PThU News
- Esther Mombo starts as guest lecturerThe PThU will be hosting Prof. Esther Mombo as guest lecturer. Prof. Mombo will give guest lectures on 7 and 14 December, a masterclass for PhD students and an open lecture on 12 December from 15.00 -16.30 at the PThU- Groningen. You are all cordially invited!
- Initial Graduate School students participate in Dragon's DenA series of dragon's den presentations concluded the first phase of the Initial Graduate School for students at the PThU, the Theological University Kampen | Utrecht and Jakarta Theological Seminary. In a gathering at our location in Groningen (with some participating online), they each had three minutes to pitch their research proposals to a team of professors, grant advisors and communications professionals.
- Student reports from the annual consultation in South AfricaInitial Graduate School student Sarah Korang Sansa joined the annual consultation between the PThU and its South-African partner Stellenbosch University and the University of Western Cape.
- Research project COHERENT receives NWA grantNWA has awarded a grant to the COHERENT project, which researches festive food practices, clothing and globalisation, and the contemporary significance of war sites. The project runs from September 2022 to August 2024. It is a collaboration between several scientific and societal partners, including the PThU.
- PThU moves into 2040 with 'passion and daring'Praise and folly went hand in hand at the opening of the academic year of the Protestant Theological University (PThU) on 30 August in the Nicolaïkerk in Utrecht. Master's student Tabitha van Krimpen put on a jester's hood to give those present a piece of her mind.
- Church and slavery research project receives major NWO grantThe research project into church and slavery of, among others, the PThU, is to receive a grant of € 750,000. The Dutch organisation for scientific research NWO confirmed this on 14 July. The research examines the role of the Protestant church in the Dutch colonial history of slavery. The NWO calls the research of enormous value for the current social debate.