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Culture shock
12 februari 2009 - When you have just started to study or work in the Netherlands it seems as if the Dutch are very open and hospitable. Yet the spirits of many an international student or staff member sag after a while. Why doesn’t my colleague invite me after work? Does my supervisor really think that I am doing my work so badly, for I am only getting criticism from him. Why do people here even eat while working on their PCs? And that famed openness appears to become a wall of non-commitment if anything. How is it that the first impression proves to be incorrect after all?

For the second year running, multicultural student association Mosaïc is holding a lecture about the phenomenon of culture shock and about other things you notice when you are staying in the Netherlands for a longer period. Guest speaker is dr. Cor van Halen from Radboud University in Nijmegen. He will show among other things why the Dutch are such ‘funny creatures’. For this he will make use of the research conducted by cultural psychologist Geert Hofstede.

The lecture will take place in Helix STC 0.02 on Thursday February 19 from 12.45 to 14.00 hours. The interactive lecture will be in English, admission is free and listeners will be welcomed with coffee, tea and - surprise surprise in the Netherlands: ‘broodjes’./.