Guido Snel
Field of research
Guido Snel ( Amstelveen , 1972) is a university lecturer (UD) teaching in the department of European Studies. Specializes in contemporary European literatures, with a specific focus on Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
He published on the cultural debate on Central Europe during the Cold War; on imaginary geographies in Central-European fictionalized autobiographies; on art and literature and the Bosnian war. Other fields of research interest: multilingualism, literature and cultural memory, cosmopolitanism, literature, public space and the debate on European identity, migration and cultural diversity.
Literary translation
Translation from Bosnian/Croatian/Serbianof works by Krleža, Crnjanski,Tišma, Štiks, Mehmedinović, Drndić, Suljagić.
Alter Ego
Alter Ego. Twenty Confrontations on the European Experience contains 5 portaits and 15 self-portraits of European artists and thinkers. The book addreses questions like Where is Europe? Who is Europe? What is a European? Whom do we actually address when we speak of our 'fellow Europeans'? The book was published by Amsterdam University Press in 2004, with the support of the European Cultural Foundation.
A Guide to Alter Ego
Views and Opinions
Below a link to a text recently published in Het Parool: is Amsterdam aware of its own stories?
Kent Amsterdam zijn verhalen wel genoeg?