Fenneke Sysling
Dep. Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis - Cultuurgeschiedenis
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Fenneke Sysling is a postdoctoral researcher, funded by an NWO Veni Grant. Her project looks at the ways in which quantification has changed how people understand their bodies and selves from the mid 19th century onwards. She obtained her PhD in 2013 with a thesis on the history of racial science in colonial Indonesia.
Research Interest
History and Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities
Publications
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Sysling, F.H. (2016). Racial Science and Human Diversity in Colonial Indonesia. (360 p.). Singapore University Press.
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Sysling, F.H. (2016). ‘Race and Photography’ by Amos Morris-Reich. History of Anthropology Newsletter
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Sysling, F.H. (2017). Skulls, restitution and internal colonialism in the Netherlands. Contemporanea, 20 (1), (pp. 140-146).
