About me
I am Inge, a researcher and teacher in literary and media studies. I work as an Associate Professor of Culture Studies at Tilburg University’s School of Humanities & Digital Sciences. I was a Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow at University of California Santa Barbara’s English Department and the Norwegian Reading Center of the University of Stavanger, and a Junior Core Fellow (2018-’19) at the Institute for Advanced Study in Budapest.
I hold a PhD in Comparative Literature from Utrecht University (2015), where I also completed postdoctoral research on creativity in education. I am a board member of Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA). Last but not least, I teach courses on Attention Economies, Media Aesthetics, Digital Data & Techniques, and Visual Culture & the Body, and I am coordinator of Tilburg University’s university-wide Honors Program Trust in the Information Age.
You can find my CV here.
The latest
Docentontwikkelteam Digitale Geletterdheid (2025)
November 18, 2024
Docentontwikkelteam: Literatuuronderwijs en digitale geletterdheid (schooljaar 2024-2025) Onder begeleiding van dr. Siebe Bluijs & dr. Inge van de Ven (Tilburg University) Wat kun je in je literatuurlessen doen met fenomenen als Instagrampoëzie of #booktok? Kun je leerlingen inzichten laten opdoen over literair auteurschap aan de hand van ChatGPT? Hoe kun je jeugdliteratuur inzetten om cyberpesten
Announcement conference ADDA5: Digital Infrastructures (May 2025)
March 26, 2024
ADDA5 | digital infrastructures | Mindlabs Tilburg | May 21-23, 2025 If the rise of ChatGPT and other AI tech underscores anything, it’s the imperative to analyze discourse through its material dimensions of platformed interfaces, cultures, ideologies, and – of course – algorithms. ADDA5 aims to unite scholars interested in the social production of
New book forthcoming: Digital Culture and the Hermeneutic Tradition Suspicion, Trust, and Dialogue
March 26, 2024
New book coming out by Lucie Chateau and me, scheduled for July 24! It will be available in open access and hardcover. In our information age, deciding what sources and voices to trust is a pressing matter. There seems to be a surplus of both trust and distrust in and on platforms, both of which
Trust in the Information Age (new Honors Program Tilburg University)
May 3, 2023
As of the academic year 2023-’24, TiU will start with its new Honors Program, which I will be coordinating. Are you an ambitious student at TiU, ready to take on an extra challenge? Do you wish to broaden your acquaintance with other scientific disciplines? Sign up for the Honors Program Trust in the Information Age.
Telling Stories, Telling Lies: NWO Open Competition SSH XS Grant
April 24, 2023
Next academic year (2023-’24), I will be working on a research project for which I have received an open competition grant from NWO. It is titled Telling Stories, Telling Lies: The Role of Narrative Competence in the Detection and Interpretation of Online Misinformation. In this study, I map out the narrative characteristics of online misinformation
RMeS Winter School & Graduate Symposium 2023
January 9, 2023
This year’s RMeS Winter School (26-27 January 2023) will be organised by Tilburg University. For the latest edition of the winter school we invite researchers to explore, analyse, and (above all) celebrate the frayed edges of digital media culture – glitches, blurred boundaries, major or minor transgressions – and the creative potential of these ostensibly
OSL Ravenstein Winter School New Perspectives on the Novel: Histories, Forms, Representations
January 9, 2023
Utrecht, 18-20 January 2023 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Karin Kukkonen (University of Oslo) Caroline Levine (Cornell University) Richard Jean So (McGill University) Although the novel has been declared dead many times (e.g. Gasset (1925), Benjamin (1930) Sukenick (1969)), we have never officially buried it. As a form of narrative prose it continues to engage writers, readers, publishers,
Inspiratiedag Digitale Literatuur
September 1, 2022
Kom ook naar de Inspiratiedag Digitale Literatuur op 13 september in de Bibliotheek LocHal! Met gedichtenmachines, VR, augmented reality, instagram novels, workshops, korte colleges, een discussie over de toekomst van digitale literatuur, en een openingslezing door mij. Hier meld je je gratis aan.
Project on (un)reliable storytelling: Two research trainee vacancies
August 8, 2022
When we are reading or viewing stories, how do we know what sources, characters, and voices to trust? How do we know when we should be vigilant for the possibility of being misled? How do we determine when to read, listen, or view with, and when against the grain? And how could we use this
TSHD Digital Humanities Symposium: Fact & Fiction, Trust & Distrust
July 6, 2022
On June 29 and 30 the second edition of our TSHD Digital Humanities Symposium took place, organized by representatives from all departments of our School (Giovanni Cassani, Frederic Tomas, Inge van de Ven, and Sander Verhaegh). The program consisted of four keynotes and ten paper presentations, and was financed by THSD and Netherlands Institute for
Second Digital Humanities Symposium TSHD: Fact & Fiction, Trust & Distrust
May 26, 2022
Excited to announce the second Digital Humanities Symposium hosted by Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, with the Theme ‘Fact & Fiction, Trust & Distrust’. This will take place virtually (June 29) and on the campus of Tilburg University (June 30). How do we calibrate or modulate our (dis)trust when it comes to sources
Articles on Wie is de Mol, with Suzanne van der Beek
May 26, 2022
In 2020, colleague Suzanne van der Beek and I had a session with students in which we analyzed the popular Dutch TV-show Wie Is de Mol, as part of the course Participatory Art taught by Suzanne in the BA Online Culture. We wrote then wrote an article about the media networks and audience engagement surrounding this show,