People
MACCH essentially thrives on the connections between academics and professionals from diverse backgrounds as they are represented in Maastricht. At the same time, MACCH is more than the sum of its local members. MACCH is firmly rooted in the Euregion and aims to reach out globally.
Steering Committee
Members | |
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Dr Lydia Beerkens | Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg |
Dr Joop de Jong | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Prof Rachel Pownall | School of Business and Economics |
Prof Nico Randeraad | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Christoph Rausch | Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Dr Vivian van Saaze | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Prof Hildegard Schneider | Faculty of Law |
Prof Lars van Vliet | Faculty of Law |
Dr Donna Yates | Faculty of Law |
Organisation
Dr Claartje Rasterhoff | Director |
Talitha Wilmsen | Managing Assistant |
Researchers affiliated to MACCH
Name | Faculty/Institute |
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Dr Monika Barget | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Lydia Beerkens | Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg |
Diana Berzina | Faculty of Law |
Prof Raf de Bont | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Gabriella Corey | Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Prof. Leonie Cornips | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Christian Ernsten | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Iona Goldie-Scot MA | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Prof René de Groot | Faculty of Law |
Dr Louis van den Hengel | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Luuk Hoogstede | Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg |
Anna de Jong MA | Faculty of Law |
Dr Joop de Jong | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Prof Anselm Kamperman Sanders | Faculty of Law |
Dr Annemieke Klijn | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dirk van de Leemput MA | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Sophie Lei MA | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences / Università di Roma Tre |
Jiaqi Liang | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Noah Littel | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Flora Lysen | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Afra de Mars | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Anke Moerland | Faculty of Law |
Irina Olevska | Faculty of Law |
Mareike Opeña | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Costas Papadopoulos | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Augustin Parise | Faculty of Law |
Prof Rachel Pownall | School of Business and Economics |
Prof Peter Peters | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Judith van Puyvelde | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Prof Nico Randeraad | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Claartje Rasterhoff | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Christoph Rausch | Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Dr Annika Richterich | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Inge Römgens MA | Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Artemis Rüstau MA | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Prof Sarah Schoenmaekers | Faculty of Law |
Kate Seymour MA | Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL) |
Dr Vivian van Saaze | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Prof Hildegard Schneider | Faculty of Law |
Prof Emilie Sitzia | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Livia Solaro | Faculty of Law |
Caitlin Spangler-Bickell | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Veerle Spronck MSc | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Eliza Steinbock | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Prof Renée van de Vall | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Prof Lars van Vliet | Faculty of Law |
Dr Jo Wachelder | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Karin Wenz | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Prof Sally Wyatt | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Donna Yates | Faculty of Law |
Liang-Kai Yu | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Former MACCH affiliated researchers
Name | Faculty/Institute |
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Dr Barbara Beckers | Sociaal Historisch Centrum Limburg |
Dr Ana Bolz | Faculty of Law |
Dr Pieter Caljé | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Anouk Duivenvoorden | School of Business and Economics |
Dr Charlotte van Emstede | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Pieternel Fleskens MA | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Marina Gertsberg | School of Business and Economics |
Dr Amoury Groenen | Faculty of Law |
Prof Ernst Homburg | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
René Hoppenbrouwers | Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg |
Dr Tim van der Heijden | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Prof Ad Knotter | Sociaal Historisch Centrum Limburg |
Prof Pip Laurenson | Tate, London, UK |
Dr Katja Lubina | Faculty of Law |
Dr Eslam Nofal | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Evangelina Psychogiopoulou | Faculty of Law |
Dr Ana Ramalho | Faculty of Law |
Dr Simone Schleper | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Hans Schouwenburg | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Vanessa Tünsmeyer | Faculty of Law |
Dr Nora Vaage | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Prof Valentina Vadi | Faculty of Law |
Prof Renee van de Vall | |
Dr Patricia de Vries |
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Dr Ties van de Werff |
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/HRHVResearch Centre for Arts, Autonomy and the Public Sphere (Zuyd Hogeschool) |
Dr Bart Zwegers | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Visiting researchers
Marijn van de Weijer
Former industrial sites are clearly present in today’s architectural culture; well-located factories offer inspiring scenery for urban revitalization. Still, industrial relics form a fragile kind of heritage. Many industries have settled in locations which fall outside of the scope of contemporary redevelopment schemes. Buildings were designed for temporary use. Environmental and economic stakes dictate priorities other than conservation. As a visiting fellow at MACCH in the period 15 February - 31 July, 2016, Marijn van de Weijer explored these issues in the former Dutch mining region:
The former Eastern Mining Region is a case where diverse stakes have overarched the interest in industrial heritage conservation, from the closing of the mines in 1967 and onward. Working with Professor Ernst Homburg, I was able to trace through the archives, the impressive planning machinery implemented to transform the former ‘black’ mining region to ‘green Park City’. What struck me (especially because I work in Belgium, where this is only more recently becoming an issue), was the predominant preoccupation with the negative effects of suburbanization, which would have to be prevented. The former mining were seen to provide opportunities to create green, urban environments, preventing mechanisms of sprawl in the idyllic landscape.
