Research School for Economic and Social History

Agenda

1 April 2026
14:00 - 14:45
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Elinor Ostrom Building, room EOS 01.150, Heyendaalseweg 141, Nijmegen

Lecture ‘A colonialism of good intentions’ by Professor Geertje Mak

On 1 April 2026, Geertje Mak, History Pofessor at the University of Amsterdam and senior researcher at KNAW-NL-Lab, will talk about the open access-book Geertje authored on Dutch missionary couples in Papua New Guinea, late 19th and early 20th centuries (Huishouden in Nieuw-Guinea. Zending en het kolonialisme van goede bedoelingen, Walburg Pers 2024).

Attendance is free of charge, prior registration is however requested.

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