Projects
Balón y Bandera: Nationalism, Sports and Subalternity in Latin America (1920s-2000s) KU Leuven
Eric Hobsbawm’s oft-cited quotation “the imagined community of millions seems more real as a team of eleven named people” (Hobsbawm, 1990) eloquently grasps the nationalistic feeling of many football enthusiasts during a World Cup. The perception of a sports team as the metonymic representation of a nation was and still is a powerful image of modern nationalism. This research project aims to analyse how subaltern groups contributed to the ...
Nationalism, symbolism, national-symbolism? KU Leuven
In my dissertation, I start from an investigation of the importance and influence of symbols in the field of the political. These symbols give rise to very different and opposite reactions. I would like then to focus on the term 'nation'. In particular, I want to examine whether or not the ambivalence of nationalistic symbolism could play a role in the emergence of totalitarianism. Current events play a role in my interest in these themes, ...
Gibran in Lebanese Nationalism: A Study of his Canonization and the Translation Flows of The Prophet KU Leuven
The Lebanese-American poet Khalil Gibran is the most famous Arab-American writer. His magnum opus The Prophet is widely read worldwide and has been translated into over 100 languages. The Lebanese revere Gibran as a national figure whose name has become synonymous with Lebanon. When scholars consider Gibran’s rise and popularity, they usually place a high premium on the universal spiritualism of his literature, and tell us how this ...
Gender, Nationalism, and Sports: Women's Cycling, Boxing, and Catch-Wrestling in Belgium and Mexico in the 1920s to 1990s. University of Antwerp
Safeguarding Savoir-Faire: Culinary Heritage Movements, Globalization, and Nationalism in Contemporary France. KU Leuven
In 2010, UNESCO granted the status of intangible cultural heritage to “The Gastronomic Meal of the French” elevating the art of the French meal to a position of protected cultural status. In the years following, a multitude of cultural events and movements have developed in France, many of which cite this accolade as a starting point for platforms seeking to further promote culinary heritage. While UNESCO states that intangible cultural ...
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, ...
social justice and national identification. a social history of war nationalism in belgium, 1914-1925 Ghent University
The aim of this project is a socio-historical analysis of nationalism of the lower and middle classes (especially workers, shopkeepers and farmers) in Belgium during and after WWI. This Project focuses on the question of why and to what extent those social groups appropriate nationalism in wartime, and how they actually use it in social interaction
The ties that bind. An empirical evaluation of the political theory of liberal nationalism. KU Leuven
Ethnic minority mobilization and nationalism in Central Europe KU Leuven
Ethnic minority mobilization and nationalism in Central Europe