Boris Noordenbos
Biographic Data
| ID | 337726 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boris Noordenbos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boris |
| FAMILY NAME | Noordenbos |
| SIGNATURE | NOORDENBOS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2635-5374 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Make history great again! The emergence of a new paradigm of memory politics in International Relations
This article introduces Conspiratorial Memory (ConMem) as a new paradigm of memory politics in contemporary International Relations. Building on the research on nationally oriented heroic memory regimes of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (Nationalist Memory (NatMem)) and the victim-centered, Cosmopolitanized Memory (CosMem) culture that emerged after the Cold War, we argue that the 2020s have witnessed the rise of a hybrid formation …
Ambient Amplification
Over the last decade, the rise of memetic media in combination with multimodal platform environments have radically transformed our experience of digital culture. On TikTok, gestures and sounds go viral. Twitter (X) @tags operate as bonding tools and ignite ‘supercharged’ critical publics. Coordinated link-sharing and attention-hijacking drive cross-platform engagement. Narratives promoted by state institutions become part of the global digital c…
Unpacking “Historical Analogies” in International Relations
Over the past decade, the field of International Relations (IR) has increasingly engaged with issues of memory politics, and memory studies more broadly. This paper focuses on one concept frequently used within IR scholarship: the “historical analogy.” Seeking to diversify this often loosely defined umbrella term, we propose a more nuanced framework for analyzing memory politics, particularly in times of war. We illustrate our approach through an…
The temporality of memory politics
This paper seeks to enhance memory studies' conceptual toolkit by reconsidering established perspectives on "memory politics." The paper theorizes various modes of temporal connectivity cultivated through politicized references to a shared past. Our empirical case is focused on a collection of roughly 5.000 recent articles about the war in Ukraine from major Russian state-aligned news outlets. We analyze and typologize the narrative and rhetorica…
Wartok
This panel investigates the networked soundscapes of memetic warfare on TikTok, a platform crucial in mediating the ongoing war in Ukraine since February 2022. Introduced to the public as a unique form of war programming during the first week of Russia's full-scale military invasion (Mobilio 2022), WarTok—a portmanteau of ‘TikTok’ and ‘war’—signifies "the war of super-empowered individuals armed only with smartphones" (Friedmann 2022). Producing …
Memory wars beyond the metaphor
Characteristic of contemporary, Nazified Ukraine is its shapelessness and ambivalence, which makes it possible to disguise Nazism as the aspiration for 'independence', for a 'European' (Western, pro-American) path of 'development' (in reality, towards degradation); [it makes it possible] to claim that there is no Nazism in Ukraine, only particular, stand-alone excesses. 1 -Sergeitsev, 2022
Seeing the Bigger Picture
This article analyzes revisions of World War II history in recent Russian cinema and television, including the feature filmThe Match(Andrei Maliukov, 2012),Spy (Aleksei Andrianov, 2012), and the television seriesLiquidation(Sergei Ursuliak, 2007). All these productions rely on the logic of conspiracy theory for their reimaginations of war history: pivotal developments during the war or its aftermath are presented as the result of subterranean man…
Post-Soviet Literature and the Search for a Russian Identity
Post-Soviet Literature and the Search for a Russian Identity examines Russian literature’s engagement in the negotiation of a Russian identity after the demise of communism. The book demonstrates that, in the context of growing national assertiveness, Russian writers have claimed more authoritative and politically committed stances in debates on Russia’s character, destiny, and place in the world. The book is unique in its in-depth analysis of wo…
Ironic imperialism
This essay analyzes the recent appearance in Russian letters of ultra-nationalist fantasies about the restoration of Russia's imperial or totalitarian status. This new trend has its roots not only in the increasingly patriotic tone of Russian society and politics, but also in the dynamics of the literary field itself. 'Imperialist writers' such as Aleksandr Prokhanov and Pavel Krusanov have both revived and reacted against postmodern themes and m…
Memory wars beyond the metaphor
Characteristic of contemporary, Nazified Ukraine is its shapelessness and ambivalence, which makes it possible to disguise Nazism as the aspiration for 'independence', for a 'European' (Western, pro-American) path of 'development' (in reality, towards degradation); [it makes it possible] to claim that there is no Nazism in Ukraine, only particular, stand-alone excesses. 1 -Sergeitsev, 2022
Ironic imperialism
This essay analyzes the recent appearance in Russian letters of ultra-nationalist fantasies about the restoration of Russia's imperial or totalitarian status. This new trend has its roots not only in the increasingly patriotic tone of Russian society and politics, but also in the dynamics of the literary field itself. 'Imperialist writers' such as Aleksandr Prokhanov and Pavel Krusanov have both revived and reacted against postmodern themes and m…
