Eric Storm
Associate professor
- Name
- Dr. H.J. Storm
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2721
- h.j.storm@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8656-7283
Eric Storm is a Senior University Lecturer at the Institute for History. I am a specialist in Spanish history of the 19th and 20th centuries. I also conducted extensive research into the construction of regional identities in France, Spain and Germany between 1890 and 1940. At present, I mainly publish about nationalization processes in a comparative perspective. I focus on high culture (art, architecture) and more banal forms of nationalism (tourism, world fairs, domestic sphere, cuisine). I recently edited two volumes on regionalism in Europe and one on historical approaches to nationalism. As an expert in Spanish culture and politics, I regularly present my views on current affairs in the media.
More information about Eric Storm
Books
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World Fairs and the Global Moulding of National Identities: International Exhibitions as Cultural Platforms, 1851–1958
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Writing the History of Nationalism
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La construcción de identidades regionales en España, Francia y Alemania, 1890-1939
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Regionalism and Modern Europe : Identity Construction and Movements from 1890 to the Present Day
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The Discovery of El Greco: The Nationalization of Culture Versus the Rise of Modern Art (1860-1915)
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Colonial Soldiers in Europe, 1914-1945: "Aliens in Uniform" in Wartime Societies
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Region and State in 19th Century Europe
PhD candidates
I am a specialist in Spanish history of the 19th and 20th centuries. I also conducted extensive research into the construction of regional identities in France, Spain and Germany between 1890 and 1940. At present, I mainly publish about nationalization processes in a comparative perspective. I focus on high culture (art, architecture) and more banal forms of nationalism (tourism, world fairs, domestic sphere, cuisine). I recently edited two volumes on regionalism in Europe and one on historical approaches to nationalism. As an expert in Spanish culture and politics, I regularly present my views on current affairs in the media.
Hours
By appointment.
Research
I am a recognized specialist of Spanish history in the 19th and 20th centuries and one of the internationally leading scholars on the history of regionalism. Recently, I have become fascinated by the construction of national identities, especially through all kinds of banal forms.
My dissertation dealt with the political debates among intellectuals and politicians in Spain in the period 1890-1914 and has been translated into Spanish as La perspectiva del progreso. Pensamiento politico en la España del cambio de siglo (2001). As a Grotius-fellow at University of Amsterdam I investigated how the rediscovery of the mannerist painter El Greco was largely caused by a nationalist reinterpretation of the European (artistic) past, and that the ‘nationalisation’ of his oeuvre from about the 1860s was initiated by foreign travellers, critics and historians. In my second post-doc project (Veni-grant) I systematically compared the rise, peak and demise of the culture of regionalism in France, Germany and Spain between 1890 and 1939. In The Culture of Regionalism (Manchester University Press 2010) I argue that regionalism should not be seen as the consequence of a growing self-awareness of provincial elites, but as an innovative international trend that origin ated wit h highly modern, national elites with a strong cosmopolitan outlook. Currently I am involved in various international research projects and focus on banal nationalism, regional identity construction, tourism and world fairs.
Fields of interest
- Nationalism and Nation-Building
- Regionalism
- Spanish History since 1808
- History of Tourism
- European Cultural History
- Global history of nationalism
Teaching activities and supervision
- I give lectures on European History since 1789. Most of my seminars focus on the construction of regional and national identities and banal forms of nationalism. The geographical scope is mostly Europe, but I am also interested in similar processes elsewhere.
- I supervise BA and MA thesis dealing with the history of Spain, France and Italy since about 1800 and also am willing to consider research projects on nationalism and regionalism.
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
1985-1991 History at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
1993-1999 PhD at the University of Groningen. One year stay in Madrid.
Academic Positions:
1999-2000 Assistant professor at the History Department, University Groningen.
2000-2002 Grotius fellow at the History Department, University of Amsterdam.
2000-2001 Visiting researcher at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, University Complutense, Madrid.
2002-2004 Research fellow (NWO Veni scholarship) at the History Department, University of Amsterdam.
2004-now Assistant/Associate professor at the History Department, Leiden University, the Netherlands (tenured).
