Projects
Social Justice, Identity Construction and National Identification: A Social History of War Nationalism in Belgium, 1914-1925 Ghent University
This study on national identification in Belgium during and immediately after the German
occupation will examine to what extent and in what ways diverse social groups used national
sentiment to negotiate a reality radically altered. World War I is a crucial focus for nationalism research in Belgium, representing both the summit of Belgian nationalism and a cut-off point where a competing Flemish nationalism gained momentum. However, ...
Ideology of Heritage, Museum, Cultural Politics, and Construction of National Identity in Finland and Japan. University of Antwerp
Singing Communities: Dutch Political Songs and the Performance of National Identity (1775-1825) Ghent University
Early modern songs were broadly considered as effective instruments to strengthen the formation of collective identities. This project aims to better understand how this function was attributed to Dutch political songs (1775-1825). Its focus is on communal song practices, specifically on the possible tensions between the desired effect of songs and the harsh political reality of disunity and crisis
L'Ancienne Belgique. Museums, archaeology, and the creation of national identity in Belgium (1870-1940). University of Antwerp
Vaccine hesitancy in the (post-) COVID-19 EU: Effects of European identity, party orientation, trust and political polarization. University of Antwerp
From denial to insurgency: The PKK and the (re)construction of Kurdish identity Ghent University
This study aims at understanding the 30-year long struggle of the Kurdish national movement in Turkey. In this sense, it examines the evolution of the PKK from an insurgent movement to a transnational social movement organization as well the emergence of Kurdish identiy politics as outcome of this movement. This research will be at junction of three areas: (ethno)-nationalism, social movements and identity politcs.
Lugones and Vasconcelos: a Neo-Hellenistic view on the New World? The influence of the classical Greek tradition on Spanish-American identity creation Ghent University
The range of thought of the authors Leopoldo Lugones en José Vasconcelos is characterized by an unremitting search for a continental (Spanish-American) and national (Argentinian/Mexican) identity. This comparative research intends to examine whether the authors' shared fascination for the classic Greek culture can explain the similarities in their ideas related to the formation of nationalities from a political-ideological, philosophical and ...
A linguistic analysis of indexical markers of identity in Flemish job interviews in a changing recruitment context: A sociolinguistic-pragmatic mixed methods study KU Leuven
The malleability narrative in contemporary media: Its content and consequences for adolescents’ identity development KU Leuven
Although progress has been made in explaining how media dynamics influence adolescent identity, there has been insufficient theory to fully grasp the processes that explain and predict these relationships. The proposed research aims to help addressing this major gap by unfolding an interdisciplinary understanding of how mediated ideals operate, i.e., the malleability narrative. More precisely, I aim to describe the manifestation of multiple, ...