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NICA archive 2010 – 2020
Read all articles published by Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis 2010 to 2020.
Affiliated Universities
National Research Schools
- ARCHON, Research School of Archaeology
- Huizinga Instituut
- LOT, Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics
- NISIS, Netherlands Interuniversity School of Islamic Studies
- NOG, Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies
- NOSTER, Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion
- OIKOS, National Research School in Classical Studies
- OSK, Dutch Postgraduate School for Art History
- OSL, Onderzoekschool Literatuurwetenschap
- OZSW, Dutch Research School of Philosophy
- Posthumus Institute, Research School for Economic and Social History
- Research School for Medieval Studies
- RSPH, Research School Political History
- RMeS, Research School for Media Studies
- WTMC, Netherlands Graduate Research School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture
Useful Links
- Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA)
- Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR)
- Amsterdam Research Center for Gender and Sexuality (ARC-GS)
- Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
- Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM)
- Babylon: Center for the Study of Superdiversity, Tilburg University
- Benelux Association for the Study of Art, Culture, and the Environment (BASCE)
- Centre for BOLD Cities
- Centre for Gender and Diversity, Maastricht University
- Leiden University Centre for Cultural Analysis (LUCAS)
- Platform for Postcolonial Readings
- Radboud Institute for Culture & History (RICH)
- Research Institute of the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies (PTR)
- Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam
- Centre for Environmental Humanities (UU)
PhD Defense | Tânia Esteves Fernandes Cardoso – The Illustrated Cityscape. Imperfect Lines of Urban Exploration
/in Dissertation Defenses, NICA recommends /by PepitaDate:15 October 2024 | Time: 16:00 | Location: University of Amsterdam, Agnietenkapel
PhD Defense | Alvaro Lopez – Am I a Monster? Psychoanalysis, Global Fantasies, and Libidinal Reroutings in Contemporary Horror Cinema
/in Dissertation Defenses, NICA recommends /by PepitaDate: 4 November 2024 | Time: 10:00 | Location: University of Amsterdam, Agnietenkapel
Dissertation Defense | ‘Disability and Its Affective Affordances: Deformity, Decay, Disruption, Distortion’ – Andries Hiskes
/in Dissertation Defenses, NICA recommends /by PepitaDissertation Defense | ‘What Brings Us Together? Platforms, Common Humanity and the Challenges of Post-Humanitarian Communication’ – Wouter Oomen
/in Dissertation Defenses /by PepitaPhD Candidate: Wouter Oomen
Date: 27 January 2023
Location: Online and at the Utrecht University Hall
Supervisors: Professor S. Ponzanesi, Dr M. Stauff
Dissertation Defense | ‘No Progress: Queer Chronotopes in Late Twentieth Century Fiction’
/in Dissertation Defenses /by PepitaPhD Candidate: Andrés Ibarra Cordero
Date: October 28th, 2022, 10:00
Location: Agnietenkapel, University of Amsterdam
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Murray Pratt (UvA), Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Andrés (U. Barcelona)
Dissertation Defense | ‘Living with Toxicity: Disruptive Temporalities in Visual Art and Literature’ – Ruby de Vos
/in Dissertation Defenses /by PepitaPhD-Candidate: Ruby de Vos
Date: May 23rd, 2022, 16:00
Location: University of Groningen, Academy Building (Aula)
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Pablo Valdivia Martin, Prof. Dr. Vera Alexander
Dissertation Defense | ‘A Game of Pawns: Fan-Made Content and Resistance in Online Video Game Communities’ – Argyrios Emmanouloudis
/in Dissertation Defenses /by PepitaPhD-candidate: Argyrios Emmanouloudis
Date: September 9th, 2022, 16:00
Location: University of Amsterdam
