It has been no secret that Utrecht University has benefited from the exploitation of colonies. Yet the mirror that historian and former employee Henk van Rinsum now holds up to the UU with his new book is confrontational. Van Rinsum delved into the colonial history of the university and made a number of striking findings. “I am a historian, I don’t think in terms of good and evil. I leave that to ethicists and philosophers.”
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Confrontational book: Utrecht scientists were part of the colonial system
