Maria Grever
Biographic Data
| ID | 1119746 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Grever |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Grever |
| SIGNATURE | GREVER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4473-9494 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Traces of existence
Caring for the dead, remembering and showing respect are essential to any community. Those who do not know where their relatives and ancestors are buried, often feel disoriented and erased from history. This article discusses the impact of the (broken) relationship between the living and the dead on current conflicts over public colonial monuments. To understand the protests, this article examines the significance of the so-called ‘necropolitical…
Historical consciousness and controversial statues in a postcolonial world
This article focuses on the controversies surrounding a statue in the Dutch city of Tilburg: the public representation of a nineteenth-century missionary and a kneeling African Surinamese person with leprosy. To understand the current tensions over the statue, the concept of historical consciousness as part of the Dutch changing historical culture is historicised. It is shown that the statue combines interpretative frameworks from different times…
Lessons of war. The significance of battlefield tours for the Dutch military
This paper analyses the personal experiences of Dutch army members during military battlefield tours to historical war sites. We \npresent a qualitative interview based analysi
Popular uses of violent pasts and historical thinking ( Los usos populares de los pasados violentos y el razonamiento histórico )
Historians increasingly acknowledge that popular media representing violent pasts reach large audiences, which in itself is a phenomenon worth investigating. Schoolteachers in particular experience on a daily basis the impact of popular genres on their students’ ideas of history. Young people read graphic historical novels, watch quiz shows on television or on YouTube, play (video) games, post selfies on Instagram or participate in living history…
History Writing Without Closure
In The Work of History: Constructivism and a Politics of the Past, Kalle Pihlainen pays tribute to Hayden White's work on narrative constructivism through a comprehensive and critical evaluation of his work. The book's seven chapters are based on previously published and reworked essays, starting with Pihlainen's 2013 essay on narrative truth and ending with his 2006 essay on the confines of the form. The Work of History is timely in light of som…
Palgrave Handbook of Research in Historical Culture and Education
This handbook provides a broad overview of current research and theories on historical culture and education. It consists of thirty-nine chapters divided into four parts: I. Historical Culture: Conceptualizing the Public Uses of History; II. The Appeal of the Nation in History Education of Postcolonial Societies; III. Reflections on History Learning and Teaching; IV. Educational Resources: Curricula, Textbooks and New Media. The handbook integrat…
Palgrave Handbook of Research in Historical Culture and Education
This volume comprises a broad interdisciplinary examination of the many different approaches by which contemporary scholars record our history. The editors provide a comprehensive overview through thirty-eight chapters divided into four parts: a) Historical Culture and Public Uses of History; b) The Appeal of the Nation in History Education of Postcolonial Societies; c) Reflections on History Learning and Teaching; d) Educational Resources: Curri…
Sensitive Pasts
Heritage, as an area of research and learning, often deals with difficult historical questions, due to the strong emotions and political commitments that are often at stake. In this, it poses particular challenges for teachers, museum educators and the publics they serve. Guided by a shared focus on these “sensitive pasts,” the contributors to this volume draw on new theoretical and empirical research to provide valuable insights into heritage pe…
Sensitive Pasts
Learning About Sensitive History
The history and heritage of slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade are sensitive topics in The Netherlands. Little is known about the ways in which students attribute significance to what is presented as heritage, particularly sensitive heritage. Using theories on historical significance, we explored how students attributed significance to the history of slavery and its remnants while engaged in a heritage project that presented this history …
Sensitive ‘Heritage’ of Slavery in a Multicultural Classroom
Pupils’ attribution of significance to sensitive ‘heritage’ of slavery may differ, particularly in multicultural classrooms. Little is known about the ways in which pupils establish a relationship with the present when discussing the significance of heritage of slavery. Starting from theories of historical significance and identity, these attributions and the interplay with the pupils’ identities were examined at a Dutch secondary school using qu…
Negotiating historical distance
The current heritage fascination signals the omnipresence of the Present. Recently it has spawned a distinct type of teaching and learning: heritage education. In this article we argue that, despite its presentist connotations, heritage education offers interesting opportunities for understanding the foreignness of the past, a precondition for historical thinking. We examine how heritage education negotiates historical distance from affective, mo…
Identity and School History
The article presents the findings from a survey of over 400 young people in metropolitan areas in the Netherlands and England concerning their views on identity and school history. The research explored pupils’ ideas about which facets of history were of interest to them, what history they believed should be taught in schools, and their views on the purposes of school history and history in general. The coding of the data made it possible to deli…
Beyond the Canon
'Beyond the Canon' deals with recent politicized processes of canonization and its implications for historical culture in a globalizing and postcolonial world. The volume discusses the framing and tra
Introduction
