Biography
Stijn Reijnders is Full Professor of "Cultural Heritage, in Particular in Relation to Tourism and Popular Culture" at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
His research focuses on the intersection of media, culture and tourism. Currently he leads two large, international research projects: “Worlds of Imagination”, funded by the European Research Council, and “Locating Imagination” funded by the Dutch Science Foundation.
He has published many research papers and two monographs entitled "Holland op de Helling" (2006) – recipient of the national NeSCoR dissertation award – and "Places of the Imagination. Media, Tourism, Culture" (2011). In addition, Reijnders has co-edited "The Ashgate Research Companion to Fan Cultures" (2014), "Film Tourism in Asia: Evolution, Transformation and Trajectory" (2017) and "Locating Imagination in Popular Culture: Place, Tourism and Belonging" (exp. 2020/21).
Furthermore, he serves as Vice-Dean of Research of the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC), member of the Supervisory Board of Museum Rotterdam, and Chair of the Popular Communication Division of the Netherlands Flanders Communication Association (NEFCA). Recently, he co-founded the new Masters programme "Tourism, Culture & Society".
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
- reijnders@eshcc.eur.nl
- Room
- M7-11
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
More information
Work
- Rosa Schiavone, Stijn Reijnders & Amanda Brandellero (2022) - ‘Beneath the storyline’: analysing the role and importance of film in the preservation and development of Scottish heritage sites - International Journal of Heritage Studies, 28 (10), 1107-1120 - doi: 10.1080/13527258.2022.2131876 - [link]
- Emily Mannheimer, Stijn Reijnders & Amanda Brandellero (2022) - Game of Thrones tourism and the (re)imagination of the new Northern Ireland - International Journal of Cultural Studies, 25 (5), 1-16 - doi: 10.1177/13678779221081148 - [link]
- Apoorva Nanjangud & Stijn Reijnders (2021) - ‘I felt more homely over there … ’: analysing tourists’ experience of Indianness at Bollywood Parks Dubai - Current Issues in Tourism, 1-15 - doi: 10.1080/13683500.2021.1968804
- Apoorva Nanjangud & Stijn Reijnders (2021) - 'I felt more homely over there horizontal ellipsis ':: analysing tourists' experience of Indianness at Bollywood Parks Dubai - Current Issues in Tourism, 1-14 - doi: 10.1080/13683500.2021.1968804
- Débora Póvoa, Stijn Reijnders & Emiel Martens (2021) - A Brazilian Hollywood in the making? Film, tourism and creative city discourse in the hinterland of Paraíba - International Journal of Cultural Studies, 24 (5), 691-706 - doi: 10.1177/13678779211011635 - [link]
- Stijn Reijnders (2021) - Imaginative heritage: towards a holistic perspective on media, tourism, and governance
- Stijn Reijnders, Abby Waysdorf, Leonieke Bolderman & N Van Es (2021) - Introduction: Locating Imagination in popular culture: place, tourism and belonging
- Nicky van Es, Stijn Reijnders, Leonieke Bolderman & A Waysdorf (2021) - Locating Imagination in Popular Culture: Place, Tourism and Belonging
- Rosa Schiavone & Stijn Reijnders (2020) - Fusing fact and fiction: Placemaking through film tours in Edinburgh - European Journal of Cultural Studies, 1-17 - doi: 10.1177/1367549420951568 - [link]
- Apoorva Nanjangud & Stijn Reijnders (2020) - Cinematic itineraries and identities: Studying Bollywood tourism among the Hindustanis in the Netherlands - European Journal of Cultural Studies, 1-20 - doi: 10.1177/1367549420951577 - [link]
- Stijn Reijnders, Nicky van Es, L Bolderman & Abby Waysdorf (2020) - Introduction: Locating Imagination in popular culture: place, tourism and belonging
- Rosa Schiavone, Stijn Reijnders & B Balazs (2020) - Losing an imagined friend: Fictional character bereavement in everyday life - Participations, Journal of Audience and Reception Studies (online), 16 (2), 118-134 - [link]
- Siri Driessen, Maria Grever & Stijn Reijnders (2019) - Lessons of War. The Significance of Battlefield Tours for the Dutch Military - Critical Military Studies - doi: 10.1080/23337486.2019.1651044 - [link]
- Min Xu, S (Sangkyun) Kim & Stijn Reijnders (2019) - From food to feet: Analysing A Bite of China as food-based destination image - Tourist Studies - doi: 10.1177/1468797619888305 - [link]
- Min Xu, Stijn Reijnders & S (Sangkyun) Kim (2019) - Inside the movie roadshow: a critical approach to media events in China - Chinese Journal of Communication - doi: 10.1080/17544750.2019.1653341 - [link]
- SL (Stijn) Reijnders (2021) - Imaginative heritage. From fiction to tourism
- SL (Stijn) Reijnders (2021) - Imaginative heritage: understanding a city through its crime fiction.
- SL (Stijn) Reijnders (2021) - Media, tourism and cultural sustainability
- SL (Stijn) Reijnders (2021) - Imaginative heritage
- Stijn Reijnders (2019) - Media Tourism: Imagination, Home, Travel
- Stijn Reijnders (2019) - Places in Mind: Media Tourism, Imagination, Everyday Life
- Stijn Reijnders (2018) - Places in Mind: Imaginative Practices in Everyday Life
- Stijn Reijnders (2018) - Places in Mind: Imaginative Practices in Everyday Life
- Stijn Reijnders (2018) - Places in Mind: Imaginative Practices in Everyday Life.
- Stijn Reijnders (2018) - Worlds of Imagination. Film Tourism in a Globalized World
Raad van Toezicht Museum Rotterdam
- Start date approval
- November 2022
- End date approval
- November 2024
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Lid van Raad van Toezicht
Master Thesis
- Level
- MA-2
- Year Level
- MA-2
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- CS5050
Cultural Heritage Studies
- Year Level
- BA-3, Pre-master, BA-2, Other, BA-2, BA-3
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- CC2043
Media Tourism
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA-1, Pre-master, MA
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- CC4015
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