PThU News
- Digitalization in the church in the Corona PeriodThe international ecumenical research project CONTOC – Churches Online in Times of Corona – is examining church practice in the Corona period. PThU-researchers prof. dr. Henk de Roest en dr. Theo Pleizier participate in this project.
- Use of study workplaces on locationFrom July 7, it is possible to use a study workplace at the locations in Amsterdam and Groningen. The following terms and conditions apply.
- PThU: Racism affects us allThe greatest good is being who you are. To be able to stand for what you believe and hope and love. Independent of skin color and culture, gender and religion, limitation or belief. As PThU we believe that it is precisely this diversity that gives shine and color to creation. Violating people's rights based on their skin color affects us all. When that happens, you cannot stand on the sidelines. Not as a person and not as a university.
- In memoriam: Marie Violette RandrianarisonWe are sad to inform you of the passing of Mrs Marie Violette Randrianarison, a PhD candidate and former student at the Protestant Theological University in Groningen. Marie Violette passed away on 24 June, 2020 in Antananarivo (Madagascar).
- Library expands supply of digital resourcesWant to read one of the more than 500 volumes of the Loeb Classical Library? Study the recently published titles Oxford handbook of Karl Barth (2019) or Wiley Blackwell companion to Karl Barth (2020)? Do you prefer to read the works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German or English)? Or consult the Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament? This is all possible from your home office.
- Update library servicesDue to the corona outbreak, the PThU University library provides most of her services digitally. However, you might need materials from PThU's physical collection. To request those materials, you can now use a form.
- Corona virus update: PThU follows government recommendationsPThU has decided to follow government policy and will keep its buildings closed for physical activities until 28 April. As announced earlier, education will remain long-distance until 29 June.
- Education will remain long-distanceThe PThU has decided to prolong the educational measures we have taken up to and including Monday 29 June. These measures would originally apply until 6 April.
- PThU to temporarily suspend educationFollowing the government guidelines and decisions made at other universities, PThU has decided to cancel all classes and tests for the (joint) bachelor, master, premaster and international master. This also applies to post academic education, PNP education and KPV trainings. This situation will continue until at least 6 April. Whether classes and tests will be offered in a different form, is currently under investigation. You will be informed when there is more information.
- PThU takes corona measuresThe Dutch cabinet decided on Thursday 12 March that all science education in universities will be suspended until at least 31 March. The PThU will follow this advice and has taken the following measures.
- Dutch ministers visit Schechter Insitute during PThU Study Trip to IsraelThere is a long collaboration between the Schechter Institute Jerusalem and the Protestant Theological University (PThU) in the Netherlands. Since 2018, this collaboration has been expanded with a staff and student exchange through the Erasmus + program of the European Union. On January 27, PThU professor Dineke Houtman visited the Schechter Institute with 23 ministers from the Protestant church in the Netherlands who undertook a study trip to Israel as part of their continuing education. The theme of the tour was a reflection on the relation between Judaism and Christianity. The minister came from the width of the Protestant Church from liberal to orthodox.
- PThU starts first edition of Initial Graduate School in GroningenThe first edition of the Initial Graduate School (IGS) started at the PThU in Groningen last week. The IGS started with twenty participants from Africa, Asia, and Europe.
- Off to Oxford: PThU students' blogEight PThU students visited Oxford last March to join the student community of Wycliffe Hall for a few days of theological study. Gert and Annatoli (1 March), Jeremiah and Anne-Maaike (2 March), Rose and Rebecca (3 March) and Alladi and Billy (4 March) wrote their day-by-day experiences down in a blog.
- Meet new Senior Researcher Dr. Bosco BanguraOn July 1st, 2019, Dr J. B. Bangura (Bosco) has started working at the Beliefs department of the PThU in Groningen as a Senior Researcher, African Pentecostalism and Migration in Flanders & the Netherlands. Read on as he introduces himself.
- Call for Papers - PThU and Stellenbosch consultation 29-30 October 2019This fall the Stellenbosch Univerity organizes a conference in collaboration with the PThU. It will take place on 29 and 30 October 2019, in Stellenbosch, South Africa. You are invited to submit a proposal for a paper at the consultation, on a topic within the range of the theme: Building home, changing homes, evaluating home: A critical engagement with theological methodologies.
- € 5,000 scholarship for exceptional master studentsEducations.com is offering a € 5,000 scholarship to one ambitious Master’s student studying abroad in Europe in the fall of 2020. The scholarship will be awarded to an outstanding leader that is motivated to positively change the world.
- Bart-Tagung 2020: Call for Papers38th Karl-Bart-Tagung gets a new format. English will be the main language and anyone interested in contributing a paper connected with our theme is welcome to send a proposal.
- Course about Jerusalem unites Christian, Jewish and Muslim studentsSome 20 students from different European study programs and from a wide range of backgrounds, including Muslims, Jews and Christians, participated in the first summer school on “Jerusalem and the Three Religions” taking place at the Protestant Theological University of the Netherlands (PThU) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Global Christianity website project forms African editorial boardPThU professor dr. Benno van den Toren and doctoral student Sam Bussey have formed an African Editorial Board following a consultation in February in Nairobi, Kenya. The board consists of several leading experts in their field. They will be contributing to the website on African Christian theology that is being built through the Global Christianity Website Project.
- PhD Sergei Lagunov at Protestant Theological UniversityThursday 14 februari 2019, 15.45, Sergei Lagunov will defend his thesis Following the Traces of the Serpent in the Old and New Testaments and the Early Jewish Interpretation: Genesis 3:1-15 in Light of Its Reception History. The ceremony will take place in the aula of the VU/Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam.
