Dynamic Professor Schipper has seen rising interest among young people. “It would be a pity not to take advantage of that,” she says. “There is so much more waiting to be discovered. What about myths concerning the end of the world? Isn’t that an interesting topic? I find China extremely stimulating and dynamic. The people I work with are open to ideas and they want to know everything there is to know. Students are sometimes surprisingly critical. I ask questions that are new for them, but the same is true vice versa.”
“We toiled day and night to get it finished.” Professor Mineke Schipper
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