Peter Vermeersch
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YOUR CART

CURRENT POSITION.

Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Coordinator of research at LINES (Leuven International and European Studies).

WORK IN PROGRESS.

  • Out of the margins: reflections on Roma and youth development (book chapter, to be published by Oxford University Press)
  • Victimhood as victory: the role of memory politics in the process of de-Europeanization in East Central Europe (journal article)
  • Nationalism with a human face: European human rights judgements and the reinvention of nationalist politics (journal article, co-authored with Kristin Henrard)
  • A new nonfiction book on restorative justice following a murder trial in Brussels (under contract with De Bezige Bij)

CURRENT RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS.

Education

  • 2002, PhD in the Social Sciences
  • 1996, Polish language and culture
  • 1995, MA Cultural Studies
  • 1994, MA East European Studies and Slavic Languages

Selected scholarships.

  • 2007-2008, Visiting Scholar, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • 2003, Postdoctoral Fellowship FWO
  • 2002, Postdoctoral Fellowship KU Leuven
  • 2000, Researcher in Residence at the OSCE secreteriat
  • 1998, Research Fellowship FWO

Awards.

  • Ex. Over een land dat zoek is (Prijs Letterkunde Proza 2016 van de Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Longlist AKO Literatuurprijs, 2014, Longlist Gouden Boekenuil, 2015, Shortlist E. du Perronprijs, 2014, Shortlist Bob den Uyl Prijs, 2015)
  • Prize of the Research Council of the KU Leuven for the Humanities, 2005

Editorial and advisory positions.

  • Member of the ASN convention program committee and board of directors
  • Member of The New Metropolitan, a web journal on new cultures of urban citizens
  • Member of the editorial board of Karakter,  a Dutch-language journal with essays about all aspects of science (2010-2016)
  • Member of the editoral board of DW B literary journal
  • Member of the Board of PEN-Vlaanderen, the Flemish branch of PEN International (2012-2016)
  • Member of the editoral board of the Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe
  • Member of the Academic Steering Committee of the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies
  • Member of the editoral advisory board of Interaction: the Journal of Solution Focus in Organisations
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Network on Romani Studies (Council of Europe/European Union) (2013-2015)
  • Coordinator of the Brussels Poetry Collective at the International Literature House Passa Porta (2008-2014)
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