Sociology, Tilburg University

Today, professor Arnoud-Jan Bijsterveld delivered his valedictory address, marking his official retirement. His farewell lecture was titled “A Radical Choice for Life Stories: History as Narrative Coping”. The auditorium in the Cobbenhagen building was filled to capacity with friends, family, and colleagues who gathered to honor his contributions and bid him farewell.

Although Tilburg University does not have a dedicated history department, Arnoud-Jan played a vital role within our Sociology department. His deep historical knowledge and insight greatly enriched our understanding of society.

To learn more about his work and legacy, take a look at this interview: https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/news/departing-professor-arnoud-jan-bijsterveld

Among his many achievements, one standout is his book “House of Memories: Uncovering the Past of a Dutch Jewish Family”, which can be accessed here: https://tilburguniversity.on.worldcat.org/oclc/957546961

Luckily for us, Arnoud-Jan will still show up at the department for supervising his PhD students. It is good to still have you on board, Arnoud-Jan! Thank you for all your work throughout the years!

On February 20, the sociology department together with our friends from TST kicked off the new centre for religion in the public sphere (CRIPS, NL: Centrum voor Religie in de Publieke sfeer). The centre studies how religion and spirituality still play a huge part in a ‘secular’ society. To celebrate Natascha Kienstra (TST) and (TSB) officially opened the symposium ‘Geloof het of niet: religie is overal!’.

Suzanne Klein Schaarsberg (TSB) kicked off with a fun quiz, showing some interesting facts and figures about religion in the meantime. Go Suzanne!

Kees de Groot (TST) talked about religion and spirituality being a part of everyone’s everyday life, whether it is through political talk, football players, or comic books.

After that it was time to introduce the (all-female!) dream team of CRIPS with Jedidja van Boven (TST), (TSB), (TSB), Christel Teekman (TST) and (TSB) talking about the different research plans they have for the near future.

Suzanne then finished the enlightening afternoon by sharing insights from her recent studies into the pluriform ways that spirituality is practiced nowadays.

Oh, and almost forgot! The one and only (TSB) did a tremendous job in making sure every single voice was heard by running around with microphones and talking things together. A true chairman if we ever saw one!

Best of all was the large number of attendees showing up, asking interesting questions on the state of religion in contemporary society.

📢 Master Orientation for our BA Students!
Yesterday, our students had the opportunity to attend a Master Orientation Course, where staff members and current students introduced them to the different master’s programs available.
💡 If you have questions about our master’s degrees, feel free to reach out!
📌For Sociology Master‘s Programs:
👉 Contact: Dr. Inge Sieben (Program Director) at [email protected]
📌 For the Research Master - Sociology Track:
👉 Contact: Dr. Mine Kühn (Track Coordinator) at [email protected].
We are here to help navigate your next academic steps! 🚀

Our department was present at the protests against the proposed budget cuts to higher education in The Hague. The reason is simple: one of the most unintelligent decisions you could make is spending less money on education.

We are proud to have been among the thousands of people who protested today.

Picture 1: “OCW: A fail for foresight” by Katya

Picture 2: Sociology master and communication wizard are interviewed by our friends from

Picture 3: protesting at the Malieveld

Picture 4: Peter being the ultimate protester

Picture 5: Tom’s smile turned to a…

Picture 6: …sly grin after seeing the beautiful signs people brought

Picture 7: more protesting!



Pictures by .marceta

Scoop of the day: the first presentation on an open day for the new master ‘Sociaal Werk’! This means that we are involved in an additional master program that will start in September 2025. Interested? Check the link our bio!

Besides this new Master program we also talked about our Premaster, our different Sociology master tracks, the double degree programs, and the Research Master program. We basically have a program for anyone who likes to study Sociology! And who wouldn’t want that?

Join us and become a Sociologist!

R.I.P.

Howard S. Becker - Wikipedia Howard Saul Becker (April 18 1928 - August 16, 2023) was an American sociologist who teaches at Northwestern University. Becker made contributions to the sociology of deviance, sociology of art, and sociology of music.[1] Becker also wrote extensively on sociological writing styles and methodologies...

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The Student Research Symposium was great, the afterparty even better! Thanks to our students for all their presentations, reviews, feedback, and critical questions!

Tilburg Student Research Symposium Afterparty - December 8, 2022 Afterparty of the Student Research Symposium. Quite an eclectic dj set, and with chaotic off beat scratching by REMAster Tim ;-)

Friday: Night of Sociology

Nacht van de Sociologie - Arminius De Duitse ‘onthaastingsgoeroe’ Hartmut Rosa presenteert zijn nieuwe boek Onbeschikbaarheid — Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard ontdekte in baanbrekend onderzoek dat de meeste voorbijgangers wél ingrijpen bij conflicten op straat en geeft tips…..

De Duitse ‘onthaastingsgoeroe’ Hartmut Rosa presenteert zijn nieuwe boek Onbeschikbaarheid — Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard ontdekte in baanbrekend onderzoek dat de meeste voorbijgangers wél ingrijpen bij conflicten op straat en geeft tips… — comedian Raoul Heertje legt het nog één keer uit — ontdek de migratie-skyline van Rotterdam met Paul van de Laar en Peter Scholten — Ari Versluis en Ellie Uyttenbroek presenteren hun nieuwste serie Exactitudes — volgens Jan Willem Duyvendak en Menno Hurenkamp zijn we gewoner dan we denken — Clarice Gargard over intense en belangrijke momenten van zwart verzet en Malique Mohamud over de Nite Shop in Delfshaven — voorzitter van de Onderwijsraad Edith Hooge en Kees Vuyk over de erfelijkheid van intelligentie — Godfried Engbersen over de belangrijkste inzichten van 100 jaar sociologie — wie wint De Sociologische Bril, de prijs voor het beste sociologische publieksboek? — Familiesocioloog Renske Keizer laat zien hoe een goede opvoeding van kinderen tot later succes leidt en hoe vaders daarin een belangrijke rol spelen — DJ Pepper zorgt voor een funky sociologische sfeer en laat aan het einde van de avond alle verschillen tussen mensen vervagen.

https://arminius.nl/nacht-van-de-sociologie-2/

Voor mijn thesisonderzoek van de master Sociology doe ik onderzoek naar ongelijkheid op de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkt tussen starters (m/v). Hiervoor ben ik op zoek naar respondenten tussen de 18-35 jaar oud die mijn survey willen invullen. Deelname is anoniem en het invullen duurt maar 10 minuutjes!



Om naar de vragenlijst te gaan mag je hieronder klikken op het seizoen waarin je jarig bent, je komt dan bij de juiste vragenlijst terecht:
Lente: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfd-0wzemHjwr9LLIbn5UdeA4MKjjOZ-7aNvYi21UVlItVsSQ/viewform

Zomer: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcPBlzxDWatmXg_qdnvZjEFEHxnEc4xysJQBVpkEgimeg2HQ/viewform

Herfst: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflOD18eDo_1EADakBKv6npteklm2nVppoBro-G8aLiXaoeSA/viewform

Winter: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScnJHEFc9jG5SocqRLZxR6CoY1FoddgQ7m0MMRcSfebaFQaeA/viewform



Meedoen kan t/m 30 oktober 2022.

Hartelijk dank voor je deelname!



Groeten, Merel van Riesen

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Thesisonderzoek Beste respondent, Je staat op het punt deel om te nemen aan mijn afstudeeronderzoek naar ongelijkheid tussen starters (m/v) op de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkt. Heel erg bedankt voor jouw deelname! Ik zou je willen vragen de survey volledig in te vullen, wat ongeveer 10 minuten zal duren. Naast het opgev...