In April 2022 I contacted Roman Koot, librarian at the Rotterdamsch Leeskabinet, with a proposal to curate an exhibition about Erasmus. The idea for an exhibition emerged very early in my PhD project about Erasmus because I noticed that students and staff alike were rather unacquainted with the namesake of the university. Roman Koot responded enthusiastically and together with John Tholen, curator of special collections at Rotterdam Library, we embarked on the mission to create an exhibition where visitors would learn more about Erasmus and his relation to Rotterdam and the university. A year and a half later, the exhibition opened during a festive opening
Besides the exhibition in the University Library, there is a parallel medal exhibition devoted to Erasmus by the Dutch Economic Medal Cabinet (NEPK), which can be found in the Art Gallery on campus. We moreover curated an online exhibition, designed by Faye Kruithof.
