Personal profile
Research interests
I work as an interdisciplinary cultural studies researcher, and I am in particular interested in the transformation of the public sphere due to digitalisation, globalisation and new strategies of fictionalization. In this context the role literary authors as intervening public intellectuals has my specific attention.
I consider literature a form of social knowledge, which means that the ideas and experiences described and explored in literary texts can be connected to societal issues and policies. Literature is an art form in which political and social positions are acted out.
Currently, I work on two book projects: Experiences of Migration in Literature, and The Truths of Fiction in Digital Societies.
Teaching
- BA Feminist Artists & Intellectuals
- BA Truth of Fiction
- MA New Private & Public Spheres
- MA Beauty and the Sublime Online
- Ma: Urgent Media Topics: Migration
- Honors Program European Discourses: Cultural History and Diversity
Current courses
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External positions
Assessment research projects VENI (NWO)
25 Sept 2024 → 25 May 2025
Jury History and Essay (Maatschappij Nederlandse Letteren)
1 Nov 2020 → 1 Apr 2021
Management (Voorzitterschap van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde)
1 Oct 2020 → 1 Jun 2025
Reading & evaluating literary essay (PC Hooft Literatuur Prijs)
12 Jun 2019 → 15 Apr 2020
Reading, judging, celebration presentation (E du Perron prijs jury)
1 Jan 2016 → …
Keywords
- Literature
- Philosophy Of Culture
- Representation
- Europe
- Globalisation
- Cultural Diversity
- Aesthetics
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Provocative eroticism: anger in fourth-wave feminist Danish pop culture
Heynders, O. & Munck, I. M., 18 May 2025, In: Feminist Media Studies. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Fictie en Domocratie: De Schoft en het Robotmeisje
Heynders, O., Sept 2024, Lezen in Beweging, Ontwikkelingen in leesbevordering, lees- en literatuuronderwijs, digitaal lezen en toetsing. Dera, J. & van Steensel, R. (eds.). Stichting Lezen Reeks ed. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Eburon, Vol. 38. p. 103-112 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Hope in Migratory Literature: Moshin Hamid, Exit West and Hassan Blasim, God 99
Heynders, O., May 2024, Science, Religion, the Humanities and Hope: Essays in Honour of Willem B. Drees. Runehov, A. & Fuller, M. (eds.). Springer International, p. 181-197 16 p. (Issues in Science and Religion: Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology; vol. 8).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Lies, Laws, and Literature: What Franz Kafka Teaches Us about Power and Politics Today
Huber, K. & Heynders, O., 2024Research output: Online publication or Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Popular
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'Fiction Literacy' in the Media Society: How to keep a grip on Reality Erosion
Heynders, O., 11 May 2023Research output: Online publication or Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Professional
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Fictie en democratie: de schoft en het robotmeisje
Heynders, O. (Speaker)
14 Dec 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
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Writing Thinking Imagining: Deborah Levy and Maggie Nelson
Heynders, O. (Speaker)
16 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
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Terugkeren en onderzoeken: het reizend schrijven van Lieve Joris
Heynders, O. (Speaker)
26 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
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Child migration in Literary Texts
Heynders, O. (Speaker)
3 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
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TvL: Tijdschrift voor Literatuurwetenschap (Journal)
Heynders, O. M. (Editorial board member)
1995 → 1998Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
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(TiU Impact-PhD funded research project) ‘Trolling Attacks and Hate Campaigns: Towards a Healthy Use of Social Media in the Public Sphere’
Prange, M. (Principal Investigator) & Heynders, O. (Principal Investigator)
20/06/20 → …
Project: Research project
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Decolonizing Globalization: Reading Migration through Environmental Justice
Huber, K. (Principal Investigator), Heynders, O. (Co-Investigator), Paiement, P. (Co-Investigator), Bot, M. (Principal Investigator) & Starrenburg, S. (Co-Investigator)
15/08/23 → 8/12/23
Project: Research project
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(TSHD funded Research Traineeship project) 'Countering Cancel Culture: Towards a New Ethics of Listening'
Prange, M. (Principal Investigator) & Heynders, O. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Research project
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(Research Project funded by TSHD) 'Free Speech Reconsidered: Parrhesiasthes and the Changing Dutch Public Sphere, an interdisciplinary study'
Prange, M. (Principal Investigator) & Heynders, O. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/17 → 1/04/18
Project: Research project
Prizes
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TSHD SEED MONEY CALL 2023 FUNDING FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ON GLOBALIZATION
Huber, K. (Recipient), Heynders, O. (Recipient), Paiement, P. (Recipient), Bot, M. (Recipient) & Starrenburg, S. (Recipient), 2023
Prize