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2023 Radboud University Press is proud to announce the publication of: The Hidden Relay. How the Germline Connects Generations by Peter de Boer with illustrations by Marc Maas and translated from Dutch by Judith Swart.
You can download this publication for free, or you can buy a hard copy here.
Reproduction and genetics are the central themes of biology. They relate to big questions of life such as: who are we, where do we come from, and where are we going? In the combined science of reproductive genetics, generations are interconnected and fertility plays a significant role.
The cell lineage responsible for this is known as the germline, with gametes as the functional products and heralds of information. The book follows the germline and attempts, through a more liberal and narrative use of language, to bridge the gap between an academic textbook and society. Personal experiences are not shunned but do not dominate.
The book is intended for those professionally involved in or entering this field, including those in education and journalism. However, it is also suitable for enthusiasts without a professional background, partly thanks to its beautiful colour illustrations and an up-to-date glossary.
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2024 It is with great pleasure that we announce a new publication in the Doctor Honoris Causa Series, the honorary doctorate of Prof. Stella Nkomo.
In this series we share impressions of Doctor Honoris Causa awarded by Radboud University to highly esteemed national and international scientists, politicians, philosophers, writers, artists, and other great intellectual minds. The honorary address of each award recipient as well as accompanying speeches by Radboud University representatives will be published in individual volumes, illustrated with personal photos and snapshots of the award ceremony.
You can download the PDF for free or buy the book on our website.
On October 17, 2023, during the 100th Dies Natalis of Radboud University, Stella Nkomo received an honorary doctorate from Radboud University. This doctorate was awarded in recognition of her groundbreaking research on the intersection between race and gender in managerial and organisational contexts. This edition includes honorary promotor Yvonne Benschopâs laudatio, Stella Nkomoâs acceptance speech, and a detailed recollection of Stella Nkomoâs professional history.
Stella Nkomo was among the first researchers to address race as a distinct and relevant category within the field of management and organisation studies. In her research, Nkomo revealed that the notion of race neutrality in organisations is but a myth, and that systemic racism is alive and well within organisational contexts. Nkomo also played a big part in bringing intersectional research to life within management and organisational studies, noting that gender and race should be studied as interrelated factors that impact each other. She continues to strive for greater equality in managerial and organisational contexts, as well as for the decolonisation of management and organisational studies, to this day.
Honorary promotor Yvonne Benschop, professor of business administration and organisational behaviour: âyour pioneering scholarship exemplifies what it means to make a significant impact, in the strategy words of our university. Your deep commitment to racial justice and equality and your willingness to engage in difficult conversations respectfully is motivating many of us.â
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2023 Radboud University Press is proud to announce the publication of:
Purple Brains. Feminisms at the Limits of Philosophy by Annabelle Dufourcq, Annemie Halsema, Katrine Smiet, and Karen Vintges (eds.).
You can download the PDF for free or purchase a hard copy from our website here.
About the Book
Feminist philosophy seems to always exceed its own limits â it is dynamic, shifting, and in dialogue with other academic disciplines. The adjective âfeministâ marks not so much a specific subfield of philosophy or topic that is studied, but a political sensibility, an engagement in practicing philosophy. The playful title âPurple Brainsâ indicates a thinking that goes beyond established binaries, notably the gender binary signified by the colors pink and blue.
As feminists, we face the challenge of finding our own place and inventing ways to understand and overcome discrimination and exclusion. Situated within a world we want to change, feminists cannot afford to reject unlikely interlocutors out of hand, but must instead engage in interdisciplinary, intergenerational and cross-fertilizing dialogues.
This volume brings together 19 articles that practice feminist philosophy through an engagement with the work of Dutch philosopher Veronica Vasterling. As one of the pioneering women philosophers active in Dutch academia since the mid-1980s, Vasterling explicitly expanded her outlook to embrace feminist themes and authors. She stands out as a prominent figure in the exploration of the boundaries of feminism through critical dialogue across multiple perspectives. Her work not only explores neuropsychology through a feminist lens but also extends into domains such as critical phenomenology of gender and race, critical hermeneutics, and subjects including sexual difference, the philosophical oeuvre of Hannah Arendt, and that of Judith Butler.
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2024 It is with great pleasure that we announce a new publication in the Doctor Honoris Causa Series, the honorary doctorate of dr.h.c. Jeroen Brouwers.
In this series we share impressions of Doctor Honoris Causa awarded by Radboud University to highly esteemed national and international scientists, politicians, philosophers, writers, artists, and other great intellectual minds. The honorary address of each award recipient as well as accompanying speeches by Radboud University representatives will be published in individual volumes, illustrated with personal photos and snapshots of the award ceremony.
You can download the PDF for free or buy the book on our website.
