Faculty of Humanities' staff and students weblogs
A growing number of staff members and students from the Faculty of Humanities has a weblog in which they write about their jobs, studies, fascinations, passions and a multitude of other topics that might interest scholars in the humanities. If you wish to have some food for thought, check out the blogs listed on this page.
Humanities' staff blogs
Humanities' students blogs
Staff
Marianne van den Boomen is junior lecturer and researcher at the Department of Media and Culture Studies. Her blog is called Meta BlogNote, because it is about the meta level of working on a PhD, but also because it is about metaphors, which is her main research subject.
http://vandenboomen.org
Ruben van Doorn is study advisor at the School of Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence and lecturer at the School of Liberal Arts. He blogs in Dutch about running, going out, travelling and other things that keep him busy.
http://oase.blogspot.com
José de Kruif is ICT and research consultant at the Research Institute for History and Culture (OGC). In her Dutch weblog 'OGC: ICT en onderzoek' she focuses on ICT applications, trends and new developments that may be useful to scholars in the humanities. Novelties, additions and reactions are always welcome!http://cms.let.uu.nl/ogcictonderzoek
Koen Leurs works as a PhD student at the Research Institute for History and Culture (OGC). He is a member of the interdisciplinary Wired Up research team which examines internet use of migrant youth in the Netherlands. More specifically, Wired Up studies processes of identity construction, learning, networking and multiculturalism on the internet. On the project website Koen blogs about the research.
http://www.uu.nl/wiredup/whatsnew.htm
Miriam Rasch is responsible for Studium Generale's programme. She blogs in Dutch about anything that might give food for thought - ranging from literature and philosophy to Britpop and beer.
www.miriamrasch.nl
Indira Reynaert works as a practical lecturer in new media at the Faculty of Humanities. Central theme in her research is crossmedia. Part of her findings are reflected in her Dutch weblog.
http://crossmediaforum.web-log.nl
Mirko Tobias Schäfer is lecturer at the Department of Media and Culture Studies. In his blog he writes about his current research and lectures on digital culture.
www.mtschaefer.net
Fabian Stolk, lecturer at the Department of Dutch Studies, has two (!) blogs which might interest those working in the field of humanities, both of which are in Dutch, however. 'In den vroolijken hermeneut' contains articles on what he calls 'logofilialia', or articles on funcy things as noted by someone who happens to love literature by profession.
http://fstolk.blogspot.com.
In his weblog called 'Klasse!', Fabian mainly writes about his favourite works of modern Dutch literature.
http://klassequaboeken.blogspot.com
Barbara Titus is lecturer Musicology. From the 26th of June until the 30th of October 2009 she is a visiting scholar at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where she is doing research into the maskanda music. Her Dutch blog gives an impression of her experiences during her stay overseas.
http://barbaraindurban.blogspot.com
Natalie Vijlbrief is social media project leader at the Communications & Marketing department. Besides contributing to various weblogs on (digital) media, including www.bijgespijkerd.nl, she also has her own blog, where she reviews events and shares her ideas on social media trends and practices.
www.natalievijlbrief.nl
Theo Zijderveld, lecturer Dutch studies, is writing a Dutch blog on media, religion and culture. Together with several other people he will start a more elaborate site with news, book and film reviews as well as their thoughts on media, religion and culture: mediareligiecultuur.nl.
www.theozijderveld.com/blog
Students
Anne is a student of Dutch studies and frequently writes in her Dutch weblog about her studies and other activities.
http://annelogt.blogspot.com
Coen Brummer is studying History and Philosophy. His Dutch blog tackles subjects such as politics, books, evolution theory and creationism. He is also one of the main contributors to http://D66blog.nl.
www.coenbrummer.nl
Janneke, who is a student of Language and Culture Studies, rides a tea bike which has prompted her to call her blog Theefietslog. If you wish to know what a tea bike looks like and what happens to Janneke in her search for the unknown, you should read her Dutch weblog.
http://weblog.theefiets.nl
Alexander van Loon is a History student. He writes a weblog, 'Information overload', in both English and Dutch, but these are not mutually exclusive. He subjects vary from items such as governance and financial matters to software and history.
http://alexandervanloon.nl
Roos is studying Dutch and English and is an enthusiastic writer. In her Dutch blogs, which she has kept since 2001, she writes about her observations on, for instance, her life in Berlin.
http://roospleonasmes.blogspot.com
Jan Willem van Rooij, a student of Language and Culture Studies, has a photo log called Zero1. It contains breath taking pictures of exotic destinations as well as ordinary Dutch landscapes.
http://www.jeewee.net/zero1
Bas Schutte is a student of Communication and Information Studies, specialising in new media and digital culture. He is currently writing his final thesis on the subject of weblogs, but is also keeping track of things in his own, Dutch, weblog 'Ver ~ Basterd'.
www.basschutte.nl/mt
Mariëlle Smith is doing the research master Gender studies. Her study has made her look into the world from a well 'thought-out perspective' as she calls it. On her Dutch weblog as well as in real life she likes to question things, critically view the world and doesn't take things for granted.
http://mariellesmith.web-log.nl/
Your blog on this list?
Are you a student or staff member at the Faculty of Humanities and do you wish to interest people in your blog? Send an email with the relevant URL to nieuws.gw@uu.nl describing your blog's subject and your study programme or the department you're from, and we will include your blog in the list.