Lotte Jensen

Lotte Jensen is Professor of Dutch Cultural and Literary History at Radboud University Nijmegen. She was Principal Investigator of the project Dealing with Disasters. The shaping of local and national identities in the Netherlands (1421-1890), for which she was awarded a VICI grant by NWO, and which investigates the impact of natural disasters on Dutch local and national identities from a cultural-historical perspective. Previously, she directed the project Proud to be Dutch, for which she was awarded a VIDI grant by NWO, which investigated the roots of nationalism in the Netherlands in a European context.  Together with Marguérite Corporaal (PI, RU) and Ingrid Zwarte (WUR) she coordinates the project Heritages of Hunger. She is also participates in the Gravitation Programme Adapt! which investigates adaptability of societies in crises. She is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). In 2025, she holds the Isabelle de Charrière chair at the Université de Lille in France.