Goran Bouaziz
PhD candidate
- Name
- G. Bouaziz MA
- Telephone
- 071 5272727
- g.bouaziz@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Goran Bouaziz is a lecturer and PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.
More information about Goran Bouaziz
Fields of interest
- Dutch literature
- Theatrical text and performance
- Literary Modernism
- (Post)colonial literature
Research
My PhD dissertation, 'Strijdtoneel' [Battle Scene], will examine how Dutch-language theatre between 1900 and 1940 served as a battleground for social debate. From the socialist theatre of Herman Heijermans to feminist dramas, nationalist myth plays, and colonial satire, playwrights used the stage to confront urgent issues of their time — often facing censorship, scandal, or even riots in response.
Despite their impact, Dutch-language plays of this period have remained at the margins of literary scholarship, often dismissed as lacking the narrativity of prose fiction. My research challenges this view by combining recent narratological insights with historical and philosophical perspectives to show how playwrights employed theatricality, dramatic form and theatrical convention as tools for socio-political engagement. In doing so, I aim to investigate theatre's role in shaping some of the most pressing debates in prewar Dutch and colonial society.
PhD candidate
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden University Centre for Arts in Society
- Bouaziz G. (4 May 2026), Over 'Schrijven over vernietiging': Reflecties op de reflecties (op de reflecties). Lezing 4 mei - Schrijven over vernietiging. Rosa Spier Huis, Laren. [lecture].
- Bouaziz G. (6 March 2026), Een ‘Indische Conan Doyle’: De koloniale samenleving in Ucee’s Indo-detectivereeks. Indische letteren, Leiden. [lecture].
- Bouaziz G. (12 June 2026), 'Pantun indonesiani': Giacomo Prampolini and pantun poetry. Conference: The Universality of Literature: Giacomo Prampolini, Translator and Mediator. Leiden University, Leiden. [lecture].
- Baay R. & Bouaziz G. (25 June 2026), Een perspectief van binnenuit. Interviewed by Guido Spring for Constant en Hans - Indisch Cultureel Erfgoed. [interview].
- Bouaziz G. (8 June 2024), Tussen de coulissen van de Nederlandstalige letteren: Herman Heijermans en andere toneelschrijvers in de collectie van de MdNL. Symposium ‘Niet enkel voor de pronk. De bibliotheek als wereld, de wereld als bibliotheek’. Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde. [lecture].
- Bouaziz G. (8 March 2024), De koloniale komedie: Theaterconventies en koloniale verhoudingen in de Indische toneelstukken van Henri van Wermeskerken. Indische Letteren. [lecture].