The temporality of memory politics
This paper seeks to enhance memory studies' conceptual toolkit by reconsidering established perspectives on "memory politics." The paper theorizes various modes of temporal connectivity cultivated through politicized references to a shared past. Our empirical case is focused on a collection of roughly 5.000 recent articles about the war in Ukraine from major Russian state-aligned news outlets. We analyze and typologize the narrative and rhetorica…
Seeing the Bigger Picture
This article analyzes revisions of World War II history in recent Russian cinema and television, including the feature filmThe Match(Andrei Maliukov, 2012),Spy (Aleksei Andrianov, 2012), and the television seriesLiquidation(Sergei Ursuliak, 2007). All these productions rely on the logic of conspiracy theory for their reimaginations of war history: pivotal developments during the war or its aftermath are presented as the result of subterranean man…
Ironic imperialism
This essay analyzes the recent appearance in Russian letters of ultra-nationalist fantasies about the restoration of Russia's imperial or totalitarian status. This new trend has its roots not only in the increasingly patriotic tone of Russian society and politics, but also in the dynamics of the literary field itself. 'Imperialist writers' such as Aleksandr Prokhanov and Pavel Krusanov have both revived and reacted against postmodern themes and m…
Post-Soviet Literature and the Search for a Russian Identity
Post-Soviet Literature and the Search for a Russian Identity examines Russian literature’s engagement in the negotiation of a Russian identity after the demise of communism. The book demonstrates that, in the context of growing national assertiveness, Russian writers have claimed more authoritative and politically committed stances in debates on Russia’s character, destiny, and place in the world. The book is unique in its in-depth analysis of wo…
Seeing the Bigger Picture
This article analyzes revisions of World War II history in recent Russian cinema and television, including the feature filmThe Match(Andrei Maliukov, 2012),Spy (Aleksei Andrianov, 2012), and the television seriesLiquidation(Sergei Ursuliak, 2007). All these productions rely on the logic of conspiracy theory for their reimaginations of war history: pivotal developments during the war or its aftermath are presented as the result of subterranean man…
Memory wars beyond the metaphor
Characteristic of contemporary, Nazified Ukraine is its shapelessness and ambivalence, which makes it possible to disguise Nazism as the aspiration for 'independence', for a 'European' (Western, pro-American) path of 'development' (in reality, towards degradation); [it makes it possible] to claim that there is no Nazism in Ukraine, only particular, stand-alone excesses. 1 -Sergeitsev, 2022
Wartok
This panel investigates the networked soundscapes of memetic warfare on TikTok, a platform crucial in mediating the ongoing war in Ukraine since February 2022. Introduced to the public as a unique form of war programming during the first week of Russia's full-scale military invasion (Mobilio 2022), WarTok—a portmanteau of ‘TikTok’ and ‘war’—signifies "the war of super-empowered individuals armed only with smartphones" (Friedmann 2022). Producing …
Ambient Amplification
Over the last decade, the rise of memetic media in combination with multimodal platform environments have radically transformed our experience of digital culture. On TikTok, gestures and sounds go viral. Twitter (X) @tags operate as bonding tools and ignite ‘supercharged’ critical publics. Coordinated link-sharing and attention-hijacking drive cross-platform engagement. Narratives promoted by state institutions become part of the global digital c…
Unpacking “Historical Analogies” in International Relations
Over the past decade, the field of International Relations (IR) has increasingly engaged with issues of memory politics, and memory studies more broadly. This paper focuses on one concept frequently used within IR scholarship: the “historical analogy.” Seeking to diversify this often loosely defined umbrella term, we propose a more nuanced framework for analyzing memory politics, particularly in times of war. We illustrate our approach through an…
The temporality of memory politics
This paper seeks to enhance memory studies' conceptual toolkit by reconsidering established perspectives on "memory politics." The paper theorizes various modes of temporal connectivity cultivated through politicized references to a shared past. Our empirical case is focused on a collection of roughly 5.000 recent articles about the war in Ukraine from major Russian state-aligned news outlets. We analyze and typologize the narrative and rhetorica…
Make history great again! The emergence of a new paradigm of memory politics in International Relations
This article introduces Conspiratorial Memory (ConMem) as a new paradigm of memory politics in contemporary International Relations. Building on the research on nationally oriented heroic memory regimes of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (Nationalist Memory (NatMem)) and the victim-centered, Cosmopolitanized Memory (CosMem) culture that emerged after the Cold War, we argue that the 2020s have witnessed the rise of a hybrid formation …
Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (3 works) · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)