On 18 October 2018, during the 95th Dies Natalis, Jeroen Brouwers received an honorary doctorate from the Radboud University. This honorary doctorate was awarded to him because of his significance to Dutch literature. This edition includes the laudatio by the honorary promotor Jos Joosten, the acceptance speech by Jeroen Brouwers and a curriculum vitae by Brouwers' biographer Johan Vandenbroucke.
Honorary promoter Jos Joosten described Jeroen Brouwers in 2018 as "a prominent and highly acclaimed writer with a career spanning more than half a century. He has addressed important societal issues in his novels, such as the processing of the Second World War in the Dutch East Indies in 'Bezonken Rood' (1981) and the abuse in the Catholic Church in 'Het Hout' (2014). But he is also a great essayist, employing a method that lies between scholarly analysis and literary imagination, and a polemicist. He serves as an example for many writers: he lives for and through literature. As a critic, he also writes extensively about Flemish literature, which is also a particular focus of Nijmegen's Dutch studies. And whether he's engaging in polemics or erecting a statue for a writer: stylistically, it's always virtuoso."
Jeroen Brouwers passed away on the 11th of May 2022 at the age of 82.
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Op 18 oktober 2018, tijdens de 95e Dies Natalis van de Radboud Universiteit, ontving Jeroen Brouwers een eredoctoraat van de Radboud Universiteit. Dit eredoctoraat werd aan hem toegekend vanwege zijn belang voor de Nederlandse literatuur. Deze uitgave omvat onder andere de laudatio van de erepromotor Jos Joosten, de dankrede van Jeroen Brouwers en een curriculum vitae door Brouwersâ biograaf Johan Vandenbroucke.
Erepromotor Jos Joosten omschreef in 2018 Jeroen Brouwers als âeen vooraanstaand en veelgeprezen schrijver met een carrière die al meer dan een halve eeuw beslaat. Hij heeft belangrijke maatschappelijke kwesties behandeld in zijn romans, zoals de verwerking van de Tweede Wereldoorlog in IndiĂŤ in Bezonken Rood (1981) en het misbruik in de katholieke kerk in Het hout (2014). Maar hij is ook een groot essayist, met een werkwijze die het midden houdt tussen wetenschappelijke analyse en literaire verbeelding, en polemist. Voor veel schrijvers is hij een voorbeeld: hij leeft voor en door de literatuur. Als beschouwer schrijft hij ook veel over de Vlaamse literatuur, die ook een bijzonder aandachtspunt is van de Nijmeegse neerlandistiek. En of hij nu polemiseert of een standbeeldje opricht voor een schrijver: het is stilistisch altijd virtuoos.â
Jeroen Brouwers overleed op 11 mei 2022 op 82-jarige leeftijd.
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2024 It is with great pleasure that we announce a new publication in the Doctor Honoris Causa Series, the honorary doctorate of Prof. Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt.
In this series we share impressions of Doctor Honoris Causa awarded by Radboud University to highly esteemed national and international scientists, politicians, philosophers, writers, artists, and other great intellectual minds. The honorary address of each award recipient as well as accompanying speeches by Radboud University representatives will be published in individual volumes, illustrated with personal photos and snapshots of the award ceremony.
You can download the PDF for free or buy the book on our website.
On 15 October 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prof. Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt received a Radboud honorary doctorate in recognition of his work on strategic sustainable development. This edition includes honorary promotor Han van Kriekenâs laudatio, Karl-Henrik Robèrtâs acceptance speech, and a detailed recollection of his professional history.
Trained as an oncologist, Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt became aware in the last decades of the twentieth century that systematically increasing air, soil and water pollution in the environment were threatening global health. It became his goal to make people aware of the environmental problems and to develop a framework for sustainable development. In 1989, he founded 'The Natural Step', an organisation that initiated the development of the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, which later became a topic for further refinements through systematic international cooperation between scientists, and leaders from public and private sectors. The international hub for this work is Blekinge Technical Institute, where Dr Robèrt holds his chair. For his work, Robèrt received in 2000 the Blue Planet Prize - the 'Nobel Prize' for sustainability.
Honorary promotor Han van Krieken: âIt is for a variety of reasons that Radboud University wants to honour Professor Karl-Henrik Robèrt. Our universityâs new Strategic Plan defines explicitly our âresponsibility for the world in which we liveâ. It states as one of our goals that âwe want to be in the vanguard when it comes to achieving the United Nationsâ sustainable development goals and to make our own contribution to the changes needed in the world in the coming decadesâ. Professor Robèrt can show us ways in which we can translate these goals more effectively.â
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2024 It is with great pleasure that we announce a new publication in the Doctor Honoris Causa Series, the honorary doctorate of Prof. Dr. Mary Beckman.
