21 mei 2025
Bij de lerarenopleiding Nederlands werken we volgens het principe van dialogisch lezen. Maar leerlingen lezen ook bij andere vakken. Zeker voor Mens & Maatschappij-vakken is bewuste geletterdheid belangrijk. Studenten en leerlingen moeten kritisch leren denken, goed kunnen lezen en hun gedachten onder woorden brengen. Daarnaast werken de leerlingen over de gehele breedte aan persoonsvorming en is het dus logisch om bij alle vakken aandacht te hebben voor de vormende elementen in het curriculum. Bovendien motiveert het praten over literatuur leerlingen ook om meer te lezen. Samen met onze vakcollega’s laten we zien dat het behandelen van literaire fragmenten een waardevol onderdeel vormt van het onderwijsprogramma en op een laagdrempelige manier in de lessen kan worden opgenomen.
Margriet Smits, Claudia van Werkhoven
27 november 2024
In de HAN visie op digitale leermaterialen worden 4 hoofdactiviteiten beschreven die nodig zijn om te komen tot de ambitie die de HAN heeft op het gebied van digitale en open leermaterialen. Eén van deze hoofdactiviteiten betreft “Stimuleren”. Daarbij gaat het zowel om stimulering van het thema digitale leermaterialen op de HAN als wel het motiveren van HAN-medewerkers om aan de slag te gaan met digitale leermaterialen in hun onderwijs. Dit framework is hiertoe een eerste aanzet. In een blog wordt het framework verder toegelicht.
HAN Verandertraject Aanpak Digitale Leermaterialen, Marijn Post, Monique Meutstege
16 oktober 2023
In de huidige geseculariseerde samenleving kan de theologie op steeds minder belangstelling rekenen en wordt haar nog maar weinig maatschappelijk belang toegekend. Ten onrechte, zo toont deze bundel essays aan. Onderzoekers en docenten van de Faculteit der Theologie van de Radboud Universiteit presenteren naar aanleiding van hun eeuwfeest (1923-2023) op toegankelijke wijze een aantal theologische inzichten over zowel de menselijke gebrokenheden als de grootsheid van de mens. Met de hoofdzonden en een paar deugden als leidraad, worden de grenzen, de horizonten en de dubbelzinnigheden van het menselijk bestaan lichtvoetig gethematiseerd. De bundel combineert Bijbelwetenschappelijke, kerkhistorische, systematische en praktisch-theologische perspectieven om individuele uitdagingen en maatschappelijke discussies aan de orde te stellen. De zeven hoofdzonden geven stof tot nadenken over wat in individuele levens en in de samenleving fout kan lopen. De klassieke lijst van hoogmoed (superbia), hebzucht (avaritia), afgunst (invidia), lust (luxuria), gulzigheid (gula), woede (ira) en traagheid (acedia) spelen ons immers nog steeds parten. Met deugden gaan we meestal minder actief aan de slag, maar ze geven inspiratie om kritisch om ons heen te kijken: liefde (caritas), rechtvaardigheid (iustitia) en billijkheid (aequitas). De bijdragen putten regelmatig uit het rijke verleden van de Nijmeegse Faculteit der Theologie. Uiteraard niet om te suggereren dat haar benadering een bijzondere voedingsbodem voor ondeugendheden is, maar om recht te doen aan de feestelijke aanleiding voor de bundel. De bundel sluit met enkele kunsthistorische beschouwingen over de afbeeldingen die de bijdragen stijlvol illustreren. In our modern secular society, theology is capturing progressively less attention and is being granted minimal importance within the wider community. Unjustly so, as this collection of essays demonstrates. On the occasion of the centenary of Radboud University (1923-2023), researchers and professors from the Faculty of Theology present a series of easily comprehensible theological insights concerning both human frailties and the greatness of humanity. Using the deadly sins and a few virtues as a guiding framework, these essays explore lighthearted the boundaries, horizons, and ambiguities of human existence. This volume combines perspectives from Biblical studies, church history, systematic theology, and practical theology to address individual challenges and societal discussions. The seven deadly sins provide food for thought on what can go wrong in individual lives and in society. The classic list of pride (superbia), greed (avaritia), envy (invidia), lust (luxuria), gluttony (gula), wrath (ira), and sluggishness (acedia) still affect us. Virtues, on the other hand, are often less actively pursued, yet they inspire us to critically observe our surroundings: love (caritas), justice (iustitia), and fairness (aequitas). These insights often draw from the rich history of Nijmegen's Faculty of Theology. Not to imply that its approach is a unique breeding ground for vices, but rather to acknowledge the joyous occasion that spurred this collection. The compilation wraps up with art-historical reflections on the images that eloquently enhance the contributions.