2007-2008 Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study.
2015 Visiting Fellow Modern European History Research Centre, Faculty of History, Oxford University.
2019-20 Visiting Scholar Global History, Friedrich Meinecke Institute, Freie Universität Berlin.
Grants and awards
- Grotius Fellow, 2000-2002
- NWO VENI Scholarship, 2002-2007
Key publications
- Stefan Berger and Eric Storm eds., Writing the History of Nationalism (London: Bloomsbury 2019).
- Eric Storm, La construcción de identidades regionales en España, Francia y Alemania, 1890-1939 (transl. José Cuni; Madrid: Ediciones Complutense 2019).
- Xosé M. Núñez Seixas and Eric Storm eds., Regionalism in Modern Europe: Identity Construction and Movements From 1890 to the Present Day (London: Bloomsbury 2019).
- Eric Storm, ‘A New Dawn in Nationalism Studies? Some Fresh Incentives to Overcome Historiographical Nationalism: Review Article’, European History Quarterly (2018) 113-130.
- Eric Storm, ‘La nacionalización del hogar en España’, Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies 23-2 (2017) 255-275.
- Eric Storm, ‘The Nationalisation of the Domestic Sphere’, Nations and Nationalism (2017) 173-193.
- Eric Storm, ‘Art History’ in: Diana Mishkova and Balázs Trencsényi eds., European Regions and Boundaries: A Conceptual History (Oxford and New York: Berghahn 2017) 510-542.
- Eric Storm, The Discovery of El Greco: The Nationalization of Culture versus the Rise of Modern Art, 1860-1914 (transl. from Dutch; Eastborne: Sussex Academic Press 2016).
- Eric Storm and Ali al-Tuma eds., Colonial Soldiers in Europe, 1914-1945: ‘Aliens in Uniform’ in Wartime Societies (Oxford and New York: Routledge 2016).
- Eric Storm, ‘Overcoming Methodological Nationalism in Nationalism Studies: The Impact of Tourism on the Construction and Diffusion of National and Regional Identities’, History Compass 12, 4 (2014) 361-373.
- Eric Storm, ‘Una España más española. La influencia del turismo en la imagen nacional’ in: Javier Moreno Luzón y Xosé-Manoel Núñez Seixas eds., Ser españoles. Imaginarios nacionalistas en el siglo XX (Barcelona: RBA 2013) 530-560.
- Joost Augusteijn and Eric Storm eds., Region and State in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Nation-building, regional identities and separatism (Basingstoke: Palgrave 2012).
- Eric Storm, El descubrimiento del Greco: Nacionalismo y arte moderno, 1860-1914 (transl. José Cuni; Madrid: Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica y Marcial Pons 2011).
- Eric Storm, The Culture of Regionalism: Art, Architecture and International Exhibitions in France, Germany and Spain, 1890-1939 (Manchester: Manchester University Press 2010).
- Eric Storm, La perspectiva del progreso. Pensamiento político en la España del cambio de siglo (1890-1914) (transl. José Cuni; Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva 2001).
Associate professor
- Faculty of Humanities
- Institute for History
- Algemene Geschiedenis
- Storm H.J. (13 January 2023), Nationalizing the vernacular: the global construction of regional identities at world fairs. Conference Cultural Representations of the Region in Transnational Contexts, c. 1840-1940. Radboud University, Nijmegen. [lecture].
- Storm H.J. (31 May 2023), The battle between culture and civilization: competing perspectives at World Fairs, 1867-1939. Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna. [lecture].
- Storm H.J. (15 November 2020), Cómo inventó España su 'nacionalismo banal'. Mesones, patios andaluces y cocido. Interviewed by Héctor G. Barnes for El Confidencial. [interview].
- Storm H.J. (17 June 2020), "La EU va fomentar el poder de les regions", historiador. Interviewed by Fuster-Sobrepere Joan & Gil Garrusta Marc, Entrevista. [interview].
- Storm H.J. (7 January 2019), 6 interviews on recent political developments in Spain/Catalonia. for Bureau Buitenland/NPO Radio 1 (Radio 1). [interview].
