Prof. M.J.G. Depourcq (Maarten)

Professor - Department of Modern Languages and Cultures
Department chair - Board of Directors FoA
Department chair - Department of Modern Languages and Cultures
Professor - Radboud Institute for Culture and History

Chair: European Literature

Contact

maarten.depourcq@ru.nl
024-3612848

Visiting address

Erasmusplein 1
6525 HT NIJMEGEN

Postal address

Postbus 9103
6500 HD NIJMEGEN

I am a literary scholar with an unusual background in both Classics and Cultural Studies. My research interests are cultural change and cultural heritage, reception of antiquity in the 20th and 21st century, and research themes such as creativity and imagination. I teach on art criticism, creative writing and literary theory. I supervise Phd theses in the fields of classical reception studies, cultural history and literary studies. I also frequently collaborate with artists and cultural institutions. For instance, I am currently developing an exhibition on antiquity in the 21st century with two museums in the framework of the so-called Gravitation program 'Anchoring Innovation in Antiquity' (NWO-OCW).

Research group

Tourism, Travel, Text

Tags: Classical reception studies, Literary theory and cultural studies, European literary history

Publications

Key publications

De Pourcq, M.J.G.M., Haan, N. de & Rijser, D. (Ed.). (2020). Framing Classical Reception Studies. Different Perspectives on a Developing Field (Metaforms, 19). Leiden: Brill doi: 10.1163/9789004427020
De Pourcq, M.J.G.M. (2019). Travel, classicism and writing in Barthes's 'En Grèce'. Barthes Studies. An open-access journal for research in English on the work of Roland Barthes, 5, 23-52. Retrieved from http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/barthes/article/travel-classicism-and-writing-in-barthess-en-grece/ Full text
De Pourcq, M.J.G.M. & Levie, S.A. (Ed.). (2018). European Literary History. An Introduction. London/New York: Routledge doi: 10.4324/9781315714622
De Pourcq, M.J.G.M. (2018). General Introduction. Travelling Literatures. In M. De Pourcq & S. Levie (Eds.), European Literary History. An Introduction (pp. 1-12). London/New York: Routledge Full text
De Pourcq, M.J.G.M. (2018). The Costly Fabric of Conservatism: Classical References in Contemporary Public Culture. In E. Richardson (Ed.), Classics in Extremis: the Edges of Classical Reception (Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception) (pp. 171-183). London: Bloomsbury doi: 10.5040/9781350017283.ch-012
De Pourcq, M.J.G.M. (2017). Compared with Antiquity: Early Cultural Studies and Writing on Modern Life. In Anne Tomiche (Ed.), Le Comparatisme comme approche critique/Comparative Literature as a Critical Approach (pp. 171-180). Paris: Classiques Garnier
De Pourcq, M.J.G.M. (2016). Thou Art More Lovely. Klassieke tradities en de kunst van het vergelijken (2016, September 9). Nijmegen: Radboud Universiteit Full text
De Pourcq, M.J.G.M. (2015). De Romeinen van Bart De Wever: klassieke referenties in de hedendaagse politieke cultuur. Lampas : Tijdschrift voor Classici, 48 (4), 413-425.
De Pourcq, M.J.G.M. & De Strycker, C. (2013). Geschiedenis van de moderne intertekstualiteitstheorie: opvattingen, denkers en concepten. In Yra van Dijk, Maarten De Pourcq & Carl De Strycker (Eds.), Draden in het donker. Intertekstualiteit in theorie en praktijk (pp. 15-59). Nijmegen: Vantilt
De Pourcq, M.J.G.M. (2012). Classical Reception Studies: Reconceptualizing the Study of the Classical Tradition. International Journal of the Humanities, 9 (4), 219-226. doi: 10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v09i04/43201
De Pourcq, M.J.G.M. (2008). 'The Paideia of the Greeks'. On the methodology of Roland Barthes's Comment Vivre Ensemble. Paragraph. a Journal of Modern Critical Theory, 31 (1), 23-37. doi: 10.3366/E0264833408000047

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Prof. M.J.G. Depourcq (Maarten)

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