Berteke Waaldijk (1957) is a scholar of history and gender studies. She holds the chair ‘Language and Culture Studies’ at the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University and is part of the Graduate Gender Programme. Her research is focused on gender, culture and citizenship. She publishes on history and gender of Social Work in the Netherlands and in Europe, on colonial culture and citizenship, on history of Dutch Women’s movements and on gender, history, and philosophy of the humanities. She explores transdisciplinary aspects of historical research.  In addition to these research interests she is involved in projects on learning and  teaching and related to Gender Studies and the Liberal Arts Programme ‘Language and Culture Studies’ at Utrecht University. She is committed to connect critical academic scholarship with worlds of activism and advocacy.