What Makes a Philosopher Good or Bad?
On November 26th, our project member Sjang ten Hagen presented his historical research on virtues and vices during the two-day conference “What Makes a Philosopher Good or Bad?: Intellectual Virtues…
The History of Academic Work Pressure
Scholarly virtues and vices figured prominently in a symposium on the history of academic work pressure, held in Leiden on October 8, 2021. A Dutch-language report on the symposium can…
Inaugural address
On June 28, Herman Paul held his inaugural address as Professor of the History of the Humanities at Leiden University. In the address, titled “Kritisch denken: over het ethos van de…
Article: ‘Wanneer wetenschappers elkaar wantrouwen’
Project members Edurne De Wilde, Anne Por and Hidde Slotboom recently wrote an article for the magazine Wonderkamer. In the article, titled ‘Wanneer wetenschappers elkaar wantrouwen’, the authors investigate how…
Publication: ‘Wiskunde als remedie tegen wetenschappelijke ondeugden’
Project member Anne Por wrote an article for the December issue of the Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, a journal published by the Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap. In the article, titled ‘Een wondermiddel…
21st-century virtues and vices: collecting stories from the field
How are academics molded by the institutions in which they work? What do teaching and mentoring do with the kind of persons we are? How does competition for money or…