New collegues :: Centre for Gender and Diversity

New collegues

Louis van den Hengel

Louis van den Hengel I am happy to introduce myself as a new member of the team of the Centre for Gender and Diversity at Maastricht University. For the next four months, I will work on the publication of a selection of the papers presented at the conference Points of Exit. (Un)conventional Representations of Age, Parenting and Sexuality. This conference took place earlier this year, and marked the ten-year anniversary of the Centre. In addition, I am preparing a VENI proposal for a post doc project on performance artist Marina Abramović, which, if all goes well, will enable me to stay involved in this faculty also in the long term.

Aparajita Chowdhury - Guestresearcher from India

Aparajita Chowdhury is Professor of Home Science at Berhampur University, Orissa, India. She has been a teacher and researcher in the field of Human Development and Family Studies. She is the member of District Juvenile Board and was the Director of Women’s Studies Research Centre, Berhampur University for two years. She was a Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow at the University of London, U.K, and a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Wyoming, USA. In addition, Dr. Chowdhury received “The Young Investigators” award from the Johann Jacobs Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland and already completed three major research projects on – Family violence, family supportive network of disadvantage children, adolescents and women related issues. Her research interests include Human Development and Family Studies especially among disadvantaged children, adolescents and women. She is presently engaged in long-term research on Family dynamics and gender issues across life span. To her credit she supervised eight PhD and one D.Lit scholars. Dr. Chowdhury’s publications include six books and 48 research articles. The recent books on – “Family Life Education in India” and “Indian Families at Cross roads” have received great acclaimed within and outside the country. As a teacher and researcher, she is particularly interested in bridging the gap between our knowledge about human development and family relationships and the practical applications of empirical research findings to people’s everyday lives.