In this series we share impressions of Doctor Honoris Causa awarded by Radboud University to highly esteemed national and international scientists, politicians, philosophers, writers, artists, and other great intellectual minds. The honorary address of each award recipient as well as accompanying speeches by Radboud University representatives will be published in individual volumes, illustrated with personal photos and snapshots of the award ceremony.
You can download the PDF for free or buy the book on our website.
We are delighted that the new publication in this series is dedicated to Mary Beckman who made an impact early in her career by launching the Conference on Laboratory Phonology together with John Kingston, which was instrumental in the process of unifying research into the formal system of speech and research into the physical properties of speech. She then went on to co-create the ToBI system for prosody transcription, which allows researchers from many different fields to work and collaborate on speech research. Her academic contributions have fundamentally altered the course of speech research by synthesizing numerous different areas of research that once seemed incompatible.
On October 17, 2023, during the 100th Dies Natalis of Radboud University, Mary Beckman received an honorary doctorate from Radboud University. This doctorate was awarded in recognition of her innumerable contributions to the field of linguistics. This edition includes, among other things, honorary promotor Mirjam Ernestusâ laudatio, Mary Beckmanâs acceptance speech, and a detailed recollection of Beckmanâs professional history.
Honorary promotor Mirjam Ernestus, professor of psycholinguistics: âIt is a great honor that someone with these qualities and achievements and who has materialized all the principles that we find important at Radboud University has agreed to become an honorary doctor at our university.â
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2024 Foundations of General Relativity by Prof. Dr. Klaas Landsman explains the history, concepts, and mathematics behind the general theory of relativity. This enables readers to follow the latest research in the field of general relativity theory and black holes. The book is designed for all students who have a basic knowledge of general relativity theory, differential geometry, and topology, regardless of age and background.
This video highlights the book Foundations of General Relativity.
You can download the PDF for free or buy a hard copy from our website here.
Klaas Landsman (1963) has been a professor of mathematical physics since 2001, initially at the University of Amsterdam and since 2004 at Radboud University, where he is a founding member of the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics (IMAPP). He was a postdoc at the University of Cambridge from 1989-1997, and a research fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) from 1997â2002. He has been an elected member of the KNAW since 2019. His previous Open Access books include Foundations of Quantum Theory (2017) and The Challenge of Chance (2016). He also wrote two popular science books in Dutch. In 2020 he won the international FQXi essay contest on Undecidability, Uncomputability, and Unpredictability.
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2024 Come to our workshop for PhD students on how to publish your dissertation in the âRadboud Dissertation Seriesâ.
Date: March 28th
Time: 10:00 AM tot 11:00 AM of 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Location: UB, Erasmuslaan 36, UBN.1.05b, Nijmegen
Registration is not necessary.
For more information about the Radboud Dissertation Series please visit https://radbouduniversitypress.nl/site/dissertations/.
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2024 Radboud University Press is proud to announce the release of Water:
A Dutch Cultural History by Lotte Jensen.
You can download the PDF for free or buy a hard copy from our website here.
About the Book
Floods are a fundamental part of Dutch history. Indeed, having âtamedâ the threats associated with living below sea level is part of Dutch national identity. In the cultural depictions of these devastating events, however, national pride at a certain collective resilience goes hand-in-hand with the collective trauma of exposed vulnerability. All too often, the Dutch were the losers in these battles against the elements. In a time of rising global sea levels, cultural scholar Lotte Jensen dives into the stories and images of the past to unpack this paradox for today.
Over the centuries, large parts of the Netherlands have been progressively reclaimed from its river delta home. Throughout that process, the country suffered countless floods, a number of which were truly catastrophic, such as the Saint Elizabethâs Flood of 1421 or the North Sea Flood of 1953. Jensen describes how the Dutch have dealt with these disasters, in practice but also in the imagination. It is the story of babies in floating cradles, fatherly monarchs, community fundraisers, and the boy who stuck his finger in the dike. Centuries before the nation-building associated with the 1800s, the Dutch created a unifying âusâ â the image of the Dutch lion â against a âthemâ â the âwaterwolfâ, the major threat which water embodied.
This national feeling and narrative were crafted with a set repertoire of images; role models (heroes and monarchs); charity (national and international solidarity); and a culture of remembrance. Jensen gives particular attention to the at times funny poems, books and songs, later criticized as clichĂŠd or melodramatic, which these collective traumas inspired. She also demonstrates through monuments and works of art how this narrative has multiplied and acquired variations with time right up to the present. Though once cast in a more religious light â the flood as punishment for a general lack of religious devotion â the waterwolf has become, for example, a collective responsibility for the environment that begins with lifestyle choices.
