Dr. Willemijn Ruberg

Biography

Willemijn Ruberg is a Professor of Cultural History at Utrecht University, specializing in modern history, gender, sexuality, emotions, law, knowledge, forensic expertise, and cultural theory. Ruberg's notable publication, 'History Body' (2020), is part of the History Theory series published by Palgrave Macmillan/Red Globe Press. Currently, Ruberg is working on a new book that discusses cultural history regarding bodily integrity in modern Europe. In addition, she is co-editing several forthcoming works, including 'Cultural History Changing World' with Jochen Hung and an Oxford Handbook on the History of the Modern Body. From 2018 to 2024, Ruberg has been the principal investigator of the research project 'Forensic Culture', focusing on a comparative analysis of forensic practices in Europe from 1930 to 2000, which has been funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant. She also founded the Research Network for Culture, Law, and the Body, contributing significantly to the academic dialogue in these fields and supervising PhD candidates on various related topics, including the interactions between lay and expert knowledge in legal contexts and the historical context of sexual crime in the Netherlands.

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