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Professor of Humanistic Gerontology, at the University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Jan Baars is the author or many publications on aging, ranging from conceptual analysis to polemic criticism and more reflective existential perspectives. He has given Master classes at universities in Europe, the United States, New Zealand, South Africa and India. Continue reading →

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‘Stop de pensioenplicht’

Leeftijd is een achterhaalde en discriminerende manier om de maatschappij in te richten, vindt gerontoloog Jan Baars. Als protest hiertegen houdt hij op donderdag 10 mei 2012 een niet-afscheidsrede onder de titel ‘Frictions between age-related rules and (inter)personal meanings in aging’ bij de Universiteit voor Humanistiek (UvH). Lees verder →

‘Pensioenleeftijd is volledig achterhaald’

Jan Baars neemt afscheid door te zeggen waarom hij blijft. Omdat hij 65 wordt, moet de bijzonder hoogleraar Interpretatieve Gerontologie aan de Universiteit voor Humanistiek volgens de cao met emeritaat. Baars werkt echter gewoon door en gebruikt zijn niet-afscheidsrede om duidelijk te maken waarom meer mensen zijn voorbeeld moeten kunnen volgen. Lees verder →

A Non-Retirement Conference

As Jan Baars will reach the age of 65 years in May 2012, he will have to retire from his regular position at the university because of official age-related policies. Although he has worked for 42 years at different universities, being appointed at the Free University in Amsterdam as Assistant Professor for Sociological Theory at the age of 23, he intends to continue his research and teaching at the University of Humanistic Studies. Continue reading →

Looking back at my work – so far – from an age of non-retirement

In 2012 it will be 65 years ago that I was born. At that moment I will officially be labeled as ‘aged’ and from that moment on, age-related regulations prohibit practically all forms of regular, full time employment. It will become a challenge not to retire but to remain engaged in the issues and problems that have interested me for decades and that will probably continue to fascinate me as long as I will be able. Continue reading →