- Storm H.J. (7 February 2019), 6 lectures on Spanish Civil War, Independence Movement in Catalonia, Spanish Democracy and Regionalism in Europe. Amsterdam (2x), Madrid, Utrecht (2x), The Hague. [lecture].
- Storm H.J. (3 February 2018), The failed secession of Catalonia: Causes and Consequences. [lecture].
- Storm H.J. (11 June 2018), Interview on extradiction of Carles Puigdemont with Financieel Dagblad and BNR Nieuwsradio. . [interview].
- Storm H.J. (2017), Catalonië. for Knack. [interview].
- Storm H.J. (2017), Consequenties referendum Catalonië. for Trouw. [interview].
- Storm H.J. (2017), Onafhankelijkheid Catalonië?. for Ter Zake (Canvas). [interview].
- Storm H.J. (2017), Catalonië referendum. for Spitsuur, De ochtendspits, Nieuws & Co, Wekker Wakker (BNR, radio 1, radio 5). [interview].
- Storm H.J. (2017), Onrust in Catalonië. Interviewed by . [interview].
- Storm H.J. (2017), Turismo e identidades regionales en Europa durante el siglo XX - Seminario Historia Contemporánea, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. [lecture].
- Storm H.J. (4 November 2017), De Catalaanse operette is een tragikomedie aan het worden. Interviewed by Hekking Han Dirk for Het Financieele Dagblad, Economie en Politiek: 6-7. [interview].
- Storm H.J. (8 April 2017), De herontdekking van El Greco. [lecture].
- Storm H.J. (2017), Autonomie en onafhankelijkheid. De opkomst van het Catalaanse nationalisme”, Honours Class, Faculty of Social Sciences, Leiden. [lecture].
- Storm H.J. (2017), Onrust in Catalonië. Referendum over afscheiding Spanje en gevolgen. for Een Vandaag (3 keer) (NPO 1). [interview].
- Storm H.J. (2017), Onrust in Catalonië. Interviewed by . [interview].
- Storm H.J. (27 October 2017), Catalonia. Interviewed by Sommer Berend for Elsevier. [interview].
- Storm H.J. (25 June 2016), Spaanse verkiezingen en Brexit. for Trio (Klara Radio, Brussels). [interview].
- Storm H.J. (2 April 2016), The Rediscovery of El Greco [Museum Hermitage, Amsterdam, April 2, 2016]. [lecture].
- Heijt H. & Storm H.J. (25 September 2015), Heeft een onafhankelijk Catalonië eigenlijk wel toekomst?. Interviewed by Heijt Hans. [interview].
- Storm H.J. (18 December 2015), Spanje naar de stembus: Jonge kiezers zijn klaar met oude politiek. Interviewed by Vleugel Ferdinand. [interview].
- Storm H.J. (18 March 2015), Het ontstaan van het nationalisme naar aanleiding van de Franse Revolutie [Studium Generale, 'De Verlichting, Franse Revolutie en Napoleon’, Universiteit Leiden, March 18, 2015]. Studium Generale. [lecture].
- Storm H.J. (29 September 2015), Geschiedenis van het moderne Spanje [HOVO Utrecht, ‘Spaanse Passie III: Modern Spanje, de afbrokkeling van stereotypen’, September 29, 2015]. [lecture].
- Storm H.J. (2 May 2014), The Centenary of El Greco. for El Marcapáginas (Gestiona Radio, Madrid). [interview].
- Heijt H. (6 November 2014), Vijf vragen over het referendum over een onafhankelijk Catalonië. Interviewed by Heijt Hans. [interview].
- Storm H.J. (19 September 2014), De herontdekking van El Greco [Las Lanzas, Breda, September 19, 2014]. [lecture].
- Storm H.J. (10 November 2014), De geschiedenis van Spanje 1874-1936 [HOVO 'Spanjes worsteling met de moderniteit', Instituto Cervantes, Utrecht, November 10, 2014]. [lecture].
- Storm H.J. (2012), The Spanish Civil War (lecture series) [Studium Generale, Leiden University, 10 and 24 April, 8 and 22 May 2012]. [lecture].