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Willem Bongers-Dek

Willem Bongers-Dek is a literary scholar and writer. He is deputy director and programme leader of the Flemish-Dutch Huis deBuren (www.deburen.eu) and coordinator of the international residency project citybooks (www.citybooks.eu). He is also involved in literary talent development through multi-year, international projects such as the writing residency in Paris and CELA. (Profile photo: Marianne Hommerson)

Success as a choice is one of the most dangerous fallacies of our time. The social implications of this fallacy are immense.

by Willem Bongers-Dek
2 March 201830 March 2022
8 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Leadership in Culture, LITERARY, PERSONAL, SPECIALS, SPONSORED

Late last year, the organisers of an alumni evening for research master's students asked me to defend a thesis from my current position as a cultural leader. It had to be about my position as a literary scholar by telling them about my professional path since graduation. I could frame this article hopefully and hopeful and elaborate on the competences that the...