Description
Award Ceremony and Research Seminar – Han Entzinger Master’s Thesis Award 2024The ERMeCHS research clusters Heritage & Identity and VISUAL cordially invite you to the award ceremony of the Han Entzinger Master’s Thesis Award 2024, celebrating excellence in migration and diversity research at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
We are delighted to announce that this year's award goes to Chiel Rozendaal, MA Global History and International Relations graduate, for his thesis:
Leaving the South: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Roy Stryker's Historical Section Representation of Internal Migration
Supervised by Dr. Iwona Gusc (ESHCC, History)
Program
Date: February 20, 2025
Time: 15:00-16:30
Venue: EUR Campus Woudestein, Langeveld building, room 0.18
14.45-15:00 | Welcome with coffee & cake
15:00-15:10 | Opening words by dr. Iwona Gusc
15:10-15:30 | Jury report and presentation of the Han Entzinger Award
15:30-15:50 | Research presentation by Chiel Rozendaal
15:50-16:20 | Q&A and Panel discussion with dr. Charlotte Bruns, dr. Jeanine Quené, and dr. Yuri van Hoef
16:20-16:25 | Closing remarks
16:25 | Drinks
About the Han Entzinger Thesis Award
The Han Entzinger Award is a prestigious annual prize that recognizes excellence in migration-related diversity research at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Named after the distinguished Professor Han Entzinger, the award celebrates outstanding Master’s theses that contribute to our understanding of migration and diversity in contemporary society.
The award is judged by an interdisciplinary jury of experts from across EUR’s faculties. This year’s jury was chaired by Prof. Dr Han Entzinger and included Dr Warda Belabas (ESSB), Prof. Dr Jacco van Sterkenburg (ESHCC), Dr Maria Avraamidou (ESHCC), Dr Mieke Kox (ESL), Jill Stigter, PhD (ESL), Dr Sonja Fransen (ISS), and Dr Zeynep Kaşlı (ISS).
About the Award-Winning Research
Leaving the South: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Roy Stryker's Historical Section Representation of Internal Migration offers a critical examination of Roy Stryker's Historical Section photography project (1935-1943), which documented American reality during the Great Depression era, with a particular focus on domestic migration. Through thorough visual discourse analysis, the thesis explores the project’s truth claims, distribution methods, and representation practices, while examining dominant public narratives and potential omissions in representation. The jury was particularly impressed by the sophisticated critical analysis of visual discourse in relation to internal migration documentation.
We are pleased to note that Chiel Rozendaal joined the History Department’s teaching team in September 2024.
Join Us
We warmly invite you to participate in this celebration of academic excellence and engage in stimulating discussions at the intersection of migration, visual politics, and visual discourse.
This event is co-organized by the Heritage & Identity and VISUAL research clusters.
| Period | 20 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Rotterdam, NetherlandsShow on map |
Research programs
- ESHCC HIS