From Natio to Corps (1575-1820): The Birth of a New Type of Student Association in the Netherlands

Not a year goes by without another case of violent hazing in Dutch universities reported in the newspapers. It concerns one university, then another, but it hits the mark every year. University boards are trying to restrict the use of alcohol and implement rules on initiation rites, but not always with success. Occasionally there is a near death or even a death. Apparently hazing is an ineradicable phenomenon, and almost every year a historian of the history of universities has to explain to the media how this came about. In public opinion this has all to do with conservative students from the... Mehr ...