R (Rayke) van Lent, MSc

Biography

Rayke van Lent is a PhD candidate at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication. Her research is part of the project The Man in the Port.

Her current research focuses on port families in Rotterdam during the era of containerization. The container revolution has received much attention in the fields of logistics, technology and labour. Social and cultural factors, such as the impact of technological change on the lives of dockworkers, have thus far been neglected. Her project seeks to uncover the everyday realities of port families in times of transition, and investigates how the changing nature of dock work affected feelings of solidarity, community and family. She focuses on families with ties to the nautical services, such as boatmen, maritime pilots and shipping agents.

Rayke holds a master degree in History at the University of Edinburgh, and a bachelor in Liberal Arts & Sciences from University College Roosevelt (cum laude). Her main research interests are social and cultural history, communities and social movements, gender and intersectionality, and oral history.