Today the Netherlands lives with water more than it battles it, some thinkers even envisioning an âamphibianâ future for the country. The stories and images of the past, however, reveal that precisely vulnerability can be fertile ground for solidarity and togetherness. With rising sea levels representing a growing threat, this well-researched and highly readable cultural history shows how over time a cultureâs imagination can gain new relevance beyond its borders. Acknowledging and building from a place of collective vulnerability might now be more important than ever.
Water: A Dutch Cultural History was translated from Dutch by Nancy Forest-Flier. The Dutch version of this book â which was released in 2022 - is available here.
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2024 It is with great pleasure that we announce a new publication in the Doctor Honoris Causa Series, the honorary doctorate of prof. ir. Geert Corstens.
In this series we share impressions of Doctor Honoris Causa awarded by Radboud University to highly esteemed national and international scientists, politicians, philosophers, writers, artists, and other great intellectual minds. The honorary address of each award recipient as well as accompanying speeches by Radboud University representatives will be published in individual volumes, illustrated with personal photos and snapshots of the award ceremony.
You can download the PDF for free or buy a hard copy from our website here.
Today we are delighted to reveal that the new publication in this series is dedicated to Geert Corstens, president of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands from 2008-2014. He studied law in Nijmegen and earned his PhD in Amsterdam. Between 1977 and 1992, Corstens was public prosecutor in Arnhem, and until 1995 Professor of Criminal Law in Nijmegen. In that year, he was made member of the Supreme Court; he became its Vice President in 2006 and its President in 2008. Corstens also wrote a classic book on Dutch criminal law in 1993.
On October 17, 2023, during the 100th Dies Natalis of Radboud University, Geert Corstens was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university. This honorary doctorate was granted to him in recognition of his tireless commitment to a strong, fair, and equitable legal system. This publication includes the laudatio by honorary promoter Roel Schutgens, the thank-you speech by Geert Corstens, and the Van der Grinten lecture that Geert Corstens delivered during the week of the Dies Natalis.
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Met veel genoegen kondigen wij een nieuw deel aan in de Doctor Honoris Causa Serie, het eredoctoraat van prof. mr. Geert Corstens.
In deze serie publiceren wij impressies van Doctor Honoris Causa die door de Radboud Universiteit zijn toegekend aan nationaal en internationaal gerenommeerde wetenschappers, politici, filosofen, schrijvers, kunstenaars en andere grote intellectuele geesten. De eretoespraak van iedere prijs ontvanger alsmede begeleidende toespraken van vertegenwoordigers van de Radboud Universiteit worden gepubliceerd in afzonderlijke delen, geĂŻllustreerd met persoonlijke foto's en snapshots van de uitreiking.
Geert Corstens was van 2008 tot en met 2014 president van de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden. Meteen na zijn aanstelling stond hij al bekend om zijn assertieve houding tegenover het politieke apparaat. De zelfstandigheid van de rechtsstaat mocht niet worden bedreigd door de wensen en behoeften van politici en andere buitenstaanders, vond Corstens. Hij heeft ook een formidabele bijdrage geleverd aan de publieksgerichte communicatie en uitleg over de rechtsstaat. Corstens schreef daarnaast onder andere de boeken Onze rechtsstaat en De rechter grijpt de macht: En andere misvattingen over de democratische rechtsstaat ter bevordering van de algemene communicatie over rechten en democratie in Nederland. Corstens is ook de auteur van het standaardwerk Het Nederlands strafprocesrecht en was van 1982 tot en met 1995 hoogleraar strafrecht aan de Radboud Universiteit.
Op 17 oktober 2023, tijdens de 100e Dies Natalis van de Radboud Universiteit, ontving Geert Corstens een eredoctoraat van de Radboud Universiteit. Dit eredoctoraat is aan hem toegekend omwille van zijn onvermoeibare inzet voor een sterke, eerlijke en gelijkwaardige rechtsstaat. Deze uitgave omvat de laudatio van erepromotor Roel Schutgens, de dankrede van Geert Corstens en de Van der Grintenlezing die Geert Corstens tijdens de week van de Dies Natalis heeft gegeven.
Erepromotor Roel Schutgens, hoogleraar algemene rechtswetenschap: âDoctor Corstens, ieder gelukkig land is noodzakelijk een ârechtsstaatâ. Maar dat is een zeer abstract begrip. U geeft daaraan een gezicht, een stem en een hart. Wij allen mogen u voor uw inzet zeer erkentelijk zijn.â
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2023 It is with great pleasure that we announce book 56 in the NICCOS Series Beyond the Spirit of Bandung: Philosophies of National Unity: Secular or Religious?, by Frans Dokman and Antoinette Kankindi (eds.).
You can download the PDF for free or buy a hard copy from our website here.
