Annual Report ICOG 2011 Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture ICOG - ANNUAL REPORT 2011 CONTENTS 1 Introduction 3 2 ICOG in 2011 5 2.1 Director, Advisory Board, Co-ordinators 5 2.2 Staffing 5 2.3 Finances: Travel and Material costs 6 3 Research Activities 6 3.1 Conferences, Co-operation, Colloquia 6 3.2 PhD Training Program 6 3.2 Current PhD projects 6 3.3 PhD-defenses, inaugural lectures in 2011 9 3.4 Appointed full professors in 2011 11 3.5 Appointed Assistant Professors in 2011 11 Part Two Research Profile, Research Groups and Publications 12 4 Research Profile and Research Groups 13 4.1 Politics, Media and Nation-building 13 4.1.1 Historical aspects 14 4.1.2 Evolutions in the International Relations and Organisations 19 4.1.3 Socio-economic aspects 23 4.2 Cultures and Identity 26 4.2.1 Cultures and Identity: Antiquity 27 4.2.2 Cultures and Identity: Middle Ages and Early Modern Times 28 4.2.3 Cultures and Identity: Nineteenth Century (Fin de Siècle and Belle Époque) 34 4.2.4 Cultures and Identity: Second half of the Twentieth Century to the present 36 4.3 Society and the Arts 50 4.3.1 Society and the Arts: Cultures and Contexts - texts 50 4.3.1.1 Society and the Arts: Cultures and Contexts – texts: Antiquity 50 4.3.1.2 Society and the Arts: Cultures and Contexts – texts: Middle Ages to Early Modern Times 52 4.3.1.3 Society and the Arts: Cultures and Contexts – texts: Nineteenth century: Fin de Siècle/Belle Époque 58 4.3.1.4 Society and the Arts: Cultures and Contexts – texts: Twentieth century- Present 59 4.3.2 Society and the Arts: Cultures and Contexts - images 63 4.3.2.1 Society and the Arts: Cultures and Contexts – images: Middle Ages to Early Modern Times 63 4.3.2.2 Society and the Arts: Cultures and Contexts – images: Nineteenth century: Fin de Siècle/Belle Époque 65 4.3.2.3 Society and the Arts: Cultures and Contexts – images: Twentieth century- Present 66 4.3.3 Society and the Arts: Gender 68 4.3.3.1 Middle Ages to Early Modern Times 68 4.3.3.2 Nineteenth century: Fin de Siècle/Belle Époque 69 4.3.4 Society and the Arts: Culture and Knowledge 71 4.3.4.1 Middle Ages to Early Modern Times 71 4.3.4.2 Nineteenth century: Fin de Siècle/Belle Époque 73 4.3.4.3 Twentieth century-Present 74 1 ICOG - ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Part Three 76 Appendix 76 Abbreviations 77 5.1.1 Organization of academic conferences. 78 5.1.2 Academic lectures 82 5.2 Membership of editorial boards 99 5.3 External funding of projects 104 5.4.1 Membership KNAW, NWO and other national scientific fora 108 5.4.2 Membership international scientific fora 111 5.5 Membership (inter)national assessment committees 114 5.6.1 Relationship with Foreign Universities / Internationalisation / Visiting Professorships 115 5.6.2 (Inter)national awards, honours, grants 121 5.6.3 PhD-trajectories 122 5.6.4 Reviews 127 5.6.5 Interviews and Media appearances 130 2 ICOG - ANNUAL REPORT 2011 1 Introduction The Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture (Instituut voor Cultuurwetenschap- pelijk Onderzoek Groningen (ICOG)) is a research institute embedded in the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen. All members of the institute are affiliated with this faculty and do research in the fields of history and theory of literature, film/TV, theatre, music, visual arts and architecture, as well as journalism, political, socio-economic, cultural and intellectual history and international relations. ICOG participates in a number of Research Schools, to wit the Graduate School Humanities (GSH), the Netherlands Research School for Medieval Studies (NRSMS), the Netherlands Research School for Economic and Social History (NW Posthumus Institute) and the Dutch National Graduate School in Classical Studies (OIKOS). As the director of ICOG, it is my pleasure to present this annual report. It summarizes the activities of ICOG, which, as in previous years, were focused upon three fields, namely, (i) strengthening internationalization, (ii) institutionalizing pivotal research activities, and (iii) extending external funds. For the further development of the Institute the ongoing debate with the ICOG Advisory Board and the Faculty Board on a more efficient and likely structure of ICOG has proven to be of great importance. As mentioned in last year’ s Annual Report (2010), the report of the Peer Reviewing Committee on the years 2003/2009 was not too favorable as to the organiza- tional coherence and power of ICOG as a whole. The conducted discussions have not yet led to a final result though. One of the most serious possibilities for reorganization might be that research could henceforth be subsumed under Research Centers and/or Centers of Expertise. One praiseworthy and fine example of this is the ‘Groningen Centre for Arts in Society (GCAS)’. From this year onwards the research activities especially from the Department