About us

Information about the association and the board.

History

ProParte was founded on 11 January 2017 as a merger of the Association of Professors (HOLEC) and the Association of Spouses and Partners of Professors (VROLEC) at Leiden University, which were previously separate organisations.
Read more about the history of our association

Board

The board of ProParte comprises: 

Members

Privacy regulations mean that it is not possible to make the list of members accessible for non-members. It is for this reason that the list is not available on this ProParte website. Any members of ProParte who would like to organise activities, or for some other reason would like to have access to the list of members are invited to contact the secretary of ProParte. 

Membership

Professors associated with Leiden University and their spouse/partner can become members of ProParte by applying to the board (proparte.leiden@gmail.com). The annual membership fee is € 27.50 per person, which is collected by direct debit.

Sub-associations

ProParte has a number of sub-associations that have been set up by members to organise specific actitvities. This website gives you an overview of these sub-associations, what they do, for whom they are accessible, and how and to whom you should apply for further information.
Overview of sub-associations

Statutes

The statutes of the ProParte association (in Dutch)

Annual publications

• Report of the 2025 general members' meeting (in Dutch)
• 2024 Financial report (in Dutch)
• 2024 Annual report (in Dutch)
• Statement Audit Committee 2024 (in Dutch)

Projects supported by ProParte

In the past years, ProParte provided donations to several projects to preserve university and related heritage.

• A donation of €2,375 for the restoration of the washing kettle that served as a clock in the tower of the Academy Building for several years after the Second World War. (2025).
• A contribution of €1,000 towards the costs of a memorial in Bergen-Belsen for Prof. Ben Telders (2025).
• A donation of €5,500 for the publication of a book about Leiden professors buried at Groenesteeg Cemetery (2024).
• Restoration of the Japanese wall poem on the wall near the Hortus Botanicus (2024).
• Restoration of the 11th-century Arabic manuscript Materia Medica in the University Library (2022)
• Financial support for the compilation of the book Geleerdheid onder de zerken - de zevenenzestig professoren van de historische begraafplaats Groenesteeg (Scholarship beneath the gravestones - the sixty-seven professors of the historic Groenesteeg Cemetery) by Lodewijk Kallenberg. (2021/2025)
• Restoration of the Atlas of Blaeu in Bibliotheca Thysiana (2021)
• Furnishing of the University Room in the renovated Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal (2018)
• Restoration of mathematical models from the Boerhaave Museum (2016)
• Restoration of the wall drawings in the “Zweetkamertje” (Sweat Room) in the Academy Building on Rapenburg (2014)
• Adoption of a Leidsche Fles (Leiden bottle) in the Boerhaave Museum (2011)
• Astronomical debating society Kaiser (2004)
• Restoration of the chairs in the Bibliotheca Thysiana (2002)
• Restoration of the organ in the Great Auditorium (1996)
• Maintenance of the exhibition space of the National Herbarium (1995)

Some requests for financial support from ProParte are currently pending.

Privacy

ProParte privacy statement (in Dutch)