It all started with a study trip, and a concurrence of circumstances.

In 2013 Leanne Jansen looked back in Wau (the magazine of Laverna, the study association in Amsterdam) on the origins of Sophia Aeterna:

‘It all started with a study trip and a concurrence of circumstances. The year before, Rosanne Boermans and I had planned to organise a study trip, but we soon learned that that was almost unattainable without a study association. Tuchè fated that Tes Mijnders, Guus van Loon en Bas Clercx had forged plans to found a study association, however they never went through with it. Joining our forces was probably one of the best decisions ever made in our programme I say proudly!'

On the 12th of March 2012 our new study association was born. The name was chosen though a Facebook poll and not too long after that the logo came to be. The association was first responsible for pre-existing activities like the end-of-the-year barbecue, the Christmas drinks, the open mic and the theater performances. New activities soon followed: A trip to Trier, the reason of existence, as a first highlight in the summer of 2012.

By now, Sophia Aeterna consists of almost fifteen committees and has an activity planned almost every week.

Boards

Sophia's board still functions as the backbone of the study program. The current board introduces themselves here.