An endowed professor is in the Netherlands, a professor at a faculty/institute who is not paid by that university.
Below is the list of professors with special chairs based at the School of Humanities
prof. dr. Alec Badenoch
Hoogleraar beeld en geluid vanwege het Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid.
prof. dr. Ulbe Bosma
ISSH endowed chair of international and comparative social history, Slavery and forced labour, history of commodities, migration
prof. dr. Peter van Dam
Professor of the History of Sustainability as Foundation Chair, endowed by the Unger-van Brero Foundation
prof. dr. ir. Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis
Endowed Professor of the History of Ideas of the Early Modern Period in particular the History of Knowledge, due to the Dr C. Louise Thijssen-Schoute Foundation.
prof. dr. Maarten Doorman
Endowed Professor of Historical Culture of Germany: philosophy, art and literature, outgoing from the Germany Institute Amsterdam.
prof. dr. Paul Govaerts, MD
Endowed professor Voice Coding and Assistive Hearing Technology because of the Cochlear Technology Center.
dr. Wayne Modest
Endowed Professor of Material Culture and Critical Heritage Studies due to the National Museum of World Cultures.
prof. Manon Parry
Endowed chair of medical and nursing history, Medical and health humanities, bioart and design, disability studies
dr. Hans Piena
Endowed Professor of Dutch Cultural History in particular the study of objects because of the Royal Dutch Antiquarian Society.
dr. Haroon Sheikh
PPE Endowed professor, Strategic Governance of Global Technologies
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