4 augustus 2022
During the Middle Ages, the church was at the very heart of European society, but how did ordinary people interact with it in their daily lives? This week, Daniele speaks with Nicholas Orme about the churchgoing experience of everyday medieval people, how it changed over time, and what it was like to attend a medieval mass. To get your copy of Daniele's new digital download - 300+ Dirty, Sexy Words for Historical Writers - please visit http://www.danielecybulskie.com/shop/300-dirty-sexy-words-for- historical-writers This podcast is made possible by the generous support of listeners like you! To find out how to help spread the joy of medieval history, please visit patreon.com/themedievalpodcast
Danièle Cybulskie, Nicholas Orme
4 augustus 2022
A conversation with Kim Bowes (University of Pennsylvania) about production and consumption in the Roman world, especially by the 90% of the population who are less represented in our literary sources. How did they get by from day to day? What alternatives does the evidence suggest to the "subsistence" model that many ancient historians have used? The conversation is based on a paper on "Household Economics in the Roman Empire and Early Christianity," forthcoming in the Oxford Handbook of Biblical Households, and earlier publications, including The Roman Peasant Project 2009-2014: Excavating the Roman Rural Poor (Penn Museum/University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021); “Tracking Liquid Savings at Pompeii: The Coin Hoard Data," Journal of Roman Archaeology 35 (2022) 1-27; and “Tracking Consumption at Pompeii: The Graffiti Lists,” Journal of Roman Archaeology 34 (2021) 552-584.
Anthony Kaldellis, Kim Bowes
5 mei 2022
Material goods are a rich and fascinating source for finding out more about the ordinary lives of the people of the Middle Ages. This week, Daniele speaks with Katherine French about what Londoners' homes were like both before and after the Black Death, what they filled them with, and how we know. Sign up for Danièle Cybulskie's Medieval Masterclass at https://medievalmasterclass.thinkific.com/ This podcast is made possible by the generous support of listeners like you! To find out how to help spread the joy of medieval history, please visit patreon.com/themedievalpodcast
Danièle Cybulskie, Katherine French
14 april 2022
A conversation with Oana-Maria Cojocaru (Tempere University, Finland) about the images of Byzantine children in our sources, and the experiences that they would have had, once they made it past infancy. Our discussion forms a nice sequel to that with Christian Laes on childbirth (episode 66), and is based on Oana's recent book Byzantine Childhood: Representations and Experiences of Children in Middle Byzantine Society (Routledge 2022).
Anthony Kaldellis, Oana-Maria Cojocaru
3 maart 2022
A conversation with Christian Laes about one of the most joyous, dangerous, and often tragic, moments of life in antiquity and the Middle Ages: childbirth. We discuss the sad fact of infant mortality, the first days of children who survived, and the difficult choices that families had to make if the mother did not survive, but the child did. What was the emotional and demographic impact of the perils of childbirth? The conversation is based on two of Christian's papers, 'Infants between Biological and Social Birth in Antiquity,' Historia 63 (2014) 364-383; and 'Motherless Infancy in the Roman and the Late Ancient World,' in the volume Missing Mothers: Maternal Absence in Antiquity (Leuven 2021) 15-41.
Anthony Kaldellis, Christian Laes
20 januari 2022
A conversation with Jack Tannous (Princeton University) about the "simple believers" who made up the majority of the population of Byzantium (as well as the caliphate and just about any premodern monotheistic society). They probably knew little about the minutiae of theology, but what did they know about their faith, and how important was theology for their religious identity? The discussion is based on Jack's recent book The Making of the Medieval Middle East: Religion, Society, and Simple Believers (Princeton University Press, 2018), which highlights the role of religious practice and interpersonal attachments.
Anthony Kaldellis, Jack Tannous
20 mei 2021
We know so much about Byzantium, and yet really so little. If we had the chance to meet and debrief one person who had experienced some part of it first-hand, who would it be? Join me in a conversation with Fotini Kondyli (University of Virginia) and Alexander Sarantis (University of Warsaw), which wrestles with that question. What person would answer the burning questions that we have? Who would alert us to questions that we aren't asking because we are used to the limitations of our sources? How would we choose our questions? Our answers are strikingly different.
Anthony Kaldellis, Fotini Kondyli, Alexander Sarantis
Carl Sterkens, Christoph Hübenthal