The next edition of the SRT PhD Conference will take place on 10 and 11 April 2025. We are looking forward welcoming PhD candidates, master's students, researchers and others who are interested. The PhD conference will take place on campus at ĢƵ, but can also be followed online.
Please register for the conference:
For any questions, please contact the Graduate School
Morning – Plenary Session (location: HG-12A00)
Joint online using the
9:30-10:00 Walk in with coffee and tea
10:00-10:15 Introduction (August den Hollander)
10:15-10:45 Presentation 1 : Bert Jan Lietaert-Peerbolte: ‘’The Role of Research - a personal view"
10:45-10:55 Reflection and discussion
10:55 - 11:15 Break with coffee and tea
11:15-11:35 Presentation 2: Sharda Nandram: "The Impact of Spirituality on your wellbeing"
11:35 - 11:55 Presentation 3: Jeroen de Ridder: "Seven rules to think clearly in confusing times."
11:55- 12:00 Closing of session (director of the Graduate School, August den Hollander)
12:00-13:00 Lunch (FRT Entrance 15th floor)
Afternoon - Various workshops
13:00-14:15 First round of simultaneous workshops/activities:
Workshop 1.1 (HG14A28) ()
Professionalising your Dissertation Layout - Jorik Groen
Workshop 1.2. (HG15A43) ()
Practical tips to complete your Data Management Plan - Cahit Oguz
Workshop 1.3 (HG15A16) ()
All about Privacy - Rita van der Schriek-Hermans
Workshop 1.4 (HG13A34) ()
The 101 of working together with your supervision team - An-Ting Yi
14:15 - 15:00 Break (self catered)
15:00-16:15 Second round of simultaneous workshops/activities:
Workshop 2.1 (SRT HG15A43) ()
Empirical Research, the dilemmas, and how to overcome these - Elza Kuijk
Workshop 2.2 (HG15A16) ()
Scientific publishing - handling feedback from editors - Dion Forster
Workshop 2.3 - Cancelled
Workshop 2.4 - Walking tour cancelled
17:00-19:00 Dinner (SRT HG15A99)
Presentation 1 - The Role of Research - A personal view
Bert Jan Lietaert-Peerbolte, professor of Biblical Science at our school will discuss how he started his PhD and how it led to a life's work.
Research is the core activity of academics, but how does it work? In this personal reflection, Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte looks at how research has defined his university life. He will focus on the external fundings he acquired, the choices made in the projects he was responsible for, and the ways in which research has positively contributed to his life. The most recent publication he achieved was the largest of them all: the Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity. In print, the work consists of around 6,000 pages in 6 volumes, and it contains 1,200 articles by 645 authors. The encyclopedia was presented to Pope Francis on September 18, last year, in a personal papal audience. This had more than one unforeseen effect…
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Presentation 2 - The Impact of Spirituality on your wellbeing
Sharda Nandram: Full Professor in Hindu Spirituality and Society, School of Religion and Theology and professor in Business and Spirituality at Nyenrode Business Universiteit in Breukelen. She is also the VU Chief Diversity Officer (CDO).
Spirituality provides a compass for navigating the labyrinth of life’s challenges. It ignites a sense of purpose and meaning
that transcends the routine of work. By connecting with your inner selves by mapping your activities in the known and unknown realms of reality, you discover that your true home lies not in the external world but in the realm within. This newfound purpose infuses your work with deeper significance, enhancing your overall well-being. In this presentation I will discuss the known and unknown realms of reality and how this process has the potential to enable our well-being.
Presentation 3 - Seven rules to think clearly in confusing times
Jeroen de Ridder: University Research Chair Professor of Political Epistemology at ĢƵ and vice-dean of research of the new Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Mis- and disinformation is all around us, if we are to believe media reports. Polarization is increasing, many people feel. Figuring out what is true, whom to trust, and who or what to believe has never been easy, but is perhaps more difficult now than ever. In this talk, I will elaborate on a recent book that Rik Peels and I wrote in which we give epistemological advice to people who want to make up their minds responsibly in these confusing times. We have tried to crystallize recent insights from epistemology, psychology, history, and journalism in seven rules, which cover thinking clearly about oneself, thinking responsibly with others, and informing ourselves adequately about the world around us.
Day 2 – April 11, 2025
The second day of the PhD conference is organized by the research teams of the School of Religion and Theology. Here you can find an overview of all research teams and their programmes. Please find a detailed description of the programme of each research team below. (The programmes of some of the research teams are not yet available, these will be added to this webpage shortly.)
PhD candidates are encouraged to participate in a programme of one of the research teams!
Morning coffee and cake
09:00 - 11:00
Coffee and cake will be provided in the social space of the faculty
(location: Faculty of Religion and Theology (15th Floor)
Research Teams
Programme to follow
Venue: HG-10A41
Link:
Meeting ID: 936 5719 5253
Passcode: 964875
10:00am – 12:00pm
Wilson Bento (NT): “The Organizing Christ: Christ's Narrative Roles in Relation to Plot” (30 min.)
Eva Abel (CBI): “Engaging Churches in Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in Kenya: Prefiguring Transformative Faith Grounded in Concepts Hope: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Maternal Health” (30 min.)
Elias Tranefeldt (NT) “Anointing and the Messiah: Conclusions and Further Research” (30 min.)
Vincent Kalvin Wenno (CBI): “Paul’s Approach Resolving the Slavery Conflict and Its Implications for Slavery Conflict in Sumba Timur, Indonesia” (30 min.)
12:00pm -13:00pm (Lunch Break)
13:00pm – 14:30pm
Victor van der Meer (NT): “The Methodology of Babylon” (30 min.)
Nycolas Oliveira (CBI): “Prefiguration and Mariannhill Monastery” (30 min.)
Willem van Klinken (NT): “Rethinking the Audience of 1 Peter” (30 min.)
14:30pm -15:00pm (Coffee break)
15:00pm – 17:00pm (NT and CBI Amsterdam Colloquium)
Dr. Mark de Kreij (RU): “Problematic Trade in Antiquities: The Scandal Surrounding the Museum of the Bible.”
Venue: HG-10A41
Teams
Venue: HG-1A044
Link:
11:00am - 13:00pm
The programme consists of two items:
We will discuss the draft article by Lina: "Öppna era hjärtan, Wir schaffen das! The Faith-Based Response of Sweden and Germany to Queer Refugees Following the Refugee Crisis of 2015". Please find the text in attachment.
General reflections:
About Columbia University specifically:
Statement WO in Actie (also in English):
Statement Rutgers:
Digital Approaches to Sacred Texts
Venue: HG-1G-11
Teams link:
| Time | Presenter | Title |
| 09.30–09.40 | Willem van Peursen | welcome |
09.40 – 10.00 10.00–10.15 (discussion) | Umut Var | An Examination of the Account of Mary’s Visit to Paradise in the Syriac Codex BL Add. 14,732 |
10.15-10.35 10.35–10.50 (discussion) | Srecko Koralija | Nicolaus of Damascus and the Legacy of Aristotle: A Study of Arabic and Syriac Fragments in Historical Context |
| 10-50 -11.20 | Coffee Break | |
11.20 – 11.40 11.40–12.00 (discussion) | Jorik Groen | Boundary Crossing between Events and Language |
| 12.00 – 13.30 | Lunch Break | |
| 13.30 – 16.30 | Afternoon Program with PhD Students |
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