It is impossible to raise one memory above all others from my student days. The first great experience of university study was meeting and making friends with very different kinds of students. I regularly meet those friends to this day.

Second, being involved in student organisations was very rewarding, and I have warm memories of my participation. I was an active student subject association member, and I worked for a year as chairman of Kronos, an association of university history students. I also served one term of office on the Representative Council of the Student Union. I would have definitely graduated a couple of years earlier if I had focused solely on studying, but it doesn’t bother me.

Third, I remember the student parties, which in my fresher year were almost every day of the week except Sundays and Mondays. The academic parties that I particularly remember are the annual Student Union party, and the Master’s graduation ceremony, which lasted from Thursday to Sunday morning. There was just time enough to go home and change shirts. I can recommend participating in this to anyone – it was incredibly enjoyable.