Supervisor: Joyce Goggin
Dissertation Defense | ‘Queer Sovereignties: Cultural Practices of Sexual Citizenship in the Dutch Caribbean’ – Julian Isenia
/in Dissertation Defenses /by PepitaPhD-candidate: Julian Isenia
Date: June 23rd, 2022, 11:00
Location: University of Amsterdam, Aula
Supervisors: Rivke Jaffe, Sruti Bala and Rose Mary Allen
Dissertation Defense | Rationalization. Paradoxes of Closure and Openness
/in Dissertation Defenses /by PepitaPhD-Candidate: Jan Overwijk
Supervisor: prof. dr. René Boomkens; prof. dr. Robin Celikates
10 November 2021 (14:00), University of Amsterdam
Dissertation Defense | Technological Aesthetics of Imperfection in Times of Frictionlessness
/in Dissertation Defenses /by PepitaPhD-Candidate: Jakko Kemper
Supervisor: E. Rutten and M.A.M.B. Baronian
21 September 2021 (12:00), University of Amsterdam
Dissertation Defense | Postdramatic Legal Theatres: Space, Body, Media and Genre
/in Dissertation Defenses /by PepitaPhD-Candidate: Tessa de Zeeuw
Supervisor: F.W.A. Korsten
Wednesday 2 June 2021 (11:15), Leiden University
Dissertation Defense | Unsustaining the Commodity-Machine: Commoning Practices in Postcapitalist Design
/in Dissertation Defenses /by PepitaPhD-Candidate: Selçuk Balamir
Supervisors: Joost de Bloois, Jeroen de Kloet
Wednesday 4 May 2021 (15:00), University of Amsterdam
Dissertation Defense | Posing for the Republic. Making the Modern Turkish Citizen in Vernacular Photographs from the 1920s and 1930s
/in Dissertation Defenses /by Eloe KingmaPhD-Candidate: Ozge Calafato | University of Amsterdam, 25 November 2020, 13:00 hrs. | Supervisors: Luiza Białasewicz, Esther Peeren
Dissertation Defense | Digital Corpses: Creation, Appropriation, and Reappropriation
/in Dissertation Defenses /by ChantalPhD-Candidate: Nadia de Vries | University of Amsterdam, 2 December 14:00 | Supervisors: Esther Peeren and Ellen Rutten.
Dissertation Defense | Living with Censorship: The Political Economy and Cultural Politics of Chinese Gay Dating Apps
/in Dissertation Defenses /by Eloe KingmaPhD-Candidate: Shuaishuai Wang | UvA, 19 November, 10:00 | Supervisors: Jeroen de Kloet and Rachel Spronk
Dissertation Defense | Clocked! Time and Biopower in the Age of Algorithms
/in Dissertation Defenses /by Eloe KingmaPhD-Candidate: Evelyn Wan | Utrecht University, 23 November 2018 | Supervisor: Maaike Bleeker
Dissertation Defense | Savage Embraces: James Purdy, Melodrama, and the Narration of Identity
/in Dissertation Defenses /by Eloe KingmaDissertation Defense: Looi van Kessel | Leiden University, 4 December 16:15 hrs. | Supervisors: Ernst van Alphen and Johanna Kardux
Art in the Divided City: The Representation of the Rio de Janeiro. Favela in Participatory Art Projects
/in Dissertation Defenses /by ChantalSimone Kalkman | University of Amsterdam
This research investigates the increasingly popular practice of contemporary art projects in Rio de Janeiro favelas (slums). In recent decades, many (professional) artists have worked in marginalised communities, making the interaction with disadvantaged groups an essential part of their work.
The Revival of the Baroque Violin
/in Dissertation Defenses /by ChantalMimi Mitchell | University of Amsterdam
I propose to examine the history of the baroque violin revival through interviews with the baroque violin pioneers. An oral history of these violinists will be my subject and the interviews with them will be my primary research tool.
Burning Desires: An Analysis of Gay Youth Coming Out Stories, Masculinity, and Violence in Film
/in Dissertation Defenses /by ChantalParis Cameron-Gardos | Burning Desires: An Analysis of Gay Youth Coming Out Stories, Masculinity, and Violence in Film
My thesis will explore the ways in which different types of masculinities are constructed by different kinds of coming out stories in film. In particular, I wish to examine the links between violence, in all its forms and masculinities in these stories of sexual self-recognition.