The focus of this thesis is on the role of the Dutch national identity in the perceptions and experiences of a wide array of Dutch Spainfighters, who volunteered to fight on the Republican side in...Show moreThe focus of this thesis is on the role of the Dutch national identity in the perceptions and experiences of a wide array of Dutch Spainfighters, who volunteered to fight on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. It aims to understand how the volunteers dealt with the potential for clashes between the imagined communities of the Dutch nation-state and the border transcending, transnational appeal of their left-wing ideology. This thesis demonstrates that they felt loyalty both to the transnational community of left-wing and communist sympathizers, and the national Dutch community. It argues that the motivation of the Spainfighters is closely linked to their national identity, which they tried to construct in symbiosis with their transnational thoughts via the message of anti-fascism. As such, the thesis adds to the understanding of the phenomenon of foreign fighters. Next to the conscious building of national identity, national sentiments and practical culture played a considerable role in the daily reality of the Spainfighters, which is especially relevant if the rather mythical image of the International Brigades as a classic example of a transnational army is taken into account. As the case of the Dutch Spainfighters illustrates, the International Brigades provided space and even recognition for national identity as an organizing entity and as such functioned more as an ideologically motivated international army. For this reason, this thesis suggests that the fundaments of the supposedly transnational movement of support to the Spanish Republic may partly be built on national tensions and the resulting compromises. While studying transnational movements in the twentieth century, it therefore may be worth the effort to analyze the role of national identity, of national political culture.Show less
For several decades in the twentieth century, the order of Friars Minor Capuchin was entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing and administrating Colombia's public education system. This...Show moreFor several decades in the twentieth century, the order of Friars Minor Capuchin was entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing and administrating Colombia's public education system. This thesis assesses their role as a nationalizing agent in the Colombian Amazon on the border with Brazil and Peru.Show less
Deze scriptie werpt licht op de zoektocht naar een nieuwe Andalusische identiteit van de culturele regionalisten achter het tijdschrift Bética, dat gelieerd was aan El Ateneo de Sevilla.
Een onderzoek naar de weergave van de taalverordening voor Bohemen van 1897. Kijkende naar de liberale pers, vooral de Neue Freie Presse en de Bohemia, om te zien welke argumenten gepresenteerd...Show moreEen onderzoek naar de weergave van de taalverordening voor Bohemen van 1897. Kijkende naar de liberale pers, vooral de Neue Freie Presse en de Bohemia, om te zien welke argumenten gepresenteerd werden tegen de taalverordening. Hieruit bleek dat de bestaande literatuur een lichtelijk verkleurd beeld heeft omtrent de Duitse argumenten tegen de taalverordening.Show less
