(Siri) S.R. Driessen MA
- Location
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Room
- M 7-04
- Telephone
- +31 10 4082713
- s.r.driessen@eshcc.eur.nl
Profile
Siri Driessen is a PhD candidate within the project War! Popular Culture and European Heritage of Major Armed Conflicts. Her sub-project ‘Touching War’ focuses on the many visits that are made to locations that are related to three European armed conflicts of the twentieth century: the First World War, the Second World War and the civil war in former Yugoslavia. What motivates people to visit these bleak remnants of history?
War! Is a collaborative project of ErMeCC, the Center for Historical Culture and Erasmus Studio and is funded by the Research Excellence Initiative (REI) of the Erasmus University. The sub-project ‘Touching War’ is supervised by prof. dr. Stijn Reijnders and prof. dr. Maria Grever.
Siri obtained a…
Siri Driessen is a PhD candidate within the project War! Popular Culture and European Heritage of Major Armed Conflicts. Her sub-project ‘Touching War’ focuses on the many visits that are made to locations that are related to three European armed conflicts of the twentieth century: the First World War, the Second World War and the civil war in former Yugoslavia. What motivates people to visit these bleak remnants of history?
War! Is a collaborative project of ErMeCC, the Center for Historical Culture and Erasmus Studio and is funded by the Research Excellence Initiative (REI) of the Erasmus University. The sub-project ‘Touching War’ is supervised by prof. dr. Stijn Reijnders and prof. dr. Maria Grever.
Siri obtained a bachelor degree in History at the University of Amsterdam as well as a BA in Fine Arts. She received a research master in Cultural Analysis (cum laude) at the University of Amsterdam.
- M.C.R. Grever & S.R. Driessen (2018, december 7). Reenactment and bodily understanding. The significance of visits tot historical war sites for the Dutch military. Lille (France), International conference: The Battlefield after the Battle.
- S.R. Driessen (2016, mei 8). Things Become Much Clearer on the Ground. Working with the Past in Military Exercises. Amsterdam, Netherlands, Invited lecture at Huizinga Institute seminar: Heritage and Memory Theory.
- S.R. Driessen (2018). Observing war tourists. guest lecture on participant observation: Rotterdam (2018, maart 6).
- S.R. Driessen (2018). Trips to the past. Veteran tourism in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Dark Tourism: Amsterdam (2018, februari 15 - 2018, februari 16).
- S.R. Driessen (2017). Trips to the past. Veteran tourism in former Yugoslavia. Graduiertenkolleg Transcultural Memory: Amsterdam (2017, november 17).
- S.R. Driessen (2017). In search of dark memories. guest lecture MA course cultural tourism: Groningen (2017, december 18).
- S.R. Driessen (2017). Imagining the landscape of war. ERMeCC lunch lecture: Rotterdam (2017, april 10).
- S.R. Driessen (2017). Touching the past: An analysis of the Dutch military field trips to historical war sites. Two-Way Tickets: Travel, Home and War: Oxford, United Kingdom (2017, juni 20).
- S.R. Driessen (2017). Imagining the landscape of war. Military field trips to historical war sites. Locating Imagination: Rotterdam (2017, april 5 - 2017, april 7).
- S.R. Driessen (2016). Touching War. Invited lecture at the Huizinga Institute 'Research into Cultural History' course: Utrecht (2016, mei 18).
- S.R. Driessen (2016). Using and Experiencing the Past in Military War Simulations. Vital Postwar Cities. Sensitive Heritage in a Globalizing Historical Culture: Rotterdam (2016, mei 17).
- S.R. Driessen (2016). ‘Things Become Much Clearer on the Ground’. Using the Past in Military Exercises and Battlefield Tours. Agents through Time: How Do People ‘Make History’?: Limerick, Ireland (2016, juli 7 - 2016, juli 9).
- S.R. Driessen (2015). Touching War. Contemporary Visits to Twentieth-Century War Sites and Cemeteries in Europe. REI Kickoff Conference 'War! Popular Culture and European Heritage of Major Armed Conflicts: Rotterdam, Netherlands (2015, oktober 30).
Cultural Studies
- Title
- Cultural Studies
- Year
- 2018
- Year level
- (BA-3) (BA-3) (BA-2) (BA-2)
Bachelor's Thesis.
- Title
- Bachelor's Thesis.
- Year
- 2018
- Year level
- (Pre-master) (Pre-master) (BA-3)
Bachelor's Thesis Class
- Title
- Bachelor's Thesis Class
- Year
- 2018
- Year level
- (Pre-master) (Pre-master) (BA-3) (BA-3)
PhD Candidate
- University
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- School
- Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
- Department
- Department of Arts & Culture Studies
- Country
- Nederland
- Telephone
- +31 10 4082713