Berteke Waaldijk
Department of Media and Culture Studies - Media and Performa
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Berteke Waaldijk (1957) is historian. She holds the chair ‘Language and Culture Studies’ at the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University and is part of the Graduate Gender Programme. Her research is focused on gender, culture and citizenship. She publishes on history and gender of Social Work in the Netherlands and in Europe, on colonial culture and citizenship, on history of Dutch Women’s movements and on gender, history and philosophy of the humanities. In addition to these research interests she works on projects on teaching and learning related to European Gender Studies and the Liberal Arts Programme at Utrecht University.
Research Interest
Cultures, Citizenship and Human Rights
Publications
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Waaldijk, M.L. & van Mens-Verhulst, Janneke (2008). Erven van de VHV: conclusies. In Janneke van Mens-Verhulst & Berteke Waaldijk (Eds.), Vrouwenhulpverlening in Nederland. Beweging in en rond de gezondheidszorg (pp. 283-302) (20 p.). Houten: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum.
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Waaldijk, M.L. (2011). Dutch Women’s Health Care Movement and the Transformation. In A.E. Woodward, J-M. Bonvin & M Renom (Eds.), Transforming Gendered Well-Being in Europe The Impact of Social Movements (pp. 117-132) (16 p.). Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate.
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Waaldijk, M.L. (2012). Speaking on Behalf of Others: Dutch Social Workers and the Problem of Maternalist Condescension. In M. van der Klein, R.J. Plant, N. Sanders & L.R. Weintrob (Eds.), Maternalism Reconsidered. Motherhood, Welfare and Social Policy in the Twentieth Century (pp. 82-98) (17 p.). New York * Oxford: Berghahn.