Network

The daily management of NISE is taken care of by the NISE Office, situated at the ADVN | archives of national movements. Its responsibilities include communication, the organisation of events and the general overview of all operations.

Kas Swerts

Administrator

Kas Swerts supervises the smooth and sound functioning of NISE, leads the coordination team and guides the development of the organisation.

Elly Broes

Administrative and financial officer

Elly Broes takes care of all NISE administration and finances. At the ADVN she worked as a librarian and manager of public relations before becoming responsible for the institute’s human resources.

Eva Bidania Ibargutxi

Co-ordinator

Eva handles NISE’s communication and public relations, organises its events and manages the cooperation and networking between its members.

The Advisory Board is an advisory body that guarantees the scientific and professional quality of NISE’s activity.

Its members are:

Em. Prof. Dr. Frans-Jos Verdoodt

ADVN

Mr. Luc Boeva

ADVN/ NISE

Prof. Dr. Daniele Conversi

Ikerbasque Foundation for Science & University of the Basque Country

Prof. Dr. Liljana Gushevska

Institute of National History, Macedonia

Em. Prof. Dr. Miroslav Hroch

(former) Charles University Prague

Dr. John Hutchinson

London Schools of Economics and Political Science

Dr. Athena Leoussi

University of Reading

Prof. Dr. Alexei Miller

European University at Saint-Petersburg

Prof. Dr. Diana Mishkova

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia

Prof. Dr. Murray Pittock

University of Glasgow

Prof. Dr. Attila Pók

Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK)

Prof. Dr. Miloš Řezník

German Historical Institute Warsaw

Dr. Eric Storm

Leiden University

The Scientific Core Group (SCG) determines the scientific course of NISE and supervises the platform’s operations. Consisting of scholars from all over Europe and with different scientific backgrounds and areas of expertise, the SCG draws up NISE’s policies.

Members are:

Dr. Raul Cârstocea
Maynooth University, Ireland

Dr. Joana I. Duyster Borredà
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr. Darius Staliūnas
Lietuvos istorijos institutas, Vilnius – Lithuania

Prof. dr. Maarten Van Ginderachter
Universiteit Antwerpen (UA), Antwerp – Belgium

Prof. dr. Bruno De Wever
Universiteit Gent (UG), Ghent – Belgium

Dr. Anna Veronika Wendland
Herder-Institut, Marburg – Germany

Dr. Francesca Zantedeschi
SPIN – Study Platform on Interlocking Nationalisms

Ex-officio members are:

Prof. dr. Joep Leerssen
Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), Amsterdam – The Netherlands

Dr. Kas Swerts
ADVN – NISE (Antwerp), University of Antwerpen – Belgium

Institutes, specialist networks and projects are of pivotal importance for the NISE platform. Its development depends on the integration of relevant initiatives in a dynamic network, optimising their operation within the project and enhancing intra-institutional collaboration. Representatives of the institutes meet each other on regular occasions.

ADVN, Archief-, Documentatie- en Onderzoekscentrum, Antwerp-Belgium

Ajaloo, arheoloogia ja kunstiajaloo keskus, Tallinn-Estonia

The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN), London-United Kingdom

Centar za komparativno-historijske i interkulturne studije (CKHIS), Zagreb-Croatia

Centre de Recherche Bretonne et Celtique (CRBC), Brest-France

Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS), Sofia-Bulgaria

Dansk Centralbibliotek for Sydslesvig, Flensburg-Germany

European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), Flensburg-Germany

Filozofický ústav Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava-Slovak Republic

Fonds d’Histoire du Mouvement Wallon (FHMW), Liège-Belgium

An Foras Feasa, Maynooth-Ireland

Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden-The Netherlands

Grup de Recerca en Estats, Nacions i Sobiranies (GRENS), Barcelona-Spain

Herder-Institut, Marburg-Germany

Historický ústav Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava-Slovak Republic

Hrvatski institut za povijest, Zagreb-Croatia

ICARUS, Vienna-Austria

Інститут українознавства ім. І. Крип’якевича ( Національної академії наук України), Lviv-Ukraine

Institut für Soziale Bewegungen (ISB), Bochum-Germany

Institut za nacionalna istorija (INI), Skopje-Macedonia

Inštitut za slovensko literaturo in literarne vede, Ljubljana-Slovenia

Institute of Cornish Studies, Penryn-United Kingdom

Istitut Cultural Ladin ‘Majon di Fascegn‘, Vich-Italy

Karjalan tutkimuslaitos, Joensuu-Finland

Lietuvos istorijos institutas, Vilnius-Lithuania

LU Latvijas vēstures institūts, Riga-Latvia

Magyar Tudományos Akadémia – Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont – Történettudományi Intézet, Budapest-Hungary

Migration Competence Center (MCC), Yerevan-Armenia

Nationalism Studies Program (Central European University), Budapest-Hungary

Nazioni e Regioni – Studi e Ricerche sulla comunità immaginat (NeRe), Bari-Italy

Power in History. Centre for Political History, Antwerp-Belgium

Sámi Arkiiva (SA), Kautokeino-Norway

Scottish Political Archive (SPA), Stirling-United Kingdom

Serbski Institut (SI), Bautzen-Germany

Study Platform on Interlocking Nationalisms (SPIN), Amsterdam-The Netherlands

Tresoar, Leeuwarden-The Netherlands

Univerzita Karlova v Praze – Filozofická fakulta – Ústav českých dějin, Prague-Czech Republic

Ústav slovenskej literatúry Slovenskej akadémia vied, Bratislava-Slovak Republic

The Welsh Political Archive (WPA), Aberystwyth-United Kingdom

The associated membership allows for scholars to participate with all NISE activities on an ad hoc basis. Members are invited to the NISE conferences and can make use of the platform to propose and carry out projects.

Dr. Andrei Cusco – Center for Empire Studies, Faculty of History and Philosophy, State University of Moldova, Chișinău-Moldova

Dr. Gabriella Elgenius – University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg-Sweden

Dr. Tudi Kernalegenn – UCLouvain (University of Louvain), Institut de Sciences Politiques Louvain, Louvain (Belgium)

Prof. Philippe Martel – Université de Montpellier III, Montpellier-France

Dr. Claus Møller Jørgensen – Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus-Denmark

Dr. Małgorzata Myśliwiec – Uniwersytet Śląski, Katowice-Poland

Dr. Robert Schertzer – University of Toronto, Toronto-Canada

Dr. Ostap Sereda – Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies, L’viv-Ukraine

Prof. dr. Pavel Tereshkovich – European Humanities University, Vilnius-Lithuania

In furthering its goals, NISE has developed relations with some institutions whose remit does not fully correspond to its own. A partnership agreement stipulates the modalities of cooperation. Without being involved in NISE’s policy or management decisions, both parties can gain mutual benefits from a clearly defined collaboration.

Abertzaletasunaren Agiritegia, Artea-Spain

Centre Internacional Escarré per a les Minories Etniques i les Nacions (CIEMEN), Barcelona-Spain

Coppieters Foundation, Brussels-Belgium

Consello da Cultura Galega, Santiago de Compostela-Spain

European Institute of Identities – Swansea University, Swansea-United Kingdom

Instytut Badań Regionalnych – Biblioteki Śląskiej w Katowicach, Katowice-Poland

Rolde de Estudios Aragoneses (REA), Zaragoza-Spain

Svenska Centralarkivet, Helsinki-Finland

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), The Hague-The Netherlands