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(English follows Dutch)

May 10, 2023

May 10, 2023

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From book proposal to book project

I’m happy to announce Bloomsbury accepted my proposal for a book on the stateless people with a Nansen passport. It will appear in their…

Dec 2, 2022

From book proposal to book project

Dec 2, 2022

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The porous borders between helpers and those being helped

Research into help for refugees often implies a sharp divide between helpers and those being helped. This is not necessarily true.

Nov 15, 2022

The porous borders between helpers and those being helped

Nov 15, 2022

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Mobilized to fight a despot’s war — again.

In the First World War the small, originally nomadic Kalmyk community was mobilized by the Tsar to fight for the empire. It not only…

Oct 3, 2022

Mobilized to fight a despot’s war — again.

Oct 3, 2022

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Who actually defines what counts as violence?

Last week my colleagues and I organized an expert workshop titled What is violence? I was to speak about studying violence of the past. But…

Jul 4, 2022

Who actually defines what counts as violence?

Jul 4, 2022

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Digitized archives and stateless people: New windows on those usually invisible

Taking up the challenge to get a deeper insight into the experiences of stateless people in the era of the world wars means I need to find…

Jun 10, 2022

Digitized archives and stateless people: New windows on those usually invisible

Jun 10, 2022

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Soviet Russia and what to do with unwanted citizens abroad?

One of the questions looming behind the current war in Europe is how people will be able live together if — eventually — the fighting…

May 11, 2022

Soviet Russia and what to do with unwanted citizens abroad?

May 11, 2022

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“Neighbourly love is political realism”

How Fridtjof Nansen inspired a German Jewish businessman and First World War veteran to work for the stateless.

Apr 1, 2022

“Neighbourly love is political realism”

Apr 1, 2022

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Our challenge in times of war. A side-step

In this blog I’m taking a side-step from writing about my project on people eligible for a Nansen passport and link that topic to the…

Mar 4, 2022

Our challenge in times of war. A side-step

Mar 4, 2022

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Where did the stateless go?

This is the third blog post in my series about the Nansenists: people rendered stateless as a consequence of the First World War and…

Feb 1, 2022

Where did the stateless go?

Feb 1, 2022

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Ismee Tames

I’m a researcher interested in meaning making in times of crisis and violence. I study the recent past to focus my lens and get a clearer picture.

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