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Mineke
Mineke is a Dutch female given name, Wilhelmina. Notable people with the name include: * Mineke Bosch (born 1954), Dutch historian born in South Africa * Mineke Schipper Mineke Schipper (née ''Wilhelmina Janneke Josepha de Leeuw''; born 6 December 1938 in Polsbroek) is a Dutch author of non-fiction and fiction. As a scholar she is best known for her work on comparative literature mythologies and intercultural stu ... (born 1938), Dutch author of fiction and non-fiction See also * Meineke (other) {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mineke Schipper
Mineke Schipper (née ''Wilhelmina Janneke Josepha de Leeuw''; born 6 December 1938 in Polsbroek) is a Dutch author of non-fiction and fiction. As a scholar she is best known for her work on comparative literature mythologies and intercultural studies. Description of the author Thanks to her critical global perspective, Schipper has given an important impulse to the field of intercultural literary studies. Making her views accessible to both academic and non-academic audiences, she lectures not only at universities and scientific institutes (Berkeley, Beijing, Pretoria. Stockholm), but also to audiences outside the academy, such as policy makers in The Hague or Brussels. She has also addressed a thousand rural women in the Amsterdam RAI congress centre; Jewish women in a synagogue in Leiden; a Muslim audience in a mosque in Nairobi; Egyptian folklorists in Cairo; Cultural Institutes from Curaçao to Cambodia. Education Mineke Schipper studied French and Philosophy at Amsterdam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mineke Bosch
Cornelia Wilhelmina (Mineke) Bosch (born 1954) is a Dutch historian born in South Africa. She is Professor of Modern History at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Early life Mineke Bosch was born in Pretoria, South Africa on July 2, 1954. She studied history at the University of Groningen and then received her PhD (cum laude) from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1994. It was titled ''The gender of science: women and higher education in the Netherlands 1878-1948''. Career Mineke Bosch's research focuses on history of science, women's and gender history, international women's movements and (auto)biography. She is the author of a biography (''An Unwavering Faith in Justice: Aletta Jacobs 1854-1929'') of Aletta Jacobs, the first woman to attend a Dutch university officially and campaigner for women's suffrage. According to Bosch, "I think Aletta Jacobs would fully agree with the # MeToo movement - although of course I can't speak for her." Bosch travelled to Moscow wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelmina (given Name)
Wilhelmina (also: Wilhelmena, Wilhelmine, Wilhemina) is a feminine given name, the Dutch, German and Yiddish form of Wilhelm or William, which is derived from the Germanic ''wil'', meaning "will, desire" and ''helm'', meaning "helmet, protection". Wilhelmina was ranked in the top 1000 most popular names for girls in the United States between 1900 and 1940 but is rarely used today. In many European countries, this name is once again very popular. Nicknames for Wilhelmina include, but are not restricted to, Minna, Mina, Mineke, Minnie, Willie and Billie. Notable persons with this name * Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel (1905–1973), American silent and early sound film actress * Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg (born 1951), British-American actress * Katherine Elizabeth Wilhelmina Sharon Beuving Langbroek (born 1965), Australian comedian, radio and television presenter * Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (1804–1860), German operatic soprano * Wilhelmina van den Berg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |