PhD Submitted!

PhD Submitted!

Today, 31 July 2017, I have officially submitted my PhD dissertation! My dissertation is entitled Hybrid Histories: Technologies of Memory and the Cultural Dynamics of Home Movies, 1895-2005. It is one of the outcomes of the NWO-funded research project “Changing Platforms of…

TMG Special Issue on 'Video History'

TMG Special Issue on ‘Video History’

My colleagues Susan Aasman and Tom Slootweg (University of Groningen) edited a special ‘video dossier’ for TMG—Journal for Media History. In the editorial to the video dossier, ‘A very short video history,’ the authors invite Dutch media historians to delve…

Postdoctoral Research at the University of Luxembourg

Postdoctoral Research at the University of Luxembourg

Since April 1 2017, I am working as a postdoctoral researcher in the collaborative research project “Digital History & Hermeneutics” of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) at the University of Luxembourg. Part of my tasks includes…

Radio Interview on Technostalgia

Radio Interview on Technostalgia

Last week, I was interviewed on Austrian radio to reflect on the topic of ‘technostalgia’: the revival of analogue technologies in the digital age. The weekly radio show on computer and technology called Matrix was aired on Sunday 8 January…