My PhD research concerns historical affinities with Desiderius Erasmus in Rotterdam. I study how appropriation of Erasmus in the past has changed his image today. More broadly, I am interested in the interplay between the affordances of history and historical appropriation. My dissertation consists of various case studies and methodological inquiries:
- Erasmus and Orangism, or a reception history of a drunk joke (published in Early Modern Low Countries)
- Erasmus and the Batavians, or a deployment of stereotypes (published in Dutch Crossing)
- Erasmus and the University, or the effects of eponyms (published in History of Universities)
- Erasmus the Statue, or the affordances of a heritage site (presented at AGRELITA conference)
- Erasmus the Collection, or the sustainability of documentary heritage (published in Erasmus Studies)
- Erasmus on Display (exhibited in the University Library)