PETER VERMEERSCHI am a Professor of Politics and East European Studies at KU Leuven's Faculty of Social Sciences, Belgium, and the author of several books of literary non-fiction. I hold a PhD in Political Science and an MA in Slavic Languages and Eastern European Studies. My areas of expertise include minority politics, nationalism, democracy, and restorative justice in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. My research also examines the perils of democratization and the politics of reconciliation in fragmented societies. At KU Leuven, I am a member of the LINES research group. >>
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Most recent academic articles and essays
From the archives
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You can find a complete list of my published papers here. Information on my books and other writing projects is available here.
- Populist memory politics and the performance of victimhood: analyzing the political exploitation of historical injustice in Central Europe (2023) (with Jens Meijen)
- Narratives of change and repair: how the study of storytelling in the social sciences can inspire peacebuilding research (2023)
- Sexual violence against men in conflict situations: between taboo and reality (2022) (with Heleen Touquet and Stephan Parmentier)
- Betere waarheid. Over literaire non-fictie (2022) (met Arnoud van Adrichem)
- Out of the margins: reflections on Roma and Youth Development (2021)
From the archives
- Innovating democracy in times of crisis: solution or utopia? Open Citizenship. 4 (1), 2013.
- Reframing the Roma: EU Initiatives and the Politics of Reinterpretation. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. vol.38 (8), 2012, 1195-1212.
- National Minorities and International Change: Being Ukrainian in Contemporary Poland. Europe-Asia Studies. 61 (3), 2009, 435-465.
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- Nachtreizigers (2016) [gepubliceerd in De Correspondent en opgenomen in De wereld in jezelf: de Nederlandse en Vlaamse literatuur van de 21ste eeuw in 60 essays.]
You can find a complete list of my published papers here. Information on my books and other writing projects is available here.