It was at a cloudy day that I found myself sitting in the train on the way from Tilburg to my hometown Utrecht. I studied Interdisciplinary Social Science in Utrecht before and now IContinue reading
Marijke Braakman: Wonderful Indonesia
It is already a year ago that I started the Frans Seda Foundation Twin Scholarship adventure. It feels like the time the last year has flew by. With a lot of puzzling and planning, IContinue reading
Save the date – 2 November 2018 – (Re)Connecting Frans Seda Fellows in Den Haag!
On Friday 2 November 19:00 , the Frans Seda Foundation would like to invite all FSF alumni and their spouses to join the first FSF Alumni Gathering including a walking dinner in Den Haag. Over theContinue reading
FSF Twin Scholarship Open for Applications!
The deadline for applications has been extended to 16 November! Through the Twin Scholarship Program, the Frans Seda Foundation aims to preserve and disseminate the ideas of Frans Seda. Annually, six students from Indonesia andContinue reading
PRESS RELEASE – #AKUPENGUSAHA
PRESS RELEASE / 30 AUGUST 2018 *Scroll down for Bahasa Indonesia & Nederlands Building Indonesia’s next generation to be mindful entrepreneurs At least, that is the dream. With unemployment being a serious problem, job creationContinue reading
Setting a new course
Since 2012 the foundation has developed a great set of signature programs in both Indonesia and The Netherlands, like the twin scholarship, the seminar and the lectures. With over 100 alumni, the Frans Seda FoundationContinue reading
FSF organizes first Alumni Gathering in Jakarta
On Friday July 6th, we invited all FSF alumni and their spouses to join the first FSF Alumni Gathering in Jakarta. Over the past 5 years we have provided scholarships to more than 25 students,Continue reading
FSF signs MoA with UI & UAJ
Today, the Frans Seda Foundation officially signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the University of Indonesia and the Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia. The MoAs will officially connect both academic institutions to the FransContinue reading
Save the date – 6 July 2018 – (Re)Connecting Frans Seda Fellows in Jakarta!
On Friday 6 July 19:00 WIB, the Frans Seda Foundation would like to invite all FSF alumni and their spouses to join the first FSF Alumni Gathering including a walking dinner in Jakarta. Over the pastContinue reading
Our visit to the University of Indonesia
Jakarta – On Wednesday, the Frans Seda Foundation met with the International Office of the University of Indonesia to discuss how to further develop the collaboration between UI and the Frans Seda Foundation. Over the past fiveContinue reading
Nathan Spiro on Progressive Islam and Majelis Ulama Indonesia (Thesis)
Nathan Spiro 2017 Frans Seda Foundation Twin Scholarship Awardee Thesis: Progressive Islam and Majelis Ulama Indonesia: Progressive Islamic perceptions on religious diversity management by an Indonesian religious council. Keywords: Intra- religious diversity, Islam in Indonesia,Continue reading
FSF signs MoA with Tilburg University!
Tilburg – Today, the Frans Seda Foundation officially signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Tilburg University. The MoA will officially connect both institutions to each other for the next five years to promote and organise joinedContinue reading
Rachida el Hessaini: A life-changing seminar!
Joining the Frans Seda Seminar 2017 in Indonesia was a very exciting and challenging experience. If I could describe my experience in a single sentence, it would be: Frans Seda Seminar, where open minded andContinue reading
Novia Darwis: A Different Summer
When I heard about the Twin Scholarship for the first time, I thought: why should I apply? What are the benefits of this scholarship for my research? Applying for this scholarship might even delay myContinue reading
Nurul Khansa: Hard to Move On From Tilburg
I am Nurul Khansa Fauziyah, a student of Magister Sociology Programme Universitas Indonesia and I am currently writing my thesis. Since my bachelor degree, I was dreamed about studying abroad. But destiny still kept meContinue reading
Yanwei Yang: Indonesia: A turning point
As an Asian myself, I barely had dreamt that much about Asia before I came to the Netherlands for further study. I had always dreamt of living in Europe, which seemed to be a placeContinue reading
Reynold Rudyismanto: I call it research in a fun way!
I never thought I could have a chance to do my academic research in the land of windmills. Two years ago I decided to do my master program at the law faculty of Atmajaya UniversityContinue reading
Nathan Spiro: Hundred days of religious diversity in Indonesia
During the end of my bachelor I became interested in my current master program; Management of Cultural Diversity. I decided to visit an open day where information about the master program was presented. During thisContinue reading
MANY HEARTS, ONE VISION
Here we are. It’s the final day of the seminar in 2017, and all the presentations were done wonderfully. And now it’s time to the Board of Frans Seda Foundation to decide who would receiveContinue reading
The Judgement Day: Five Groups’ Final Presentation
Time flies when you’re having fun. This saying quite accurately describes our week in Yogyakarta. It’s been a full-on week, and before we knew it, it’s already Friday. Everybody started to feel the nerves aboutContinue reading