Cultures & Identities

Cultures & Identities represents one of Utrecht University's fifteen prioritised research areas. It provides a unique interdisciplinary platform bringing together expertise in the fields of media and the arts, religion, and organisations from the faculty of Humanities and the faculty of Law, Economics and Governance.

Aims

• provide an integrated account of the interplay between media, representations, actors and organisations in articulating common identities;
• illuminate contemporary discussions on culture and identity with historical insights into long-term cultural changes and shifting patterns of identification, and their impact on social interactions and inequalities;
• develop new ways of thinking about cultural diversity in contemporary Europe;
• provide a platform for new types of collaboration between academic researchers and social partners.

Research lines

Four interdisciplinary research lines are being developed between 2008 and 2012:

Changing Literacies		Media and Diaspora
Shifting Youth Identities		Transnational Memories

Cultures & Identities is a collaboration between:

• Research Institute for History and Culture (OGC)
• Research Institute for Theology and Religious Studies (INTEGON)
• Utrecht University School of Governance
• Centre for the Humanities

Coordinators

• Prof. Ann Rigney (Humanities)
• Prof. Paul Verweel (Law, Economics and Governance)

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