Rianne Letschert

Letschert was born in Doetinchem on 13 September 1976.{{cite web|author=Joke Knoop |url=https://www.dejongeakademie.nl/shared/resources/documents/rianneletschertbrabantsdagblad.pdf |title="Hoe hoger je komt, hoe minder tegenspraak" |publisher=De Jonge Akademie |date= |accessdate=21 April 2016}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.dejongeakademie.nl/en/leden/leden/14042?set_language=en |title=Rianne Letschert |publisher=De Jonge Akademie |date= |accessdate=6 March 2016}} She moved at an early age to Stiphout in the municipality of Helmond. In Helmond she attended high school.{{cite web|author=Niek Willems |url=https://universonline.nl/2015/06/02/rianne-letschert-werkte-in-een-bouwmarkt-maar-was-allesbehalve-handig |title=Rianne Letschert: werkte in een bouwmarkt, maar was allesbehalve handig |language=Dutch |publisher=Universonline |date=2 June 2015 |accessdate=6 March 2016}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.ed.nl/regio/helmond/rianne-letschert-uit-helmond-voorzitter-jonge-akademie-1.4825817 |title=Rianne Letschert uit Helmond voorzitter Jonge Akademie |language=Dutch |publisher=Eindhovens Dagblad |date=26 March 2015 |accessdate=6 March 2016}} Letschert studied law at Tilburg University, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Montpellier. She obtained her PhD at Tilburg University with a thesis titled The impact of minority rights mechanisms (2005), dealing with competing international organisations making policy on national minorities.{{cite news|author=Ellen de Bruin |url=http://www.nrc.nl/next/2016/01/09/zonder-beurs-was-ik-gestopt-met-de-wetenschap-1577846 |title='Zonder beurs was ik gestopt met de wetenschap' |language=Dutch |newspaper=NRC Handelsblad |date=9 January 2016 |accessdate=6 March 2016}}

In 2011 Letschert was appointed as professor to the new chair of victimology and international law at Tilburg University.{{cite web|author= |url=http://uvtapp.uvt.nl/fsw/spits.npc.showpressreleasecm?v_id=5601851781817973 |title=Rianne Letschert benoemd tot hoogleraar Victimologie en internationaal recht |language=Dutch |publisher=Tilburg University |date=21 March 2011 |accessdate=6 March 2016}} Several years later Letschert contemplated leaving academics. In May 2015 she was awarded an 800,000 Euro grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and decided to continue.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and-results/programmes/Talent+Scheme/awards/vidi+awards/vidi+awards+2014 |title=Vidi Awards 2014 |publisher=Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research |date=4 June 2015 |accessdate=6 March 2016}} Her research focused on the impact of international tribunals on societies and individuals that have been confronted with human rights violations and international crimes.{{cite web|author= |url=http://fd.nl/incoming/1129658/mensen-om-in-de-gaten-te-houden |title=Mensen om in de gaten te houden |language=Dutch |publisher=Financieel Dagblad |date=12 December 2015 |accessdate=6 March 2016}} Apart from her position as professor she served as director of the International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT).{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/research/institutes-and-research-groups/intervict/staff/ |title=Staff & Research Fellows INTERVICT |publisher=Tilburg University |date= |accessdate=6 March 2016}} In 2016 Letschert was asked to become dean of the Law faculty of Tilburg University. However, on 1 September 2016 she was appointed as rector of Maastricht University.{{cite news|author=Jan Tromp |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/goedlachse-powervrouw-als-rector-magnificus-van-universteit-maastricht~a4306393/ |title=Goedlachse powervrouw als rector-magnificus van Universteit Maastricht |newspaper=de Volkskrant |date=24 May 2016 |accessdate=10 June 2016}}

Letschert joined the De Jonge Akademie (Young Academy) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.dejongeakademie.nl/en/nieuws/tien-nieuwe-toppers-voor-de-jonge-akademie |title=Ten new top researchers join The Young Academy |publisher=De Jonge Akademie |date=20 November 2012 |accessdate=6 March 2016}} In April 2015 she became chairperson. Due to her appointment as rector magnificus of Maastricht University she was succeeded as chairperson by Rens Vliegenthart in June 2016.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.knaw.nl/nl/actueel/nieuws/rens-vliegenthart-nieuwe-voorzitter-de-jonge-akademie |title=Rens Vliegenthart nieuwe voorzitter De Jonge Akademie |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date=3 June 2016 |accessdate=6 June 2016}} Letschert was a Schermer Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the period between February and June 2016.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nias.knaw.nl/fellows/year-group-2015-16/letschert-rianne |title=Letschert, Rianne |publisher=Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study |date= |accessdate=6 March 2016}}

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