Over the past decades many politicians and pundits have blamed new trends in historical research and teaching for the weakening of national identity in the Western world. In the United States, Australia and Canada, books with titles such as Impostors in the Temple, The Killing of History and Who Killed Canadian History sounded a cultural alarm.1 The 'old' canon of history, they argued, validated national identity and deepened collective memory. T…
Transforming the Public Sphere
Feminists and the public sphere -- An illustrated women's conference -- A panorama in the dunes -- The exhibition experience -- Colonialism on display -- Exhibition in print and visual impressions -- Creating a counterpublic -- After the summer
Colonial Queens
The focus of this article is on how queens Victoria and Wilhelmina cultivated their royal distinction from those they ruled, in particular their subjects in the colonies, and how others appropriated those royal rituals and images. Both queens considered themselves imperial sovereigns with a civilizing mission, but favoured colonial assertion or even aggression. They felt attracted to 'their' colonies, but never visited them. What was the signific…
The Pantheon of Feminist Culture
The collective memory of feminist movements, like that of nation‐states, is comprised of ‘invented traditions’ and embodied in ‘lieu de mémoire’ (sites of memory). This essay considers national and international examples of collective memory, including International Women’s Day, showing how celebrations of historical events and commemorations of the past were used to cement group cohesion and define boundaries of inclusion and exclusion. The essa…
Rivals in Historical Remembrance
Pivoting the Center’
Negotiating historical distance
The current heritage fascination signals the omnipresence of the Present. Recently it has spawned a distinct type of teaching and learning: heritage education. In this article we argue that, despite its presentist connotations, heritage education offers interesting opportunities for understanding the foreignness of the past, a precondition for historical thinking. We examine how heritage education negotiates historical distance from affective, mo…
Learning About Sensitive History
The history and heritage of slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade are sensitive topics in The Netherlands. Little is known about the ways in which students attribute significance to what is presented as heritage, particularly sensitive heritage. Using theories on historical significance, we explored how students attributed significance to the history of slavery and its remnants while engaged in a heritage project that presented this history …
Sensitive ‘Heritage’ of Slavery in a Multicultural Classroom
Pupils’ attribution of significance to sensitive ‘heritage’ of slavery may differ, particularly in multicultural classrooms. Little is known about the ways in which pupils establish a relationship with the present when discussing the significance of heritage of slavery. Starting from theories of historical significance and identity, these attributions and the interplay with the pupils’ identities were examined at a Dutch secondary school using qu…
Identity and School History
The article presents the findings from a survey of over 400 young people in metropolitan areas in the Netherlands and England concerning their views on identity and school history. The research explored pupils’ ideas about which facets of history were of interest to them, what history they believed should be taught in schools, and their views on the purposes of school history and history in general. The coding of the data made it possible to deli…
The Pantheon of Feminist Culture
The collective memory of feminist movements, like that of nation‐states, is comprised of ‘invented traditions’ and embodied in ‘lieu de mémoire’ (sites of memory). This essay considers national and international examples of collective memory, including International Women’s Day, showing how celebrations of historical events and commemorations of the past were used to cement group cohesion and define boundaries of inclusion and exclusion. The essa…
Lessons of war. The significance of battlefield tours for the Dutch military
This paper analyses the personal experiences of Dutch army members during military battlefield tours to historical war sites. We \npresent a qualitative interview based analysi
Colonial Queens
The focus of this article is on how queens Victoria and Wilhelmina cultivated their royal distinction from those they ruled, in particular their subjects in the colonies, and how others appropriated those royal rituals and images. Both queens considered themselves imperial sovereigns with a civilizing mission, but favoured colonial assertion or even aggression. They felt attracted to 'their' colonies, but never visited them. What was the signific…
Pivoting the Center’
Pivoting the Center’
Rivals in Historical Remembrance
The Pantheon of Feminist Culture
The collective memory of feminist movements, like that of nation‐states, is comprised of ‘invented traditions’ and embodied in ‘lieu de mémoire’ (sites of memory). This essay considers national and international examples of collective memory, including International Women’s Day, showing how celebrations of historical events and commemorations of the past were used to cement group cohesion and define boundaries of inclusion and exclusion. The essa…
Colonial Queens
The focus of this article is on how queens Victoria and Wilhelmina cultivated their royal distinction from those they ruled, in particular their subjects in the colonies, and how others appropriated those royal rituals and images. Both queens considered themselves imperial sovereigns with a civilizing mission, but favoured colonial assertion or even aggression. They felt attracted to 'their' colonies, but never visited them. What was the signific…
Transforming the Public Sphere
Feminists and the public sphere -- An illustrated women's conference -- A panorama in the dunes -- The exhibition experience -- Colonialism on display -- Exhibition in print and visual impressions -- Creating a counterpublic -- After the summer
Beyond the Canon
'Beyond the Canon' deals with recent politicized processes of canonization and its implications for historical culture in a globalizing and postcolonial world. The volume discusses the framing and tra