The 1955 Bandung Conference was an Asia-Africa forum, organized by Indonesia, Burma, India, the then Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Pakistan. Representatives of 29 independent Asian and African countries met in Bandung, Indonesia, to discuss matters ranging from national unity, cooperation, decolonization, peace, economic development and their role to play in international policy. The ten pointsâ declaration of the conference, the so-called âSpirit of Bandungâ, included the principles of nationhood for the future of the newly independent nations and their interrelations. After the conference most ânon-alignedâ Asian and African countries opted for philosophies of national unity to guarantee peace and stability..
Much is required of a philosophy of national unity. It should connect and inspire citizens via shared ideals, provide a basis for equal citizenship, construct a national history and national identity, being the foundation for laws and institutions etc.. Nowadays, changed international relations have created a diversity of views on secular or religious philosophies of national unity. This development has only made the question of the role of religion in this post-secular era more pressing. In the context of the resurgence of religions, the Bandung conference marks the increasing relevance of the choice at the time for a secular or religious approach. In the African case of Tanzania, the Ujamaa philosophy was secular although Tanzania had a âcivic religionâ. In the Asian case of Indonesia, the philosophy of Pancasila was âreligious pluralisticâ by recognizing six âofficialâ religions. In both this and other countries, the philosophies of national unity are now contested. Therefore, 68 years after the Bandung Conference, experts from Africa, Asia and Europe do critically answer the questions:
- What philosophy, secular or religious, succeeds or succeeded in promoting peace and stability?
- Are there comparable philosophies of national unity from other countries?
The Nijmegen Interdisciplinary Centre for Development and Cultural Change (NICCOS) was established in 1989 by the Board of Governors of Radboud University Nijmegen in order to stimulate and co-ordinate comparative research and related activities into the dynamics of development especially in the Global South. Although anchored in the disciplines of Anthropology and Development Studies as well as in Religious Studies, with a focus on World Christianity and Inter-religious Relations, NICCOS has evolved into a wider interdisciplinary network of scholars who focus research and teaching on development issues in relation to growing diversity and rising inequality in six continents. See also: https://radbouduniversitypress.nl/site/books/series/niccos-series/ and https://www.ru.nl/niccos/.
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2023 It is with great pleasure that we announce the publication of: Red Pope. A Biography of Cardinal Willem van Rossum C.Ss.R. (1854â1932) by Vefie Poels.
You can download the PDF for free or buy a hard copy from our website here.
Arriving in Rome from the Netherlands in 1895, the Catholic priest and Redemptorist Willem van Rossum (1854â1932) rose quickly through the ranks of the curia. In many ways an outsider, he made a resounding success of his career. His zeal in the fight against the âvirus of modernismâ earned him a cardinalâs hat in 1911, and he was appointed prefect of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide in 1918. As âred popeâ or head of the Vaticanâs mission department, Van Rossum led a hard-fought and ultimately successful campaign to separate missionary policy, fundraising and staffing from Western nationalism, and concentrate control over the worldwide missionary project at supranational level in Rome. He was the driving force behind two programmatic documents on the missions by Popes Benedict XV and Pius XI, which promoted the building up of indigenous churches and the educating of native clergy, thus helping to create a favourable position for the Catholic church during the subsequent wave of decolonisation. In the meantime, Van Rossum continued to decry Italian dominance in the church as well as the curiaâs inefficiencies, for instance in a vituperative pamphlet that he wrote shortly before his death. This scholarly biography of Willem van Rossum rescues this great strategist behind the âpopes of the missionsâ from oblivion, and throws fascinating light on the history of the Catholic church and the Roman curia from the late nineteenth century until far into the twentieth.
Vefie Poels (â Nijmegen, October 2, 2022) was biographer of âRed Popeâ, researcher, study secretary, documentalist, collection specialist, and deputy director associated with the Catholic Documentation Center (KDC) of Radboud University in Nijmegen for over 35 years.
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2023 Radboud University Press is proud to announce the release of: Morbidity in primary care (FaMe-Net). Epidemiologic data from Family Medicine Network by Hilde Luijks, Floris Van de Laar, and Henk Schers (eds.).
You can download the PDF for free or buy a hard copy from our website here.
About the Book
Morbidity in primary care is a medical textbook that presents a selection of diseases, disorders and clusters of symptoms registered in 'Family Medicine Network' (FaMe-Net). FaMe-Net is a Dutch primary care registration network with decades of experience in the accurate registration of all morbidity presented to the GP. This registration is embedded in the daily practice of GPs providing regular care to their enrolled patients. All morbidity data from 2014 up to and including 2021 can be accessed at www.famenet.nl/morbidity-data.
