| Members | |
|---|---|
| Dr. B. Leeuwenburgh | Chair |
| S. de Jager MA | Academic staff member |
| Dr. M. Wehrle | Academic staff member |
| M. Nieuwenhuys MSc | External member |
| Support Examination Board | |
|---|---|
| Drs. T. Herold | Secretary |
| M. Van der Gaag MA | Administrative Secretary |
On the examination board
From a student's perspective The Examination Board (EB) of the Erasmus School of Philosophy (ESPhil) could be looked upon as a bureaucratic committee upholding rules and regulations, policing examination procedures and checking for fraud. With Foucault in mind the EB exerts disciplinary power. In short: Big Brother is watching you! At least, that was my rather cynical perception of the EB when I started studying philosophy at our wonderfull faculty.
Due to work pressure or for other reasons I can also imagine that our academic staff is not always that keenly interested in an e-mail on the latest updates and details with respect of an assesment form for a bachelor thesis. After having been a member of our slightly anarchic community for around 30 years now, I learned that philosophers are good at discussing rules and regulations, but less well adapted in following them.
Nevertheless, following the lead of Montesquieu's trias politica Foucault's disciplinary power could also be interpreted as a countervailing power of our Dean, our Management Team and even the Executive Board of our University. At least, that was the intention of the national legislation when they laid down the powers and responsabilities of the EB in the 'Wet op het hoger onderwijs en wetenschappelijk onderzoek' (WHW).
Disciplinary or countervailing power, I can only promise you that the EB will do its utmost best to comply with the norms of equal treatment, legal certainty, due process and fairness, not because we like power, but because we love justice.
- Bart Leeuwenburgh