Past activities
In general, the Halkes network facilitates lectures, seminars, workshops, drinks, and lunch meetings, organized around a specific theme or topic. We appreciate receiving input on possible topics. You can send those ideas to halkes@ru.nl.
Below, you will find an overview of all past Halkes Network events since our launch meeting in 2012.
Activities in 2024
- March 8: International Women's Day
Activities in 2023
- February 13 & 16: Workshop Online harassment against academics (online & on campus)
- May 15: Evaluations
- September 11: Navigating your PhD as a First Generation Academic
- September 14: Queer(ing) Radboud
- October 20: Round-table discussion
- December 6: End 2023 with a celebration! Lecture 'The tragic destiny of Mileva Marić Einstein' by Pauline Gagnon
Activities in 2022
- January 20: Round-table discussion event (online)
- January 26 & February 3: Workshop "Start off the new year well"
- May 13: The Nature of Misogyny with Kate Manne in collaboration with the Radboud Young Academy
- September 3: Panel discussion 'Women in/out Academia' in collaboration with PON and Lema Salah
- October 10: Round-table discussion event (in person)
- December 13: Halkes 10 year anniversary
Activities in 2021
- February 11: Meet & Greet with the Diversity Strategist in collaboration with PON
- June 23: Sexism and racism in science and society - a conversation with Angela Saini
- June 30: Holding Space: A Storytelling Approach to Trampling Diversity and Inclusion in collaboration with LUX and Lema Salah
Activities in 2020
- November 12: Panelgesprek: De positie van vrouwen in de wetenschap in collaboration with InScience
- June: Online support sessions June 2020 in collaboration with PON
- May: Online support sessions May 2020 in collaboration with PON
- January 30: Symposium Harassment in Academia in collaboration with the Radboud Women Professors Network (RNVH)
Activities in 2019
- September 26th: Round-table lunch meeting on career and life planning, mentorship, and imposter syndrome
- June 20th: Symposium on Political Representation of Women & Ethnic Minorities, in collaboration with the Sociology department
- June 6th: Women in Academia discuss their experiences
- March 6th: Movie night & discussion "On the basis of sex", in collaboration with InScience
- January 29th: Round-table lunch meeting on being valued for your work, female role models, imposter syndrome, and scientific harassment
Activities in 2018
- October 23rd: Lunch talk on Unconscious bias: How it impacts careers in science and how to mitigate this influence by Prof. Dr. Petra Rudolf
- June 26th: Summer lunch meeting with colleagues from different disciplines and academic positions
- April 24th: Workshop about #MeToo in Academia together with Radboud Women of Computing Science (RWoCS). Here is a detailed summary and recommendations that were sent to the Executive Board of the Radboud University after the workshop.
- December 7th: Celebration of our 5th anniversary at our lunch meeting
Activities in 2017
- December 7th: Halkes 5th anniversary lunch meeting
- September 14th: symposium on Leadership in Academia in collaboration with the Radboud Women Professors Network (RNVH)
- June 26th: summer drinks and presentation of HR project plan on diversity
- May 22nd: workshop about sponsorship in academia by Jen de Vries
- February 28th: "Hidden Figures" movie and debate on diversity, in collaboration with Radboud Reflects and LUX
Activities in 2016
- December 20th: "Meet the new female full professor" with a lecture of professor Agnes Akkerman and end-of-the-year drinks
- May 10th: round table lunch meeting on imposter syndrome, women's quota, work life balance
- February 18th: seminar "The Fun Part of Academia" with Esther Rozendaal and Herma Cuppen.
Activities in 2015
- March 26th, seminar Prof. Paul Walton, York University (UK). More information can be found here
- June 2nd: round table lunch meeting on work-life balance, staying in or going out of academia, bullying and harassment, and the expat experience
- November 24th: colloquium on Media and Science together with the Radboud Network for Women Professors
Activities in 2014
- December 2nd: Lunch meeting on expat experience, leadership, work-life balance, and visibility and social media
- June 5th: Lecture Nicole van Dam & Seminar on Women in Science
- February 4th: Meet & Greet with well-known Radboud academics
Activities in 2013
- November 21st: Lunch meeting on visibility, work-life balance, and the glass ceiling in science
- September 19th: Halkes Conference
- April 23rd: Seminar "Academic careers: then and now"
- February 26th: Lunch meeting on visibility, work-life balance, and publishing