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Stijn Reijnders

Associate Professor in Cultural Heritage

 

 

 

Biographical Note

 

My name is Stijn Reijnders. I'm Associate Professor in Cultural Heritage at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. In 2006, I finished my PhD entitled "Holland on the Helling. Televisieamusement, volkscultuur en ritueel vermaak" [Holland on the Slide. Television, folklore and ritual entertainment]. This research consisted of a comparison between television entertainment and historical examples of popular culture. The investigation centred not only on television entertainment as a modern incarnation of an older tradition of entertainment, but also on how popular TV programmes become assimilated into contemporary group and party cultures.

In 2006, I started a postdoc project entitled "Media Tourism", funded by a prestigious Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Subsidy (VENI) from the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO). This research project focused on media tourism, the phenomenon of people visiting locations from popular novels, films or TV series. The research was based on three prominent case studies: James Bond, Dracula, and TV detective tours. In May 2011, the results of this project were published in: Places of the Imagination. Media, Tourism, Culture (published by Ashgate). This monograph has received positive reviews in, among others, International Social Science Review, Tourism Geographies, Tourism Recreation Research, Leisure/Loisir. Journal of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies and Managing Leisure. The Dutch version of my book, Plaatsen van verbeelding. Media, toerisme, fancultuur (published by Uitgeverij Veerhuis), has been discussed extensively in the Dutch newspapers: NRC Handelsblad, Trouw (page 2), de Volkskrant (page 2), Parool and Algemeen Dagblad.

Recently, the Dutch Science Foundation has awarded me a grant of 750K euro for a new follow-up project on media tourism, entitled "Locating Imagination. An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Literary, Film and Music Tourism". This research subsidy will enable me to develop the lines of research from Places of the Imagination even further and to consider the complex interaction between media, culture and imagination in greater detail. Amongst other things, the subsidy will be used to appoint three doctoral candidates.


For more information on this project, please check the EUR news channel or academic transfer.

Click here for a short video on media tourism.
Click here for a recent interview about media tourism on BBC Radio 4.
Click here for a recent interview about media tourism on Radio 5 (Dutch public broadcasting).



Biography

WORKING EXPERIENCE

  • 01/2010 – present: Associate Professor in Cultural Heritage, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)
  • 06/2006 – 12/2009: Assistant Professor in Popular Culture, University of Amsterdam
  • 01/2006 - 06/2006: Lecturer in Communication Science, University of Amsterdam
  • 01/2002 - 01/2006: PhD Student, ASCoR, University of Amsterdam


EDUCATION

  • 2002-2006: PhD in Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam
  • 1994-1999: Master in Cultural Studies, University of Amsterdam


AWARDS

  • Nominated for the ‘ICA Young Scholar Award’ by the Popular Communication Division of the International Communication Association (Singapore, 2010).
  • ‘Top Paper Award’, awarded by the Popular Communication Division of the International Communication Association (Chicago, 2009).
  • ‘NESCoR Dissertation Award 2006’, awarded by the Netherlands School of Communications Research (Amsterdam, 2008).
  • Dissertation nominated for ‘Praemium Erasmianum Studieprijs’ by the Faculty of Social and Behavorioural Sciences from the University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, 2007).
  • ‘Top Paper Award’, awarded by the Popular Communication Division of the International Communication Association (New York, 2005).
  • ‘International Communication Gazette Award: Best Junior Paper First Prize’, awarded by the European Communication Conference (Amsterdam, 2005).

 


GRANTS

  • ‘Veni’, a prestigous three-year research grant, awarded by the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) in 2007.
  • ‘ASCoR Excellence Grant’, a six months research grant, awarded by the Amsterdam School of Communications Research, 2006.
  • ‘Erasmus Grant’, a one year travel grant, awarded in 1998 (host institution: Manchester University).

 


EDITORIAL BOARDS

  • 2010 - 2011: Member of editorial board of Sociologie.
  • 2009 - present: Member of editorial board of Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap.
  • 2009 - present: Founding co-editor of Quotidian. Dutch Journal for the Study of Everyday Life.

 


MANAGEMENT

  • 2012 – present: Invited member of the VENI Committee for Social Sciences, part of the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme of the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO).
  • 2011 - present: Member of the Supervisory Board of Stedelijk Museum Schiedam.
  • 2011 - present: Member of the Executive Board of Erasmus Research Center for Media, Communication and Culture (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
  • 2011 – present: Chair of Student-Teacher Board of Culture Studies (Erasmus University Rotterdam)


ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

  • 2012: Co-chair of organization committee for the international conference ‘Community Museums: Performing Identity in a Globalized World’ at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
  • 2008: Co-chair of organization committee for the international workshop ‘Research Methods in Cultural Studies’ at the University of Amsterdam.
  • 2006 - 2007: Member of organization committee for the ‘Annual Conference of the Netherlands School of Communications Research’ 2008.
  • 2006: Member of organization committee for the ‘Annual Conference of the Netherlands School of Communications Research’ 2007.
  • 2002: Assistant of organization committee for the ‘European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop in Public Broadcasting’, Amsterdam.


