Current PhD Research
Sophie, Hsin-lin Su | Paths with/out Us: Three Case Studies of Environmental Changes and Environmental Aestheticism in Taiwanese Literature
Sophie, Hsin-lin Su | Utrecht University
This project draws on and positions itself partially within the field of ecocriticism to examine three case studies involving aesthetic representations of environmental changes in Taiwanese literature and culture: representations of butterflies, flying fish, and nuclear radiation in the region of the Pacific Ocean.
Andrés Ibarra Cordero | Space and Time of Queer Masculinities in Contemporary Fiction
Andrés Ibarra Cordero | University of Amsterdam
This research examines representations of space and time in contemporary English and Spanish fiction by writers who have explored the construction of queer/gay male identities at the turn of the twentieth century.
Jesse van Amelsvoort – Minorities, Migration, Mediation: Expressing Sense of Belonging in Multilingual Europe
Jesse van Amelsvoort | Minorities, Migration, Mediation: Expressing Sense of Belonging in Multilingual Europe | University of Groningen – Campus Fryslân | Supervisors: prof. dr. Goffe Jensma, prof. dr Margriet van der Waal, dr Matt Coler | September 2017 – August 2021 This research project investigates the role multilingual minority writers can play in processes of […]
Roel Smeets – Character Networks in Contemporary Dutch Literature
Roel Smeets | Character Networks in Contemporary Dutch Literature | Radboud University Nijmegen, Department of Literary and Cultural Studies | Supervisors: prof. dr Maarten de Pourcq, prof. dr. Antal van den Bosch | September 2016 – September 2020 In the last decade or so, the rise of Digital Humanities has made it possible to implement […]
Anouk Zuurmond – Transnational Literary Projects: Strategies and Effects in the Debate on a European Identity
Anouk Zuurmond | University of Amsterdam | External PhD Transnational Literary Projects: Strategies and Effects in the Debate on a European Identity As financial and political crises make issues of a shared European identity more pressing, the question of what binds us together is currently discussed with an increased sense of urgency. To facilitate such […]
Kila van der Starre – Poëzie buiten het boek
Poëzie is een multimediaal genre dat in vele vormen buiten het boek bestaat, al doen de literatuurwetenschap en de literaire kritiek soms anders vermoeden. Poëziefestivals trekken volle zalen, cafés zitten vol voor poetry slams, op het internet wordt volop lyrisch geëxperimenteerd, muurgedichten sieren tientallen steden, Gedichtendag is uitgebreid tot een Poëzieweek, vorig jaar kreeg België voor het eerst een Dichter des Vaderlands en dit jaar is de eerste Dichter der Nederlanden benoemd.
Odlie Bodde – Studies on torture: the politics and aesthetics of brutality in war-on-terror films
In my PhD project I analyse the politics and aesthetics of depictions of torture in recent American and European war-on-terror cinema