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Arendo Joustra
Arendo Joustra (born 19 July 1957, in Vlissingen) is a Dutch writer and journalist. Joustra is the editor in chief of the Dutch newsweekly ''Elsevier'' and a commentator on politics and the Dutch monarchy. He is a co-author of books on the Dutch prime minister Ruud Lubbers and the author of a book on the Danish writer Karen Blixen. He studied journalism in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and at Iowa State University (1979–1980). Career Before joining ''Elsevier'' as a reporter in 1989 he worked for eight years as a social affairs and political correspondent for the daily newspaper '' de Volkskrant''. At ''Elsevier'' he was a political writer, bureau chief and correspondent in Brussels, Belgium, to cover European politics. He took on the role as deputy editor in 1996 and as editor in 2000. He is a member (deputy chair) of the Supervisory Board of the Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid in Hilversum, a member of the Academy of the Gouden Ganzenveer in Amsterdam, a board member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arendo Joustra
Arendo Joustra (born 19 July 1957, in Vlissingen) is a Dutch writer and journalist. Joustra is the editor in chief of the Dutch newsweekly ''Elsevier'' and a commentator on politics and the Dutch monarchy. He is a co-author of books on the Dutch prime minister Ruud Lubbers and the author of a book on the Danish writer Karen Blixen. He studied journalism in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and at Iowa State University (1979–1980). Career Before joining ''Elsevier'' as a reporter in 1989 he worked for eight years as a social affairs and political correspondent for the daily newspaper '' de Volkskrant''. At ''Elsevier'' he was a political writer, bureau chief and correspondent in Brussels, Belgium, to cover European politics. He took on the role as deputy editor in 1996 and as editor in 2000. He is a member (deputy chair) of the Supervisory Board of the Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid in Hilversum, a member of the Academy of the Gouden Ganzenveer in Amsterdam, a board member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Het Spectrum
Uitgeverij Lannoo Groep is a Belgian publishing group, based in Tielt, with assets in Belgium and the Netherlands. Its Belgian subsidiary is Uitgeverij Lannoo. Its Dutch subsidiary is LannooMeulenhoff. Over the years Lannoo evolved from Catholic and Flemish to an open, commercial publishing house. Uitgeverij Lannoo The publishing and printing company Lannoo was founded in 1909 by Joris Lannoo (1891–1971). Joris Lannoo was a member of the Flemish Movement. The original company logo, featuring a sailing Viking neck, was designed by Joe English and modernized over the years. After Joris Lannoo, Jan and Godfried Lannoo took over the management of the company. In 1991 the publisher company spun off Lannoo Printers (the printing company went bankrupt in 2018). The French-language ''Editions Racine'' was founded in 1993. In 1994 Godfried Lannoo resigned as general manager to be replaced by his son Matthias Lannoo. In 1999 Lannoo acquired the Dutch publishing house ''Terra Zutphen'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap Scholten
Jaap may refer to: * Jaap Sahib, Sikh prayer * Jaap (given name) Jaap is a Dutch given name that is short for Jacob or Jacobus (Jacob or James in English). People with this name include: Academics *Jaap R. Bruijn (born 1938), Dutch maritime historian * Jaap Doek (born 1942), Dutch jurist * Jaap van Ginneken (bo ..., Dutch given name (short for "Jacob") * Jaap, protagonist in the Dutch version of ''Bobo'' (Belgian comic) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Gennep
Arnold van Gennep, in full Charles-Arnold Kurr van Gennep (23 April 1873 – 7 May 1957) was a Dutch–German-French ethnographer and folklorist. Biography He was born in Ludwigsburg, in the Kingdom of Württemberg (since 1871, part of the German Empire). Since his parents were never married, Van Gennep adopted his Dutch mother's name, "van Gennep". When he was six, he and his mother moved to Lyons, France, where she married a French doctor who moved the family to Savoy. Van Gennep is best known for his work regarding rites of passage ceremonies and his significant works in modern French folklore. He is recognised as the founder of folklore studies in France. He went to Paris to study at the Sorbonne. However, he was disappointed that the school did not offer the subjects he wanted and so he enrolled at the École des langues orientales to study Arabic and at the École pratique des hautes études for philology, general linguistics, Egyptology, Ancient Arabic, primitive religio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Broertjes
Pieter Izak Broertjes (born 20 September 1952) is a Dutch journalist and politician of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA). He serves as the Burgemeester, Mayor of Hilversum since 1 July 2011. Volkskrant, 23 March 2011. References 1952 births Living people Dutch investigative journalists Dutch newspaper editors Dutch newspaper publishers (people) Dutch political journalists Dutch political writers Dutch trade unionists Labor historians Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Mayors in North Holland People from Hilversum Utrecht University alumni Journalists from The Hague {{Netherlands-mayor-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsevier Boeken
Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as ''The Lancet'', ''Cell (journal), Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, ''Trends (journals), Trends'', the ''Current Opinion (Elsevier), Current Opinion'' series, the online citation database Scopus, the SciVal tool for measuring research performance, the ClinicalKey search engine for clinicians, and the ClinicalPath evidence-based cancer care service. Elsevier's products and services also include digital tools for data management, instruction, research analytics and assessment. Elsevier is part of the RELX Group (known until 2015 as Reed Elsevier), a publicly traded company. According to RELX reports, in 2021 Elsevier published more than 600,000 articles annually in over 2,700 journals; as of 2018 its archives contained over 17 million documents and 40,000 e-books, with over one billion annual downloads. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prometheus (uitgeverij)
In Greek mythology, Prometheus (; , , possibly meaning "forethought")Smith"Prometheus". is a Titan god of fire. Prometheus is best known for defying the gods by stealing fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge, and more generally, civilization. In some versions of the myth, he is also credited with the creation of humanity from clay. Prometheus is known for his intelligence and for being a champion of humankind, and is also generally seen as the author of the human arts and sciences. He is sometimes presented as the father of Deucalion, the hero of the flood story. The punishment of Prometheus as a consequence of the theft of fire and giving it to humans is a popular subject of both ancient and modern culture. Zeus, king of the Olympian gods, sentenced Prometheus to eternal torment for his transgression. Prometheus was bound to a rock, and an eagle—the emblem of Zeus—was sent to eat his liver (in ancient Greece, the liver was though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Rap
De Bezige Bij ("the busy bee") is one of the most important literary publishing companies in the Netherlands. History The company was founded illegally in 1943, during the German occupation of the Netherlands by ; its first publication was a poem by Jan Campert called ''De Achttien Dooden'' ("The eighteen dead"), which describes the execution of 15 resistance fighters and three communists. The poem was sold to raise money for Jewish children who were placed with Dutch families; when it was published, in the spring of 1943, Campert had already died in the Neuengamme concentration camp. When the German occupier rounded up students for the Arbeitseinsatz, Lubberhuizen hid in the attic of Maarten Vink, a surgeon, and ran the press from there. The name is derived from one of Lubberhuizen's aliases, "Bas." After he had signed a note, "Bas (busy)," an English-speaking friend joked, "Bas, busy as a bee can be," which led to the current name. In 1997, De Bezige Bij became part of the Week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nijgh & Van Ditmar
Nijgh & Van Ditmar is a Dutch publishing company, founded in 1837. In 2014 it was acquired by Singel Uitgeverijen. History The company was founded in 1837 in Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ... by Henricus Nijgh, who originally started a bookstore but quickly discovered that the publishing business was profitable as well. Nijgh was also the founder, in 1843, of the ''Rotterdamsch staats-, handels-, nieuws- en advertentieblad'', which later became the ''Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant''. In 1864 he teamed up with Willem Nicolaas Josua van Ditmar, whose last name was added to the firm's name in 1870. References External links * 1837 establishments in the Netherlands Book publishing companies of the Netherlands Companies established in 1837 Publishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Press Museum
The Press Museum ( nl, Persmuseum) is a museum of journalistic heritage in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that became part of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in 2017. History The museum ( nl, Persmuseum, links=no) was established in 1902. In 1989, the collection of the museum was moved to the building of the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. Since 2001, the museum has its own permanent exhibition space at this location. In 2001, an exhibition space was opened. Permanent collection The permanent collection has not changed since it opened in 2001. The museum has been collecting since 1902, and the collection dates back to 1610. The collection is divided into three major categories: magazines, political cartoons, and archives. Temporary exhibitions The museum also displays temporary exhibitions. One of their latest was on Charlie Hebdo ''Charlie Hebdo'' (; meaning ''Charlie Weekly'') is a French satirical weekly magazine, featuring cartoons, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
