Speakers and chairs


Dr. Catharina Th. Bakker

Freelance medical historian and publicist, also Member of the Board of Stichting Zuster Vernède, Haarlem, The Netherlands.


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Dr. Sabine Braunschweig

Independent Social Historian, Basel, Switzerland.


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Eldrid Bringmann

Director of the Faculty of Health, University of Applied Sciences Leiden. The Netherlands.

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Jantien de Bruin

Filmmaker. Autonomous, documentary and portrait photographer, The Netherlands.

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Prof. dr. Bianca Buurman

Professor Acute Care for the Elderly at the University of Amsterdam and
Chair of the Dutch National Association for Nurses V&VN.

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Dr. Sarah Chaney

Research Fellow, Queen Mary University of London and RCN Events and Exhibition Manager.


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Dr. Bart Debyser

Researcher Innovation of Care, Lecturer in Nursing, and PatientParticipation, Catholic Academy VIVES, Roeselaere, Belgium.


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Dr. Lyndsay Galpin

Graduate Admissions Specialist at the Londen School of Economics and Political Sciences.

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Dr. Renske Gilissen

Head of the research department of 113 Suicide Prevention, The Netherlands


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Prof. dr. Julie Gottlieb

Professor in Modern History, University of Sheffield, UK


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Prof. dr. David Healy

David Healy is a psychiatrist, scientist, psychopharmacologist, and author. UK and Canada.


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Prof. dr. Albert van Hemert

Professor in Psychiatry at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

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Dr. Mieneke te Hennepe

Curator of medical collections Rijksmuseum
Boerhaave.

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Dr. Caressa van Hoe

Nurse in the mental health hospital Onze-Lieve-Vrouw in Bruges, Belgium.


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Dr. Wouter Kusters

Independent philosopher and writer, The Netherlands.

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Alison van Laar

RMN, BSc Hons (Nursing), PG Dip, MSc Health Sciences/Advanced Nursing Practice, Ireland and UK.


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Dr. Igor van Laere

MD PhD, initiator and founder of the Netherlands Streetdoctors Group.

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Dr. Georgina Laragy

Glasnevin Trust Assistant Professor in Public History and Cultural Heritage, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland).


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Nadia Lubbers

Studentpsychologist in University of Applied Sciences in Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Lotte Luijendijk

Msc, in nursing, nurse practioner in Arkin/Mentrum Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Dr. Ian Marsh

Canterbury Christ College, UK.

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Dr. Saskia Mérelle

Senior Researcher at 113 Suicide Prevention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.


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Dr. Chris Millard

Lecturer in the History of Medicine and Medical Humanities, University of Sheffield, UK.

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Dr. Peter Murphy

Senior clinical psychologist, Ireland.


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Prof. dr. Manon Parry

Professor of Modern American History at the University of Amsterdam and Professor of Medical History at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The Netherlands.


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Carine Neefjes

Head of Public and Education in Museum of the Mind, Haarlem, The Netherlands


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Dr. Angelien Sanderman

Executive Board of the University of Applied Sciences Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Hugo Schalkwijk

Msc in Public History, Historisch College V&VN. The Netherlands.

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Dr. AnneLoes van Staa

Lecturer ‘Transitions in Care’ at the Knowledge Centre for Innovation of Care at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

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Dr. Cecile aan de Stegge

Psychiatric Nurse and Historian of Nursing, Researcher and Lecturer at Faculty of Health, Department of Nursing. Leiden University of Applied Sciences. The Netherlands.

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Dr. Joeri VandeWalle

Staff Officer Care in the Psychiatric Centre Sint-Amandus in Beernem, Belgium.


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Annelies Verkest

Msc, lecturing in nursing at the Catholic Academy Vives, Roeselaere, Belgium.


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Prof. dr. Sarah Waters

Professor of French Studies at the University of Leeds. University of Leeds, UK.


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Dr. Hannah Zeavin

Lecturer in the Departments of English and History University of California at Berkeley, USA

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