Introduction
Over the past decades many politicians and pundits have blamed new trends in historical research and teaching for the weakening of national identity in the Western world. In the United States, Australia and Canada, books with titles such as Impostors in the Temple, The Killing of History and Who Killed Canadian History sounded a cultural alarm.1 The 'old' canon of history, they argued, validated national identity and deepened collective memory. T…
Identity and School History
The article presents the findings from a survey of over 400 young people in metropolitan areas in the Netherlands and England concerning their views on identity and school history. The research explored pupils’ ideas about which facets of history were of interest to them, what history they believed should be taught in schools, and their views on the purposes of school history and history in general. The coding of the data made it possible to deli…
Negotiating historical distance
The current heritage fascination signals the omnipresence of the Present. Recently it has spawned a distinct type of teaching and learning: heritage education. In this article we argue that, despite its presentist connotations, heritage education offers interesting opportunities for understanding the foreignness of the past, a precondition for historical thinking. We examine how heritage education negotiates historical distance from affective, mo…
Learning About Sensitive History
The history and heritage of slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade are sensitive topics in The Netherlands. Little is known about the ways in which students attribute significance to what is presented as heritage, particularly sensitive heritage. Using theories on historical significance, we explored how students attributed significance to the history of slavery and its remnants while engaged in a heritage project that presented this history …
Sensitive ‘Heritage’ of Slavery in a Multicultural Classroom
Pupils’ attribution of significance to sensitive ‘heritage’ of slavery may differ, particularly in multicultural classrooms. Little is known about the ways in which pupils establish a relationship with the present when discussing the significance of heritage of slavery. Starting from theories of historical significance and identity, these attributions and the interplay with the pupils’ identities were examined at a Dutch secondary school using qu…
Sensitive Pasts
Heritage, as an area of research and learning, often deals with difficult historical questions, due to the strong emotions and political commitments that are often at stake. In this, it poses particular challenges for teachers, museum educators and the publics they serve. Guided by a shared focus on these “sensitive pasts,” the contributors to this volume draw on new theoretical and empirical research to provide valuable insights into heritage pe…
Sensitive Pasts
Palgrave Handbook of Research in Historical Culture and Education
This handbook provides a broad overview of current research and theories on historical culture and education. It consists of thirty-nine chapters divided into four parts: I. Historical Culture: Conceptualizing the Public Uses of History; II. The Appeal of the Nation in History Education of Postcolonial Societies; III. Reflections on History Learning and Teaching; IV. Educational Resources: Curricula, Textbooks and New Media. The handbook integrat…
Palgrave Handbook of Research in Historical Culture and Education
This volume comprises a broad interdisciplinary examination of the many different approaches by which contemporary scholars record our history. The editors provide a comprehensive overview through thirty-eight chapters divided into four parts: a) Historical Culture and Public Uses of History; b) The Appeal of the Nation in History Education of Postcolonial Societies; c) Reflections on History Learning and Teaching; d) Educational Resources: Curri…
Popular uses of violent pasts and historical thinking ( Los usos populares de los pasados violentos y el razonamiento histórico )
Historians increasingly acknowledge that popular media representing violent pasts reach large audiences, which in itself is a phenomenon worth investigating. Schoolteachers in particular experience on a daily basis the impact of popular genres on their students’ ideas of history. Young people read graphic historical novels, watch quiz shows on television or on YouTube, play (video) games, post selfies on Instagram or participate in living history…
History Writing Without Closure
In The Work of History: Constructivism and a Politics of the Past, Kalle Pihlainen pays tribute to Hayden White's work on narrative constructivism through a comprehensive and critical evaluation of his work. The book's seven chapters are based on previously published and reworked essays, starting with Pihlainen's 2013 essay on narrative truth and ending with his 2006 essay on the confines of the form. The Work of History is timely in light of som…
Lessons of war. The significance of battlefield tours for the Dutch military
This paper analyses the personal experiences of Dutch army members during military battlefield tours to historical war sites. We \npresent a qualitative interview based analysi
Historical consciousness and controversial statues in a postcolonial world
This article focuses on the controversies surrounding a statue in the Dutch city of Tilburg: the public representation of a nineteenth-century missionary and a kneeling African Surinamese person with leprosy. To understand the current tensions over the statue, the concept of historical consciousness as part of the Dutch changing historical culture is historicised. It is shown that the statue combines interpretative frameworks from different times…
Traces of existence
Caring for the dead, remembering and showing respect are essential to any community. Those who do not know where their relatives and ancestors are buried, often feel disoriented and erased from history. This article discusses the impact of the (broken) relationship between the living and the dead on current conflicts over public colonial monuments. To understand the protests, this article examines the significance of the so-called ‘necropolitical…
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