Each chapter presents the incidence and prevalence of the selected condition and the age and sex groups in which this condition is most common. Common reasons for encounter are described: symptoms, complaints or requests that patients present to their GP at the beginning of the episode of care. In addition, each chapter discusses common GP interventions (policy). The clinical course and registration of the condition are also described.
Reading the chapters in this book familiarises the user with how epidemiological numbers can be found on the website. The chapters contain links to the web pages where the relevant data are displayed. This makes it an interactive textbook, as the user can apply their own selections and look up their own epidemiological question. For example, change the calendar period or answer the same question for a different condition, including conditions not yet described in this book. The accompanying text in the chapters helps interpret the numbers correctly and guard against potential pitfalls.
This book is thus dynamically linked to the website. The topics have been carefully selected and present epidemiological data of both brief episodic and chronic conditions, harmless and more serious conditions, and also include so-called symptom diagnoses that occur regularly in primary care, such as 'sleep disorders'.
The database and this book are updated periodically.
The FaMe-Net registration network is unique in systematically recording the patient's reason for encounter in every contact with the GP (practice), and the interventions carried out, such as radiology/imaging, laboratory diagnostics, prescription of medication and referrals to primary and secondary care. This allows the correlation between reason for encounter, final diagnosis and interventions to be visualised.
This book is written by general practitioners practising in registering practices, many of whom are also affiliated with Radboud University Medical Centre as researchers, lecturers or trainers. The book is intended for general practitioners, GPs in training, medical students and researchers.
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2023 It is with great pleasure that we announce the publication of: Vita Radbodi. Het Leven van Radboud ('Vita Radbodi, The Life of Radboud') by Peter Nissen and Vincent Hunink.
You can download the PDF for free or buy a hard copy from our website here.
About the Book
The Low Countries in the early Middle Ages. Christianity is on the rise, partly due to the efforts of missionaries such as Willibrord and Boniface. Yet the process of Christianisation is laborious. This is well illustrated in Vita Radbodi, a tenth-century Latin biography of bishop Radboud of Utrecht (c. 850-917).
In it, Radboud is depicted as a pious, serious and studious young man, who is called to the episcopate after many years of study. As bishop, he encounters problems with unbelieving Frisians and ferocious Normans. Thus, he is forced to move his seat from Utrecht to the safer Deventer.
The text offers a positive portrait of Radboud as a holy role model figure. He acts energetically, performs miracles and, of course, also possesses prophetic gifts. For instance, he predicts his own end well in time. The text ends with a vision of the Mother of God and Radboud's death and burial.
Some twenty years after the first edition by Peter Nissen and Vincent Hunink, the text is now being reissued on the occasion of Radboud University's centenary.
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De Lage Landen in de vroege Middeleeuwen. Het christendom is in opmars, mede door de inzet van missionarissen als Willibrord en Bonifatius. Toch verloopt het proces van kerstening moeizaam. Dat is goed te zien in het Leven van Radboud, een tiende-eeuwse Latijnse levensbeschrijving van bisschop Radboud van Utrecht (ca. 850-917).
Radboud wordt erin afgeschilderd als een vrome, serieuze en studieuze jongeman, die na vele jaren van studie wordt geroepen tot het bisschopsambt. Als bisschop krijgt hij problemen met ongelovige Friezen en woeste Noormannen. Zo ziet hij zich gedwongen zijn zetel te verplaatsen van Utrecht naar het veiliger Deventer.
De tekst biedt een positief portret van Radboud als heilige voorbeeldfiguur. Hij treedt voortvarend op, verricht wonderen en bezit, uiteraard, ook profetische gaven. Zo voorspelt hij ruim op tijd zijn eigen einde. De tekst eindigt met een visioen van de Moeder Gods en met Radbouds dood en begrafenis.
Zoân twintig jaar na de eerste uitgave door Peter Nissen en Vincent Hunink wordt de tekst nu opnieuw uitgebracht naar aanleiding van het honderdjarig bestaan van de Radboud Universiteit.
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2023 We are thrilled to announce the publication of: Zeven hoofdzonden en een paar deugden. Theologische inzichten voor het alledaagse leven ('Seven Deadly Sins and a Few Virtues. Theological Insights for Everyday Life') by Carl Sterkens and Christoph HĂźbenthal (eds.).
You can download the PDF for free or buy a hard copy from our website here.
About the Book
In our modern secular society, theology is capturing progressively less attention and is being granted minimal importance within the wider community. Unjustly so, as this collection of essays demonstrates. On the occasion of the centenary of Radboud University (1923-2023), researchers and professors from the Faculty of Theology present a series of easily comprehensible theological insights concerning both human frailties and the greatness of humanity. Using the deadly sins and a few virtues as a guiding framework, these essays explore lighthearted the boundaries, horizons, and ambiguities of human existence.
