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prof. dr. Susan Legene

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2826-9541
1981 …2020
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Susan Legêne,

Hoogleraar Politieke Geschiedenis / Professor of Political History

Onderwijs- en onderzoeksfocus

  • Contemporaine geschiedenis, kolonialisme en dekolonisatie in vergelijkend perspectief, imperialisme en postkoloniale natievorming
  • Migratiegeschiedenis, diaspora
  • Politieke praktijken rond cultureel erfgoed en culturele instellingen - Unescobeleid
  • Geschiedschrijving: de betekenis van materiële cultuur, beeldmateriaal  en immaterieel erfgoed
  • Ontwikkelingen met betrekking tot e-humanities

Research interests

  • Contemporary history, colonialism, imperialism and decolonisation in comparative perspective, nation building
  • Migration histories, diaspora,
  • Cultural heritage, cultural institutions and political practices, UNESCO policies
  • Historiography: the meaning and value of material culture, visual sources and intangible heritage for historical research; ICT and history
  • Developments in e-humanities

 

Research

Current and recent research projects

  • Colonial Normativity - Corruption and difference in colonial and postcolonial histories of empire and nations Research project Open Competition NWO (2019-2024); Collaboration with UGM Yogyakarta. 
  • Online Misinformation - Collaboration with Cornell Tech New York (2019-2021)

  • Uitsluitingsmechanismes van mensen van Afrikaanse afkomst in Nederland: wat is erover bekend? / On mechanisms of exclusion of people of African descent in the Netherlands
    Literature review in the context of the UN-Decade for people of African Descent, for Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (2017). Researcher: Artwell Cain.

  • Framing Prostitution/Prostitutie geëxposeerd
     Research project Amsterdam Museum/VU. NWO National Knowledge Agenda for Museums (2015-2017) See: Framing Prostitution blogs by researcher Annemarie de Wildt

  • BiographyNET - From the Biography Portal of the Netherlands to a Virtual Society of People Past and Present.
    Research project The Netherlands E-science Centre/VU/Huygens ING Instituut. (October 2012-2016)

  • Sites, Bodies and Stories - The dynamics of heritage formation in colonial and postcolonial Indonesia and the Netherlands.
    International NWO Research project Cultural Dynamics programme (2008-2013)

  • Agora: Creating the Historic Fabric for and Providing Web-enabled Access to Objects in Dynamic Historical Sequences.
    NWO-CATCH research project, with Computer Science (Faculteit der Exacte Wetenschappen) (2009-2013).

  • Unesco working group on culture, education and media in postconflict and postdisaster situaties & CRISP: Creative Industries and Sustainable Heritage Protection (2010-2013). 

  • PhotoCLEC - Photographs, Colonial Legacy and Museums in Contemporary European Culture
    (2010-jan. 2012). HERA JRP (UK, Norway, the Netherlands)

  • The future of the World Heritage Convention
    Policy research for Ministry of Education, Culture, Science (2010- juni 2012).

 

Research

Other research collaboration

 

 

Teaching

Bachelor programme

  • BA Contemporaine geschiedenis, afstudeerrichting Politieke Geschiedenis en Cultuurgeschiedenis / Contemporary History, track Political and Cultural History
  • BA-specialisation Geschiedenis en Erfgoed / History and Heritage
  • BA-minor course module Decolonizing Europe
  • BA-scripties, stages; BA theses, internships

Master and Research Master programme

  • MA introductory course History programme
  • MA specialisation course Politiek en Soevereiniteit (Politics and Sovereignty; course in Dutch)
  • MA scripties/theses, tutorials, stages/internships
  • Research-master programme joint core course on historiography, heritage and the nation, for researchmaster students and PhD candidates
  • Researchmaster theses
  • Amsterdam Summerschool course Decolonizing Europe: Summercourse Decolonizing Europe

 

Teaching

Recent publication:

Omslag van nieuw methoden en techniekenhandboek

 

Research

Recent publication:

 

Cover of edited volume Museums in a Digital Culture

 

 

Ancillary activities

  • Nationale Unesco Commissie | Den Haag | Member working group Cultural Conventions | 2014-01-01 - present
  • Academic Advisory BoardResearch Centre for Material Culture | Leiden | Adviseur | 2016-02-01 - present

Ancillary activities are updated daily

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Netherlands Social Sciences
citizenship Social Sciences
UNESCO Social Sciences
hermeneutics Social Sciences
photography Social Sciences
Afghanistan Social Sciences
cultural heritage Social Sciences
non-governmental organization Social Sciences

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Research Output 1981 2020

Hoe we ons in het heden verhouden tot het verleden: Genderview Susan Legêne

Legêne, S., 2020, In : Historica. 43, 1, p. 16 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Professional

Anti-slavery discourse and early 19th century transnational views on states, nations and citizens

Legêne, S., 17 Jun 2019.

Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper › Academic

Discourse
Anti-slavery
State-nation
State Formation
Slavery

Colonial normativity? Corruption and difference in the Dutch-Indonesian relationship in the 19th and 20th centuries

Kroeze, R. & Legêne, S., Jan 2019, p. 1-12.

Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper › Academic

Itineraries: A return to the archives of the South African truth commission and the limits of counter-revolutionary warfare

Rousseau, N., 2019, 374 p.

Research output: PhD Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research VU, graduation VU › Academic

Open Access
File

Politieke geschiedenis: Wat betekent dat label voor onze verhalen?

Legêne, S., 2019, (Unpublished).

Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper › Academic

File
Political History
Round Table Discussion

Activities 2004 2018

Een avond met Nicolaas Jouwe - Inleiding

S. Legene (Speaker)
18 Sep 2018

Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Professional

File

Speaking with one voice - How the Western European post-colonial States Parties aligned their stake concerning the UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property

S. Legene (Speaker)
28 Nov 2018

Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic

File

An archipelago of critical thought and radical action

S. Legene (Speaker)
8 Oct 2018

Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic

File

Geschiedenis in de politiek: historische kritiek als tweede natuur

S. Legene (Speaker)
16 Jun 2018

Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Professional

File

Historicidagen 2017

Marieke Oprel (Organiser), Susan Legêne (Chair)
25 Aug 2017

Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop › Academic

Prizes

DIVE+: Explorative Search for Digital Humanities

Victor de Boer (Recipient), O.A. Inel (Recipient), L.M. Aroyo (Recipient), C. van den Akker (Recipient), Susan Legene (Recipient), C. Martinez-Ortiz (Recipient), W. Helmich (Recipient), Berber Hagendoorn (Recipient), S.C. Sauer (Recipient), Jaap Blom (Recipient), L.M. Melgar Estrada (Recipient) & J. Oomen (Recipient), 2017

Prize › Academic

Press / Media

Laat historici ontvankelijker worden voor afwijkende perspectieven

Susan Legene

4/10/18

1 media contribution

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities

The Netherlands: Guest of honor at the 52nd German History Congress – An Interview with Susan Legêne

Susan Legene

28/06/18

1 media contribution

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities