Staff members with discipline Area Studies
Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.
I am a historian working on the cultural and intellectual history of the modern Middle East. I am broadly interested in modern Arab intellectual history, historiography, and Arabic literature. My disseration, lying at the intersection of Middle Eastern... lees meer
- State-socialist and post-socialist architecture and urbanism
- Architecture and urban planning in East-Central Europe and the Balkans
- Islamic cultural and urban heritage in twentieth- and twenty-first century
- Post-disaster and post-war urban... read more
- Architecture and urban planning in East-Central Europe and the Balkans
- Islamic cultural and urban heritage in twentieth- and twenty-first century
- Post-disaster and post-war urban... read more
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m.babic rug.nl
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Assistant Professor History and Theory of Architecture and Urbanism
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Critical Heritage Studies, heritage in post-conflict societies, contested heritage, culture, identity, representation, story-telling, nationhood, decolonisation
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s.b.barnabas rug.nl
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Assistant Professor Cultural Heritage and Identity: Material and Intangible Heritage
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Russian Foreign Policy, Discourse Analysis, Emotionalisation and Identity Formation, 'Global South'
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g.bordin rug.nl
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PhD Student
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Anthropology of Islam, everyday religion, pilgrimage studies, migration & Identity, Muslims in diaspora, Dialogical Self Theory, biographical Research
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Professor of Contemporary Islam
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Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences, Decolonial Theory, Ethics and Methods, Political Ecology, Toxicity and Pollution, Maritime/Island Studies
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e.burgos.martinez rug.nl
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Lecturer in Decolonial Theory and Methods
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Social-economic History, Europe since 1750, European Regional Development. The Netherlands and its regions, Historical Network Analysis, Public History.
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m.g.j.duijvendak rug.nl
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Professor emeritus of Economic, Social & Regional History
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Dr Karim El Taki is an International Relations scholar at the Faculty of Arts. His research examines regional order-making in the Middle East in the decade following the Arab Uprisings. His research interests include, theoretically, the quest for... read more
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k.el.taki rug.nl
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Assistant Professor, Politics of the Middle East
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f.gaenssmantel rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
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My main areas of interest are: the European Union and the Eastern Partnership; comparative politics; and post-Soviet politics.
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e.e.a.van.gils rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
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As a researcher, my primary interest is the modern history of Jewish communities in the Islamic world and their responses to modernity. From a methodological standpoint I consider myself a historian, and as such the majority of my research is based on... read more
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s.r.goldstein rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
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Rural Geography
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t.haartsen rug.nl
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Professor of Rural Geography
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From a combined background in Languages and Cultures of the Middle East (Arabic) and Translation Studies, I study literary, ideological and ideational exchanges between Western Europe and the Arabic Middle East; modern Arabic literature; literary... read more
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h.hamad rug.nl
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Lecturer
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As a diplomat for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I worked on international development cooperation in the MENA region and Horn of Africa. In 2023, I co-founded Fikra: a Palestinian literary magazine that publishes essays, short stories, poetry,... read more
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a.l.hamed rug.nl
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Sustainability, Place-based development, Climate change and adaptation, Socio-Spatial Planning and Spatial Transformation, (Inter-)subjective aspects of planning, Citizen initiatives and resourceful communities, Sense of Place, Values, Leadership,... read more
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l.g.horlings rug.nl
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Full Prof. Dr. Socio-Spatial Planning
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Modern history and international relations of East Asia ( in particular related to Japan); history and historiography of colonialism, imperialism and globalisation; European political culture and political history ( 19th-21st century) with special... read more
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janny.de.jong rug.nl
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Em.Endowed Professor Europe-East Asia Relations, with a focus on Japan
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I am a sociologist specialized in the making of memories and heritage work in the Middle East and North Africa. My research interests analyze memorial practices, social movements, and racialization in the Modern MENA region. I lecture on political... read more
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m.m.s.madbouly rug.nl
