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Ismee Tames is a Professor with a special appointment at Utrecht University, where she studies the ways people and societies deal with war and mass violence. Her research focuses on war cultures, which set behaviors, ideas, and practices that enable societies to commit and endure large-scale violence. Tames employs transnational and global history, as well as micro-historical approaches, to gain insight into processes that relate to deprivation of rights, particularly related to the granting of loss of nationality and citizenship during the war, post-war, and inter-war periods. She investigates themes surrounding the so-called 'Nansen refugees', a heterogeneous group of stateless refugees defined by international agreements made between the 1920s and 1950s. Tames explores how such agreements influenced practices over time, including during and after World War periods. She discusses topics such as inclusion and exclusion, loyalty and betrayal, and the complex dynamics of communities, care, and legalities surrounding deportation and displacement. Tames understands humans as 'meaning makers,' navigating a world filled with systemic violence and polarization. Her goal is to foster shared humanity and support regenerative cultural practices that counteract violent ways of thinking and acting.
Department of Psychology