archaeology of the set to the use of portraits and pictorial references in costume design. Yet it also investigates Visconti's cinematography in combination with his mise-en-scène in terms of staging, framing...