of Arts, Culture & Media are placed in this institute. A further major event is that from October 2010 onwards the ICOG Graduate School GSSCH has been discontinued to give way to a faculty-broad Graduate School of Humanities in which all PhD students from the Faculty of Arts take part. As of January 1 2011 part of the tasks of the directors of the research institutes has been transferred to the newly appointed staff of this graduate school. This current report consists of three parts, the last of which is an impressive appendix in which not only this year’s publications are listed but also the most important other academic activities. The conclusion from these lengthy lists can only be that the staff members orga- nized within ICOG form a lively, multifaceted research community. A number of ICOG staff members have been successful in external fund raising again this last year. I confine myself here to one example. Together with other members of the Fac- ulty prof. dr. Maarten Duijvendak succeeded in obtaining funding not only for his for his pro- ject ‘Memento mori. De dood en het graf’ (€ 80.000), but also for a PhD project on the histo- ry of study loans and, finally, 1,3 million euro for the ESF-project ‘Cuius Regio. An analysis of the cohesive and disruptive forces determining the attachment and commitment of (groups of) persons to and the cohesion within regions’. Some of ICOG’s staff members were promoted into honorable positions, e.g. prof.dr. H.B.M. Wijfjes, who was appointed as Honorary Professor in History of Radio and Television, University of Amsterdam. Other staff members were laureled with prestigious prizes, e.g. Prof. dr. Hub Hermans who got a prize for the best book on Spanish movies from the Asociación Española de Historiadores de Cine (11/2011) as well as the ‘ Aguila azteca’ (a decoration from the Mexican Ministry of Culture). Finally, our staff members organized a large number of international and national con- ferences, workshops and symposiums; I would like to highlight the two conferences organized 3 ICOG - ANNUAL REPORT 2011 by the dynamic Department of Journalism (prof.dr. M.J. Broersma): ‘ A Question of Power. Conflict, Agreement and Negotiation between Journalists and their Sources’ (Groningen, Sep- tember 29-30, 2011 (together with drs. B. den Herder en B. Schohaus MA) and ‘Witnessing the 60s. A Decade of Change in Journalism and Literature’ (Groningen, May 19-20, 2011 (together with F. Harbers MA en dr. I.M. van den Broek)). Prof. dr. G.Th. Jensma Director of ICOG 4 ICOG - ANNUAL REPORT 2011 2 ICOG in 2011 2.1 Director, Advisory Board, Co-ordinators Director of the Institute is Prof. dr. G.Th. Jensma (Frisian Language and Culture). The Advisory Board of the ICOG chose Dr. M.G. Kemperink as its chair in 2004 and she con- tinued through 2011. After her departure from the Board, Dr M. Hoogvliet, who at the time became the new representative of the postdocs in ICOG, was subsequently asked to act as Chair to the Board. The Board advises the Director on policy matters and consists of a group of researchers that represent the wide range of ICOG research. Furthermore a representative both for postdocs and for PhD students has been appointed in the Board. Members in 2011: Dr. E.M.A. van Boven (Progam Director of the GSH; Modern Dutch literature), Prof.dr. W.J. van Bekkum (Semitic Languages and Cultures), Prof. dr. M.J. Broersma (Journalism Studies), Dr. M. Hoogvliet (Chair and postdoc representative; Romance Languages and Cultures), Prof. dr. B.A.M. Ramakers (Older Dutch literature), Prof. dr. O.M. van Nijf (Ancient history), Dr. M.R. Doortmont (International Organisations/International Relations), Dr. J.F. Benders (Medieval History); PhD student representative: Rudolf A.A. Bosch, MA (Early Modern His- tory). The secretary is Ms M.R.B. Wubbolts, MA. 2.2 Staffing Financing of staff can be divided into three sources: Source1: University funding; Source 2: National and European science agencies (e.g. the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research – NWO, the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences – KNAW; Source 3: all other external, (non-) governmental funding: esp. contract research. Table 1. Financial sources with full-time equivalents (fte) for each function in 2011 Source 1 Fte Research Full professors 12,3 Associate professors 4,8 Assistant professors 30,8 Postdocs 2,4 PhD students (aio’s) 8,8 Bursaries (Contract promovendi) 15,1 Total 74,1 Source 2 Postdocs 2,7 PhD students (NWO-aio’s) 4,9 Total 7,6 Source 3 Assistant professor (ERC) 0,4 Researcher (ERC) 0,8 PhD student (ERC) 0,8 PhD students 2,4 Total 4,2 Grand Total 85,9 5 ICOG - ANNUAL REPORT 2011 2.3 Finances: Travel and Material costs The operating budget for ICOG, intended for regular members of ICOG, covers travels abroad and organisation of conferences, workshops and other meetings with a scientific character.