This volume combines perspectives from Biblical studies, church history, systematic theology, and practical theology to address individual challenges and societal discussions. The seven deadly sins provide food for thought on what can go wrong in individual lives and in society. The classic list of pride (superbia), greed (avaritia), envy (invidia), lust (luxuria), gluttony (gula), wrath (ira), and sluggishness (acedia) still affect us. Virtues, on the other hand, are often less actively pursued, yet they inspire us to critically observe our surroundings: love (caritas), justice (iustitia), and fairness (aequitas).
These insights often draw from the rich history of Nijmegen's Faculty of Theology. Not to imply that its approach is a unique breeding ground for vices, but rather to acknowledge the joyous occasion that spurred this collection. The compilation wraps up with art-historical reflections on the images that eloquently enhance the contributions.
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In de huidige geseculariseerde samenleving kan de theologie op steeds minder belangstelling rekenen en wordt haar nog maar weinig maatschappelijk belang toegekend. Ten onrechte, zo toont deze bundel essays aan. Onderzoekers en docenten van de Faculteit der Theologie van de Radboud Universiteit presenteren naar aanleiding van hun eeuwfeest (1923-2023) op toegankelijke wijze een aantal theologische inzichten over zowel de menselijke gebrokenheden als de grootsheid van de mens. Met de hoofdzonden en een paar deugden als leidraad, worden de grenzen, de horizonten en de dubbelzinnigheden van het menselijk bestaan lichtvoetig gethematiseerd.
De bundel combineert Bijbelwetenschappelijke, kerkhistorische, systematische en praktisch-theologische perspectieven om individuele uitdagingen en maatschappelijke discussies aan de orde te stellen. De zeven hoofdzonden geven stof tot nadenken over wat in individuele levens en in de samenleving fout kan lopen. De klassieke lijst van hoogmoed (superbia), hebzucht (avaritia), afgunst (invidia), lust (luxuria), gulzigheid (gula), woede (ira) en traagheid (acedia) spelen ons immers nog steeds parten. Met deugden gaan we meestal minder actief aan de slag, maar ze geven inspiratie om kritisch om ons heen te kijken: liefde (caritas), rechtvaardigheid (iustitia) en billijkheid (aequitas). De bijdragen putten regelmatig uit het rijke verleden van de Nijmeegse Faculteit der Theologie. Uiteraard niet om te suggereren dat haar benadering een bijzondere voedingsbodem voor ondeugendheden is, maar om recht te doen aan de feestelijke aanleiding voor de bundel. De bundel sluit met enkele kunsthistorische beschouwingen over de afbeeldingen die de bijdragen stijlvol illustreren.
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2023 Radboud University Press is proud to announce the release of: 'Human and Planetary Health. The urgency to integrate into One Health' by Kees van Laarhoven.
You can download the PDF for free or buy a hard copy from our website here.
About the Book
In his professional journey, travelling through an upcoming field of surgery with apparently unlimited possibilities, Kees van Laarhoven witnessed major milestones and breakthroughs. Already as a medical student, he was amazed by surgical courage. During residency, he experienced hard work, diligence and perseverance of surgical professionals. Today as a surgeon with over 25 years of clinical experience he now looks at pieces of art in surgery with professionals compassionately bringing hope to patients.But he also sees inconvenient truths in our healthcare system, with patients evolving from one predictable and preventable disease to the next and with professionals following disease trends rather than applying their knowledge to redirect disease into health. The modern disease-oriented care system becomes undesirable and unsustainable.
And there are more inconvenient truths that have progressed rather than diminished in time. Healthcare is not easily accessible to the major half of the global population and for those who have access, with a growing global population, healthcare may become unaffordable in the future. Moreover, from an environmental perspective, both human and planetary health are compromised and ask for a âOne Healthâ approach.
Being fascinated by the questions of how and why did this all happen, Kees van Laarhoven took up a scientific survey to comprehend and learn how things still can be changed. He found that clear solutions are there! Please join him on his journey..
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2023 It is with great pleasure that we announce the publication of: Een beeld in technicolor. Vijftig jaar oorlogen in Vietnam 1940-1990' 2e editie ('An image in technicolor. Fifty years of wars in Vietnam 1940-1990' 2nd edition).
You can download the PDF for free or buy a hard copy from our website here.
About the Book
An image in technicolor. Fifty years of wars in Vietnam 1940-1990 gives a broad and innovative interpretation of the history of Vietnam between 1940 and 1990. Black and white characterisations, one-sided interpretations and prevailing myths are debunked. Instead, a nuanced and multifaceted picture is given in which the United States is less prominent.
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Een beeld in technicolor. Vijftig jaar oorlogen in Vietnam 1940-1990 geeft een brede en vernieuwende interpretatie van de geschiedenis van Vietnam tussen 1940 en 1990. Zwart-wit typeringen, eenzijdige interpretaties en heersende mythen worden ontzenuwd. In plaats daarvan wordt een genuanceerd en rijkgeschakeerd beeld gegeven, waarin de Verenigde Staten nu eens minder op de voorgrond staan.
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2023 Radboud University Press is proud to announce its publication of:
Observant Reforms and Cultural Production in Europe by Pietro Delcorno, Bert Roest (eds.).
You can download the PDF for free or buy a hard copy from our website here.
About the Book
The impetus of religious reform between ca. 1380-1520, which expressed itself in a variety of Observant initiatives in many religious orders all over Europe, and also brought forth the Devotio moderna movement in the late medieval Low Countries, had considerable repercussions for the production of a wide range of religious texts, and the embrace of other forms of cultural production (scribal activities, liturgical innovations, art, music, religious architecture). At the same time, the very impetus of reform within late medieval religious orders and the wish to return to a more modest religious lifestyle in accordance with monastic and mendicant rules, and ultimately with the commands of Christ in the Gospel, made it difficult to wholeheartedly embrace the material consequences of learning, literary and artistic prowess, as the very pursuit of such pursuits ran against basic demands of evangelical poverty and humility. This volume explores how this tension was negotiated in various Observant and Devotio moderna contexts, and how communities connected with these movements instrumentalized various types of writing, learning, and other forms of cultural expression to further the cause of religious reform, defend it against order-internal and external criticism, to shape recognizable reform identities for themselves, and to transform religious life in society as a whole.
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2023 Radboud University Press is proud to present our latest publication: Over honderd ziekten ('A Century of Diseases').
The book was written on the occasion of Radboud University Nijmegen's 100th anniversary by emeritus professor of pathological anatomy Dirk Ruiter, curator of the Museum of Anatomy and Pathology Lucas Boer, and university historian Jan Brabers.
You can download the PDF for free or buy a hard copy from our website here.
About the Book
This book offers exciting and often surprising insights into one hundred diseases that have emerged over the past century. The authors focus on the period from 1923, when Radboud University was founded, to 2023, the university's centennial anniversary. All of the diseases included in this book have left an indelible mark on the century in which they emerged, in either a scientific and/or socio-historic sense. This book can therefore be read as a series of descriptions of time-specific degenerative disorders, inflammations, infections, malignant neoplasms, immunological diseases, developmental disorders, genetic diseases and psychiatric disorders. All of the descriptions are accompanied by vivid illustrations, the majority of which come from the Museum of Anatomy and Pathology at Radboud university medical center. Each disease description also includes a critical commentary and a brief historical framework. Scientific findings by Dutch and Nijmegen researchers are highlighted, where applicable. Finally, each disease description also includes an English summary.
The book A Century of Diseases is accessible to a wide audience of readers with an interest in pathology, ranging from students and staff at Radboud University and Radboud university medical center to those involved in all facets of healthcare, from professionals to patients.
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Dit boek biedt spannende en vaak verrassende inzichten in honderd verschillende ziekten die zich in de voorbije honderd jaar hebben voorgedaan. De tijdsspanne waarop de auteurs zich richten loopt van 1923, toen de Katholieke Universiteit te Nijmegen, thans Radboud Universiteit, werd gesticht tot 2023, het jaar waarin de universiteit haar eeuwfeest viert. Elke beschreven ziekte heeft een eigen plaats binnen deze eeuw, die om wetenschappelijke en/of maatschappelijke en historische redenen is toebedeeld. Zo laat dit boek zich lezen als een reeks beschrijvingen van in de tijd geplaatste degeneratieve afwijkingen, ontstekingen, infecties, kwaadaardige gezwellen, immunologische ziekten, ontwikkelingsstoornissen, genetische ziekten en psychiatrische aandoeningen. De ziektebeschrijvingen zijn stuk voor stuk voorzien van aanschouwelijke afbeeldingen, die voor het merendeel afkomstig zijn uit de collectie van het Museum voor Anatomie en Pathologie bij het Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum. Elke ziektebeschrijving bevat tevens een kritisch commentaar en een korte historische kaderschets. Indien relevant worden wetenschappelijke bevindingen van Nederlandse, en in het bijzonder Nijmeegse onderzoekers in het licht gesteld. Tot slot bevat elke ziektebeschrijving een Engelse samenvatting.
Over honderd ziekten is toegankelijk voor een breed, in ziektekunde geĂŻnteresseerd publiek, variĂŤrend van medewerkers en studenten van de Radboud Universiteit en het Radboudumc tot betrokkenen bij alle denkbare facetten van de gezondheidszorg - inclusief, uiteraard, patiĂŤnten.