SUPERVISION OF PHD STUDENTS

  • 2011 – present: Supervisor & co-promotor for PhD project ‘Dark Tourism’ (PhD student: Maloe Sniekers, Erasmus University Rotterdam).
  • 2009: Dissertation committee member for PhD project ‘Unlikely gamers’ (PhD student: Mirjam Vosmeer, University of Amsterdam).
  • 2006-2008: Chair of the PhD Club in Popular Culture, part of the Amsterdam School of Communication Research.


TEACHING

  • 2010 - present: Development and teaching of research master seminar Cultural Tourism.
  • 2010 - present: Development and teaching of bachelor seminar Eigentijds Erfgoed (Contemporary Heritage).
  • 2010 - present: Development and teaching of bachelor thesis seminar Media Tourism.
  • 2006-2009: Development and teaching of research master seminar Analyzing Visual Text and Discourse.
  • 2006-2008: Development and teaching of undergraduate seminar Popular Culture.
  • 2006-2008: Development and teaching of master seminar Visualizing Popular Culture.
  • 2006-2008: Development and teaching of research practicum Media Tourism.
  • 2005: Development and teaching of research practicum  Television and Folklore.
  • 2002 - 2009: Supervision of students writing their BA-thesis & MA-thesis in  Communication Science.


OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

  • 2011 – present: Elected secretary of the Popular Communication Division within the International Communication Association (ICA), the largest association of communication scholars worldwide.
  • 2009 - present: External advisor for the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) on the Mozaiek-programme.
  • 2008 - 2009: Member of the Exam Committee, University of Amsterdam.
  • 2007 - 2010: Founding secretary of the Communication History Division within the International Communication Association.
  • 2007 - present: Chair, reviewer and/or discussant at the Annual Conference of the Netherlands School of Communications Research.
  • 2007 - present: Full member of the Netherlands School of Communications Research NESCOR.


NON-ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

  • 2010: Co-editor of Nederlanders vieren feest, published by Waanders Publishers.
  • 2008 - 2010: Co-editor of Het Alledaagse Leven, book series on everyday life in the Netherlands, published by Waanders Publishers.

 

 

List of publications

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED, INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS (SINGLE OR FIRST AUTHOR)

  • Reijnders, S. (2011). Stalking the Count. Dracula, Fandom & Tourism. Annals of Tourism Research 38(1): pp. unknown. [Download here]
  • Reijnders, S. (2011). Collecting the Contemporary in the Imagined City. Quotidian 2: pp. unknown. [Download here]
  • Reijnders, S. (2010). On the trail of 007. Media pilgrimages into the world of James Bond. Area 42: 369–377. [Download here]
  • Reijnders, S. (2010). Places of the imagination. An ethnography of the TV detective tour. Cultural Geographies 17(1): 37-52. [Download here]
  • Reijnders, S. (2009). Watching the detectives. Inside the guilty landscapes of Inspector Morse, Baantjer and Wallander. European Journal of Communication 24(2): 165-181. [Download here]
  • Reijnders, S. & L. van Zoonen (2008). Commemorating the myth - the myth of commemorating. Popular representations of the Titanic disaster. Siegener Periodicum zur internationalen empirischen Literaturwissenschaft 24(2): 325-337.
  • Reijnders, S., G. Rooijakkers & L.van Zoonen (2007). Community spirit and competition in Idols. Ritual meanings of a TV talent quest. European Journal of Communication 22(3): 275-292. [Download here]
  • Reijnders, S. (2007). Holland on the slide. Television entertainment and festive culture. Ethnologia Europeae 36(1): 49-61.
  • Reijnders, S. (2007). Media Rituals and Festive Culture. Imagining the Nation in Dutch Television Entertainment. International Journal of Cultural Studies 10(2): 225-242. [Download here]
  • Reijnders, S., G. Rooijakkers& L. van Zoonen (2006). Global entertainment and local celebration. Appropriations of the Idols TV programme in Dutch festivity culture. European Journal of Cultural Studies 9(2): 123-140. [Download here]
  • Reijnders, S. (2005). The people’s detective. True crime in Dutch folklore and popular television. Media, Culture & Society 27(5): 635-651. [Download here]
  • Reijnders, S. (2003). The Press and popular culture. Book review, in: European Journal of Communication Research 28: 92-94.


PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED, DUTCH JOURNALS (SINGLE OR FIRST AUTHOR)

  • Reijnders, S. (2012). Dichtbij Marco. Over de ritualisering van nabijheid in het celebrity-tijdperk. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap 8-2: pp. unknown.
  • Reijnders, S. (2010). Op zoek naar Dracula. Plaatsen van verbeelding in Transsylvanië en Whitby. Vrijetijdstudies 28(2): 7-22.
  • Reijnders, S. (2009). Op zoek naar James Bond. Media-pelgrimages, fans en masculiniteit. Sociologie 5(4): 502-520.
  • Reijnders, S. (2009). Schuldig landschap. Over de toeristische aantrekkingskracht van Baantjer, Wallander en Inspector Morse. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap 37(2): 118-132.
  • Reijnders, S. (2009). Plaatsen van verbeelding. Een etnografie van de TV detective tour. Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis 12(1): 132-155.
  • Reijnders, S., L. van Zoonen & G. Rooijakkers (2006). Mondiaal amusement, lokaal vermaak. Een beschouwing over de toe-eigening van tv-programma's in de Nederlandse feestcultuur. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap 34(3): 296-306.
  • Reijnders, S. (2005). Holland op de Helling. Televisie-amusement en feestcultuur. Volkskunde 106(1): 37-62.
  • Reijnders, S. (2005). Rechercheur van het volk. Peter R. de Vries tussen justitie en de mensen. Cultuur 1(1): 22-34.
  • Reijnders, S. (2000). De herinnering van een mythe en de mythe van de herinnering. De verfilmingen van de Titanic-ramp. Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis 3(1): 30-50.
  • Reijnders, S. (1999). De romantiek voorbij? Representaties van liefde in de contemporaine populaire cultuur. Skript 21(3): 198-209.


PUBLICATIONS AS SECOND AUTHOR

  • Sniekers, M. & S. Reijnders (2011). In the grip of Dutroux. Dealing with guilty landscape in Belgium. Northern Lights (under review).
  • Sniekers, M. & S. Reijnders (2011). In de greep van Dutroux. Over de omgang met schuldig landschap in België. Quotidian 2: pp. unknown.


BOOKS

  • Reijnders, S. (2011). Places of the Imagination. Media, Tourism, Fan Culture. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing (accepted for publication, due July 2011).
  • Reijnders, S. (2011). Plaatsen van Verbeelding. Media, Toerisme, Fancultuur. Alphen: Uitgeverij Veerhuis.
  • Reijnders, S. (2006). Holland op de helling. Televisieamusement, volkscultuur en ritueel vermaak. Alphen aan de Maas: Uitgeverij Veerhuis.


BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Reijnders, S. (2012) Global entertainment and local celebration. Appropriations of Idols in Dutch festivity culture. In: J. Bruin & K. Zwaan (Eds.) Idols: adaptation, authenticity and identity in a global television format. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing (accepted for publication).
  • Reijnders, S., L. van Zoonen & G. Rooijakkers (2007). Gemeenschapszin en competitie in Idols. Rituele betekenissen van een televisie-talentenjacht. In: Het Dialektenboek 9: Dialect in het Spel. Groesbeek: Stichting Nederlandse Dialecten, pp. 37-60.
  • Reijnders, S., G. Rooijakkers & L. van Zoonen (2006). Hilversum, 8 maart 2003: Jamai wint Idols. Het ritueel van de televisietalentenjacht. In: L. Grijp (Ed.) Een muziekgeschiedenis der Nederlanden. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 934-940.


NON-REFEREED CONTRIBUTIONS TO JOURNALS

  • Reijnders, S. & G. Rooijakkers (2011). Tour der verbeelding. Over het verzamelen en exposeren van eigentijdse volkscultuur. Boekman Cahier 88: 78-83.
  • Reijnders, S. (2010) Discussion article: Collecting the contemporary in the imagined city. Quotidian 2: 104-110.


INTERNATIONAL KEY NOTE SPEECHES & INVITED CONFERENCE LECTURES

  • Reijnders, S. (2010). Collecting the Contemporary in the Imagined City. Key note speech at the Entrepreneurial Cultures in European Cities Conference, Liverpool (UK).
  • Reijnders, S. (2010). Inside the Guilty Landscapes of the Television Detective. Invited lecture at the Emotion, Media and Crime Conference, Aarhus (Danemark).

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