dr. Siebe Bluijs

Bio

Siebe Bluijs is a postdoctoral researcher at Tilburg University. He holds a PhD in Dutch Literature from Ghent University (Belgium). His research interests concern how media develop new methods, specific to the medium, of deploying semiotic systems for meaning-making in literary works. His current research focuses on 'digital literature' (e.g. poetry that employs kinetic typography, literary smartphone applications, and narratives in virtual reality). In his PhD-project he analysed the form and functioning of the postwar literary radio play in the Low Countries, focusing on innovations in narrative and semiotic composition. Bluijs extensively writes on contemporary (Dutch) literature, and is particularly interested in experimental literature. Additionally, he has a background in graphic design, with a specialisation in book design and typography.

www.siebebluijs.nl

Expertise

The Digital Literature Consortium explores the unique opportunities that works of digital literature offer to academic research, public libraries, and education. How does the concept of digital literature relate to more traditional, printed forms of literary art? Can the implementation of digital literature into the curriculum make language and literature classes in secondary school more memorable and engaging? What is the best way to integrate works of digital literature into public library collections? How can we preserve the dynamic and ephemeral works of digital literature for future generations? We are convinced that answering these questions requires close collaboration between various societal partners (academic researchers, library professionals, school teachers). 

Courses

• 21st Century Perspectives on Education
• Cultural History 1: The Sources of Eur.
• Cultural History 2: Modern Europe
• Literature in the Anthropocene

Highlights

• Dissertation: S. Bluijs, Literatuur op de golven. Mediumreflectie in het literaire hoorspel in Nederland en Vlaanderen, 1960-2000. Ghent University, 2020. [in Dutch]
• L. Bernaerts & S. Bluijs (red.). Luisterrijk der letteren. Hoorspel en literatuur in Nederland en Vlaanderen. Gent, Academia Press, 2019. [in Dutch]
• I. Arteel, L. Bernaerts, S. Bluijs, P. Verhulst (red.), Tuning in to the Neo-Avant-Garde. Experimental Radio Plays in the Postwar Period. Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2021. [forthcoming]

• S. Bluijs. ‘Earwitnessing: Focalization in Radio Drama’. In: L. Bernaerts & J. Mildorf (eds.), Audionarratology: Lessons from Radio Drama (Theory and Interpretation of Narrative Series). Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2021. [forthcoming].

Recent publications

1. Hoe de Nederlandse literatuur het internet bedenkt. Inleiding [tot he…

   Bernaerts, L., Bluijs, S., & van de Ven, I. (2023). Hoe de Nederlandse literatuur het internet bedenkt. Inleiding [tot het themanummer 'Het internet verbeeld. Literatuur en het digitale']. Nederlandse letterkunde: Driemaandelijks tijdschrift, 28(2), 113.

2. Referenced Music in Radio Drama: Jef Geeraerts’ Concerto (1970) and S…

   Bluijs, S. (2023). Referenced Music in Radio Drama: Jef Geeraerts’ Concerto (1970) and Samuel Vriezen’s Schade (2017). In J. Mildorf, & P. Verhulst (Eds.), Word, Sound and Music in Radio Drama : (Word and Music Studies, Volume: 21) (pp. 257). Brill.

3. Switching between emotions in the twenty-first century attention econ…

   Peeters, D., & Bluijs, S. (2023). Switching between emotions in the twenty-first century attention economy. Cognitive Neuroscience, 14(2), 61-62. Article 14(2).

4. De verbeelding van het internet in de Nederlandse literatuur van de j…

   Vanden Berghe, R., & Bluijs, S. (2023). De verbeelding van het internet in de Nederlandse literatuur van de jaren negentig. Nederlandse letterkunde: Driemaandelijks tijdschrift, 28(2), 125.

5. Digitale literatuur in de Lage Landen - Een nieuwe historische en ins…

   Bluijs, S., Peeters, D., & Dera, J. (2022). Digitale literatuur in de Lage Landen: Een nieuwe historische en institutionele benadering. Spiegel der Letteren, 64(1), 51-78.