Wiljan van den Akker new director of Centre for the Humanities
As of 1 September 2016, Prof. Wiljan van den Akker will succeed Prof. Rosi Braidotti as director of the Centre for the Humanities (CfH). Braidotti has been the director for eight years, since she founded the Centre for the Humanities in 2008.
is Faculty Professor of Modern Poetry, Vice-Rector of Research at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 and former Dean of the Faculty of Humanities. He is a prominent voice in discussions, both within the Netherlands and in an international context, about the impact of the humanities.
is Distinguished 木瓜福利影视 Professor at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视. She is a leading scholar in the fields of philosophy and gender studies. Her recent book Conflicting Humanities (edited together with Paul Gilroy) explores the question of how to reinvent the humanities.
The Centre for the Humanities at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 offers a platform for discussions concerning the broader socio-political relevance of the humanities.