Humanities dean Marieke de Goede will not complete her first term

Marieke de Goede (1971) took office in March 2022 as successor to Dutch language and literature scholar Fred Weerman. He would have liked to start a second term, but the faculty student council put a stop to that. Political scientist De Goede was then appointed dean for five years, a social scientist with an eye for the humanities: she had previously worked in the European Studies department of the FoH. She will not complete her five-year term.

When she took office, she already indicated that she might follow the FoH tradition of deans only serving one term, but she will not be completing that either. At that time, she also said that she considered a five-year appointment to be “quite long”. Apparently too long, because she has now made a different choice, with the help of the EU: De Goede has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council.

Colonial histories

She will use this grant to conduct research into the lasting impact of colonial histories on contemporary financial infrastructures. “I don’t think I will be an administrator for the rest of my career,” she said in to Folia 2022, “because I have a strong connection to education and research. I’m doing this now, and in a few years we will see what that means for the future.” So that means a return to research. The UvA has almost a year time to look for and find a successor.