Coos Van Der Pol Email & Phone Number

Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

This February, I had the privilege of being asked to become a member of the Diversity and Inclusivity Sounding Board of the Humanities faculty at Leiden University. I look forward to starting this long overdue conversation and move the university, its programmes and curricula into a space where everyone, (past, present and future) is seen and heard.

Utrecht En Omgeving, Nederland

Master'S Degree, Noord-Amerika Studies (North American Studies)

Research includes: the AIDS crisis, ACT UP New York and homophobic politics in a human rights framework; breastfeeding, misogynoir.

Minor, American/United States Studies/Civilization

- A two year minor in American Studies at the history department. My research focused on colonial violence, Queer history, Women's.

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Culture

- Graduated with a thesis on Kimblerlé Crenshaw's intersectional feminist theory and the articulation of the female Self in the life.

Erasmus Exchange Programme, American Studies And The British Empire, 8

Life Writing After Empire - the genre of life writing (autobiography, biography and diaries) in the British Empire, both prior to, during.

Gymnasium

Gymnasium Degree, including a thesis on classical Rhetorica theory from Cicero, Aristotle and Quintilian applied the Dutch parliamentary.