René van der Veer
Professor emeritus Historical Education and Child Studies
- Name
- Prof.dr. R. van der Veer
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- r.van.der.veer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Academic Career
- Casimir Professor (2002-present)
- Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1987)
- Associate Professor, Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University (1985-present)
- PhD. Social Sciences, Leiden University (1985)
- Assistant Professor, Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University (1977-1985)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Experimental Psychology, Free University of Amsterdam (1975-1977)
- MSc. Experimental Psychology, Free University of Amsterdam (1975)
- Student-assistant, Department of Experimental Psychology, Free University of Amsterdam (1973-1975)
Main research interests
- Cultural historical theory
- Attachment
- History of ideas
Activities
- Member Editorial Board, From Past to Future, Technical Report Series, Clark University (1998-present)
- Member Editorial Board, Culture and Psychology (London: Sage Publications) (1994-present)
- Co-ordinator of the Research Cluster 'Theory and History' of the Institute for the Study of Education and Human Development (ISED) (1993-present)
- Consulting Editor, Socio-Cultural Research News (Madrid: Fundacion Infancia y Aprendizaje) (1992-present)
- Reviewer for Culture & Psychology, Developmental Review, European Journal of Social Psychology, Human Development, New Ideas in Psychology, Studies in Soviet Thought, Theory and Psychology, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Infancia y Aprendizaje, Blackwell Publishers, Cambridge University Press, and Oxford University Press (1990-present)
- Member Editorial Board, Infancia y Aprendizaje (Madrid: Visor) (1988-1992)
- Member of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP) (1984-present)
- Member of the European Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Cheiron (1982-present)
Grants
- Grant received for visiting professorship of Dr. J. Valsiner (2 months, received from the Institute for the Study of Education and Human Development ISED) (1994)
- Grant received for visiting professorship of Dr. I. M. Arievitch (whole year, received from NWO) (1993)
- Grant received for visiting professorship of Dr. J. Valsiner (4 months, received from NWO) (1989)
- Grant received to work as a visiting professor at the Department of Psychology of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (4 months, received from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, NWO) (1987)
Professor emeritus Historical Education and Child Studies
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen
- Opvoeding en Ontwikkeling
- Sahadat I. (29 June 2018), Alle ouders doen maar wat, en dat is prima. Interviewed by Sahadagt Ianthe for De Volkskrant, Wetenschap: 44-49. [interview].
- Veer R. van der (4 June 2005), Three fundamental themes of Janet's theory of conduct. Trauma, Dissoziation, Persönlichkeit. Erstes Symposium der Pierre Janet Gesellschaft.. Freiburg, Germany. [lecture].
- Veer R. van der (12 December 2003). Kind, ouder en deskundigen. Leiden. [inaugural address].
- Veer R. van der (25 June 2003), Vygotsky and Marxism. 10th European Conference on Developmental Psychology.. Milano, Italy. [lecture].
- Veer R. van der (29 August 2003), Trying to see the whole picture: The case of young Heinz Werner. 10th Biennial ISTP Conference.. Istanbul, Turkey. [lecture].
- Veer R. van der (8 January 2002), Selection and distortion in Vygotsky's writings. Colloque "L'approche historico-culturelle en sciences humaines" on occasion of the inauguration of the international Website for Cultural-Historical Human Studies. Geneve / Zwitserland. [lecture].
- Veer R. van der (25 September 2002), Tamara Dembo: Baku, Berlin, Northhampton. Kongress der deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Berlin, Germany. [lecture].
- Veer R. van der (13 June 2002), Multiple readings of Vygotsky. 5th ISCRAT Conference. Amsterdam. [lecture].
- Veer R. van der (12 June 1998), Units of analysis. Do we need them?. Invited paper presented at the 4th ISCRAT Conference. Aarhus, Denmark. [lecture].