Organisation
The Royal Academy of Art and the Royal Conservatoire together form the University of the Arts The Hague.
Management
Director: Ranti Tjan
Deputy Director Education: Fenna Hup
Academy- and Management secretariat
For an appointment with the director or deputy director education please contact the office manager
General organisation
Head of Operations: Lizzy Kok
Head of Student Administration: Esther van Oosten
Head of Technical & Digital Services and Library: Bart Vissers
Head of ICT (University of the Arts): Dik van Rhijn
Head of Housing and Facility Services: Erik Mans
Head of Quality Assurance: Leo Capel
Head of Marketing and Communications: Meher Khan Muztar
Head of International Affairs: Aparajita Dutta
Controller/Head of Finance (University of the Arts): Gerard Zanoni
Head of Human Resources (University of the Arts): Jan Willem van der Wal
Education
The department heads are responsible for the educational programme of their department. Together they guard the quality of the education and make sure the contents of the programme stay up to date. The department heads are assisted by one or more coordinators and supervise a team of teachers.
The heads of the bachelor programmes are:
ArtScience: Taco Stolk
Fine Arts: Antoinette Vonder Mühll & Carl Johan Högberg
Graphic Design: Lauren Alexander and Chantal Hendriksen (joint heads ad interim)
Photography: Lotte Sprengers & John Fleetwood
Interactive Media Design: Janine Huizenga
Interior Architecture and Furniture Design: Herman Verkerk
Textile and Fashion: Mark van Vorstenbos
The heads of the master programmes are:
ArtScience: Taco Stolk
Artistic Research: Janice McNab
Industrial Design: Maaike Roozenburg
Interior Architecture: Hans Venhuizen
Non Linear Narrative: Niels Schrader
Photography & Society: Shadman Shahid
Type and Media: Erik van Blokland
Lector Art Theory & Practice: Prof. Dr. Anke Haarmann
Lector Design: Prof. Dr. Alice Twemlow
Head preparatory courses Fine Art and Design: Zanne Zwart
Coordinator of Academy-wide Education: Liza Swaving
Information about the participation bodies can also be found on the website of the University of the Arts The Hague
Steef Eman (teaching staff)
Hilde Barwegen (non-teaching staff)
Co Knol (non-teaching staff)
cmr@hdkdenhaag.nl
Steef Eman (vice-chair), KABK (teaching staff)
Hilde Barwegen, KABK (non-teaching staff)
Anka Koziel (chair), KC (teaching staff)
Dominy Clements (secretary), KC (non-teaching staff)
Ekaterina van Wegen, School voor Jong Talent (teaching staff)
Nabila Ayu Aviani, student KABK
Julien Palluel, student KC
Ron Veprik, student KC
Max Baraitser Smith, student ArtScience
Study Programme Committee 2022-2023
contact: l.walcott@kabk.nl
Lisa Walcott, secretary
Members
Roosmarijn Hompe (chair), teacher BA Interior Architecture & Furniture Design
Daniela Rosca, teacher BA Photography
Rana Ghavami, teacher MA Industrial Design
Görkem Yalim, teacher MA Artistic Research
Hannah Mulqueen, teacher BA Interactive/Media/Design
Kitman Yeung, student BA Fine Art
Wouter van Wessel, student BA Photography
Christian Kennecke, student BA Interior Architecture & Furniture Design
Ella Oudhof, student BA Interactive/Media/Design
Alina Lupu, student MA Photography & Society
Akash Kumar, student MA Industrial Design
The remit of the Study Programme committee (in Dutch: Opleidingscommissie) is to advise on the promotion and safeguarding of the quality of the programme. The Higher Education and Scientific Research Act (The Act) states that the study programme committee has the following tasks:
- to issue advice on the Education and Examination Regulations and to consent to the parts of the Education and Examination Regulations regarding which the faculty council has no right to consent, before the faculty director finalizes the regulations;
- to make an annual assessment of the application of the Education and Examination Regulations;
- to provide solicited and unsolicited advice about all other matters pertaining to the education.
Examination Board 2022-2023
contact: l.walcott@kabk.nl
Lisa Walcott, secretary
Members
Lotte Sprengers (chair)
Winnie Koekelbergh (vice-chair)
Vacancy
Lauren Alexander
Yvonne Smeets
Jacob Oostwoud Wijdenes
