Consortium
The consortium brings together experts on various European famines from a wide range of scholarly disciplines and institutions key to Heritages of Hunger.
The researchers in the project’s core team are affiliated to Radboud University (RU), Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and the Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (NIOD). Researchers at WUR and NIOD focus on the effects war, famines, the Holocaust and other genocides have on the individual and societal level. NIOD also advises governmental bodies and is leading in public debates and events concerning war-related violence. RU’s Department of Modern Languages and Cultures is a hub in Irish studies and has specifically addressed legacies of the Great Irish Famine over the past years. Scholars in Dutch studies at RU engage with issues of national identity formation in light of disasters and war. Research on famines has been conducted at RU since 2011, supported by the Radboud Institute for Culture and History (RICH).
Consortium partners come from multiple countries and disciplines and provide co-funding, advice, and specific expertise relating to the teaching, conservation, and research of hunger, migration, poverty, and conflict. Besides providing valuable feedback for research and knowledge utilisation purposes, these partners will also be involved in the pilot phase and implementation of the project’s digital educational resources. Furthermore, they will facilitate public events and output. The list of consortium partners can be found below.
A more detailed description of the consortium can be found here (pdf, 126 kB).
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Expertise |
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Dutch Resistance Museum, Amsterdam
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Leisure |
The Netherlands during WWII; musealisation and education of Dutch Hunger Winter; national and regional histories; personal testimonies, oral history; heritage practices and policies |
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Government and education |
European teaching practices; curricula and education on troublesome pasts |
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Leisure |
The Netherlands during the 1845 famine and WWII; musealisation of Dutch Hunger Winter; famine, relief and urban networks |
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Netherlands Institute in Saint Petersburg
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Government and education |
Russian Studies; education and commemoration; Leningrad blockade; bilateral relations Russia-Netherlands |
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Leisure |
Musealisation of migration and poverty; digitalisation of sources and the use of technology in visitor learning and participation |
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Irish Heritage Trust, Dublin (National Famine Museum)
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Sustainability |
Famine and migration; Irish famine heritage, museums and education; ICT and heritage |
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Government and education |
Educating troubled pasts; developing methodologies and resources for teaching conflict, reconciliation; the use of IT in children’s education |
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Research and Knowledge Transfer,
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Science |
Franco and the Spanish famine; using archival resources in shaping living pasts; the use of oral history; Spanish educational policies |
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Government and education |
Heritages of troublesome pasts; Franco and the Spanish famine; educating and disseminating troubled pasts; using resources and open science (concerning the Spanish famine) |
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Holodomor Research and Education Centre Kyiv
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Government and education |
Education and commemoration of Holodomor in Ukraine; experience with organising training sessions for teachers and developing educational materials; personal testimonies and oral history (Holodomor Global Family Database) |
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Kuopio Cultural History Museum, Kuopio
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Leisure |
Local histories and famine in Finland; regional traditions and heritage; musealisation of famine |
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Finnish Labour Museum, Werstas
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Leisure |
Finland’s agricultural labour history; the local effects of the Finnish famine; musealisation of famine and poverty |
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Holodomor Research and Education Consortium, Toronto
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Government and education |
Education and commemoration of the Ukrainian famine in North-America; development of teaching materials and curricula on Holodomor; conference organisation; training of educators |
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Ireland Park Foundation, Toronto
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Government and education |
The Irish famine diaspora in Canada and intersections with other past and present refugee crises; using new technologies in the heritage industry; expertise on commemoration activities |