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Elizabeth Marteijn is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies of the University of Groningen specializing in het modern history of Middle Eastern Christianity. Her research and teaching interests include World Christianity,... read more
Coloniality/Decolonialism
Latino politics
Texas history, culture and politics
Religion in American culture and politics
The U.S.-Mexico borderlands
Mexican American history, politics and culture
U.S. Catholic history
U.S.-Mexico relations
Latino politics
Texas history, culture and politics
Religion in American culture and politics
The U.S.-Mexico borderlands
Mexican American history, politics and culture
U.S. Catholic history
U.S.-Mexico relations
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a.m.martinez rug.nl
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Assistant Professor, American Political Theory and Culture (tenured)
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As a PhD Student and Teaching & Research Staff member at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, my academic journey is deeply rooted in history, anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies. My PhD research, titled "Ottoman Arab Migrations to Latin... read more
Middle East
Conflicts, terrorism, jihadism
Religion and violence
Media and propaganda
Conflicts, terrorism, jihadism
Religion and violence
Media and propaganda
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p.g.t.nanninga rug.nl
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Associate Professor Middle Eastern Studies
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African history (particularly Zambia, South Africa, and Nigeria); environmental history; social history; oral history. I study the environmental history of mining and oil drilling in Africa. My aim is to explain why people respond differently to severe... read more
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i.pesa rug.nl
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Associate Professor Contemporary History
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Regional development and wellbeing in historical perspective. The role of narratives in the construction and development of Dutch regions (1980-present)
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y.h.poot rug.nl
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PhD Student
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My research mainly focuses on bridging the worlds of flood risk management and spatial planning, with the goal to generate insights on how to create more flood resilient places and landscapes from a spatial and institutional design perspective. Central to... read more
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b.restemeyer rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of Spatial and Institutional Design
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Rural Development
Community Development
Cultural Geography
Social Exclusion
Community Development
Cultural Geography
Social Exclusion
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Assistant Professor
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I am a historian of the Modern Middle East. My research and teaching interests include Christian Arab communities of and in the Middle East Middle East, a relational cultural and social history of Ottoman and Mandate Palestine, and minorities in/ diaspora... read more
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karene.sanchez rug.nl
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Professor and Chair Middle Eastern studies
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Politics and religion, with a particular focus on Sunni politics and political opposition in Iraq and Egypt. My current research project (2023-2024), funded by an NWO Open Competitie SGW XS grant, focuses on the reconstruction of the Iraqi city of Mosul... read more
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Assistant Professor Middle Eastern Studies
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Internationalisation in higher education, Project management, Intercultural communication, European Studies (Euroculture)
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p.saputra rug.nl
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Admission Officer
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postcolonial theory, diaspora studies, memory studies, life writing, Middle East studies
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a.sathananthar rug.nl
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Medieval History; Financial, Social and Economic History of Middle Ages and Early Modern Times; Local and Regional History of the Northern and Eastern Netherlands and neighbouring German territories; Palaeography and codicology
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Senior Lecturer (1995-2015)
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European integration and institutions | State theory and institutionalism | Transnational municipal networks | Technocracy and the politics of expertise | Italian politics | Concept analysis and qualitative methods
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p.d.tortola rug.nl
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Associate professor (UHD1, with ius promovendi)
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d.y.tuyloglu rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
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I am a PhD student researching Low Saxon intangible heritage. What do people in the Low Saxon area see as their heritage, what does this mean for these people, and what can this tell us about our broader understanding of the concept of heritage? Heritage... read more
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mariska.van.der.velde rug.nl
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PhD Candidate
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Comparative Politics, European Politics, European Union, Political Communication, Political Sociology, Political Theory
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Chair in European Politics & Society
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Regional Identity, Rural Studies, Low Saxon History and Culture, U.S. Politics, U.S. History, History of the U.S. South, American Studies, Southern Studies.
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m.zwiers rug.nl
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Senior Lecturer
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