“I came, but can I see?” XVI: The reviews are overwhelming!(#NWOVidi2025diaries)

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“I came, but can I see?” XV: The reviews are in!(#NWOVidi2025diaries)

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Tourism, Memory and Heritage 2026 Conference (1-3 June 2026): ready to roll

Tourism, memory and heritage emotional geographies of cultural production, memory-making and commemoration 1-3 June 2026 Amsterdam & Wageningen The Netherlands Ready to roll Finally, the day has arrived and we are ready to roll. Today is the start of what promises to be an exciting 3 days of intellectual stimulation and human connection...Check out the … Continue reading Tourism, Memory and Heritage 2026 Conference (1-3 June 2026): ready to roll

“I came, but can I see?” XIV: Proposal admissible and under review!(#NWOVidi2025diaries)

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€3.2 million consortium grant for research into the understudied impacts of the Dutch slavery past.

In the last week of August 2025, I spent one intense week with a group of wonderful colleagues in a research sandpit event organised by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) in Westelbeers. We worked together in developing a research proposal under the the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA) Call ‘Slavery pasts: (understudied forms of) impacts and … Continue reading €3.2 million consortium grant for research into the understudied impacts of the Dutch slavery past.

“I came, but can I see?” XIII: Proposal submitted!(#NWOVidi2025diaries)

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“I came, but can I see?” XII: Firefighting while “killing my darlings”… (#NWOVidi2025diaries)

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“I came, but can I see?” XI: Fragile proposal, review with care… (#NWOVidi2025diaries)

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“I came, but can I see?” X: Feedback sandwich vs. Feedback salad… (#NWOVidi2025diaries)

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“I came, but can I see?” IX: Writing as the most impossible short distance in human history… (#NWOVidi2025diaries)

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