I chose to focus on two former mines, where industrial buildings were kept for an extended time (most mining sites were demolished entirely and immediately), and where the potential of partial conservation repeatedly occurs in the planning discourse. While in Maastricht, I could trace important actors in the historic planning process, which I have invited for interviews. Currently, I am preparing and analyzing my material for publication.
Besides this research, I contributed to two project proposals in which the Universities of Hasselt and Maastricht – with some luck – will continue to cooperate. One of these is a European H2020 project on cultural institutions in (former) mining regions. This project would allow us to jointly build further on the knowledge I gathered during this short fellowship. I am very thankful to Maastricht University, to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, to MACCH, and to all the people who have advised me or were willing to discuss my research topics with me. I enjoyed my time in Maastricht, and I hope that the established connections between our faculties will be developed further.

Paul P. Stewens
Paul P. Stewens is a guest researcher at the Faculty of Law's Department of Criminal Law and Criminology (until 4th of July 2022) , working with MACCH affiliated researcher Donna Yates among others. His work focuses on the illicit trade in fossils and its regulation under public international law to counteract harmful extractive practices in palaeontology (such as parachute science) and to address the widespread phenomenon of colonial fossil looting. He is an undergraduate student of international relations at Technische Universität Dresden and an incoming student of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. If you are interested in his research or would like to collaborate with Paul, please reach out to paul.stewens[at]maastrichtuniversity[dot]nl.
Anna Camacho
From 2018, FASoS hosted Anna Camacho, research master student from the University of Nijmegen as research intern.
Hélia Marçal
As part of my Ph.D. on the conservation of performance art at NOVA University of Lisbon, I spent three months (12 September – 12 December) as a Visiting Researcher at MACCH, working among others with Dr. Vivian van Saaze. I had high expectations of my stay at Maastricht University and they were all greatly exceeded.
Not only did I acquire skills that will help me complete my work, the research visit also allowed me to discuss some issues with several scholars that opened my horizons and helped me to overcome some writing obstacles. Besides working on my Ph.D. research, I attended several formal and informal meetings and also engaged in various MACCH activities such as the Digital Heritage Workshop, which I helped organise. On 1 October, I joined Van Saaze in a public event on performance art at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and became one of the documentalists of a live work by the art collective JODI. In addition, I was able to attend several lectures at Maastricht University as well as the Symposium The Many Faces of UNESCO (1945-2015). Among all the benefits I got from my stay, I have to mention the opportunity of working with researchers who have a profound knowledge of performance art and ethnographic research. I hope this contact between NOVA University of Lisbon and MACCH resonates in time and space, becoming a collaboration full of different, and yet similarly positive, occurrences for both institutes.
On a more personal note I am hoping this was only the first contact between MACCH and myself, and that this first encounter also creates future opportunities.