Agenda
PhD Career Day 2023
latest update: 20 October 2023, 2:20pm
N.W. Posthumus Institute, the Huizinga Institute, the Research School Political History and the Research School for Medieval Studies jointly would like to invite their PhD candidates and recently promoted PhDs to the PhD Career Day 2023. This event will be held on Friday 10 November at the Buys Ballot building in Utrecht Science Park.
We offer you an interesting day programme, with speakers from various sectors in society, who will shed their light on your options in ‘life after promotion’. Many of them are alumnus of one of the research schools involved and therefore know from their own experience which chances, choices and complications you might be facing as future or recently promoted PhD.
The day programme offers not only speeches, but also offers you the opportunity to bring forward your own questions and experiences. For example, the extensive lunch break will offer you opportunities to network and to have your CV reviewed by experts.
You can participate free of charge, but because of catering and room capacity we kindly ask you to register beforehand via this form.
Programme
| 10:00-10:05 | Plenary introduction, welcome and some practicalities |
| 10:05-10:35 | Keynote (Suze Zijlstra) |
| 10:35-10:50 | Crossroads in your career: what questions and doubts do you hope to be addressed today? (Henk Looijesteijn) |
| 11:00-11:45 | Lecture sessions 1 (some speed dates are scheduled parallel) |
| a) Academic sector | |
| b) Heritage and museums | |
| c) Entrepreneurship | |
| 12:00-12:45 | Lecture sessions 2 (some speed dates are scheduled parallel) |
| d) Government (including advisory bodies) | |
| e) Private sector | |
| f) Publishers / Press / Media | |
| 13:00-14:15 | Walking lunch & speed dates |
| 14:30-15:15 | Lecture sessions 3 (some speed dates are scheduled parallel) |
| a) Academic sector | |
| b) Heritage and museums | |
| c) Entrepreneurship | |
| 15:30-16:15 | Lecture sessions 4 (some speed dates are scheduled parallel) |
| d) Government (including advisory bodies) | |
| e) Private sector | |
| f) Publishers / Press / Media | |
| 16:30-17:00 | Round table (Henk Looijesteijn) |
| 17:00-18:00 | Drinks |
Confirmed speakers
a) Academic sector: Janna Coomans & Jessica Dijkman (Utrecht University)
b) Heritage and museums: Ruben Schalk & Jinna Smit (Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed), Fred van Kan (Gelders Archief)
c) Entrepreneurship: Henk Looijensteijn & Suze Zijlstra
d) Government: Eline Van Onacker (Vlaamse Overheid, departement Werk en Sociale Economie) & Jaap Ligthart (Algemene Rekenkamer)
e) Private sector: Rogier van Kooten (formerly Achmea)
f) Publishers – Press – Media: Mirte Libregts (Walburgpers) & Astrid Verburg (IISG / TSEG)
Participation
Participation is reserved for PhDs from the Research Schools involved and free of charge.
Directions
Access to building
We recommend you to enter the building complex via the Minnaert Café, accessible via the characters on the front of the Minnaert building, where our staff will provide further guidance.
Public Transport
by bus – From Utrecht Central Station, take bus 28 in the direction of Utrecht Science Park P+R and exit at stop Botanische Tuinen; after exiting the bus, the Minnaert Building is on your right.
by tram – From Utrecht Central Station, take line 20, 21 or 22 in the direction of Utrecht Science Park P+R and exit at stop Padualaan; after exiting the tram, cross the tram lane and then straight on along bus stop Botanische Tuinen to see the Minnaert Building in front of you.
Parking
All info on parking in Utrecht Science Park can be found via this link. The closest parking spaces for this event are P9 Boedapestlaan and P6 Padualaan. Please note parking fees apply.
You can find a map of Utrecht Science Park on Google Maps.
