europeanstudies

Tiaan Westenberg is a lecturer at European Studies. He teaches politics, specializing in nationalism, with a specific interest in LGBT identities. In his spare time he plays board games, watches (too many) movies and enjoys cooking. During this podcast Tiaan talks about LGBTQ representation in the classroom and in the media, about what it means to him and why it’s important.

There used to be – to put it quite simply – two Europe’s: Eastern Europe and Western Europe. In the past, that is, the period between roughly 1945 and 1989, when the proverbial Iron Curtain separated the two Europe’s. Of course, this dichotomy had little to do with reality. The world is never black and white. So, does Eastern Europe even exist? Or is it only a mental map?

Guido van Hengel is a lecturer in the European Studies program at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and a historian and writer of non-fiction. He is specialized in the history of the Balkans and the First World War.