Dr Claudia Lueders

International Relations and Politics (BA (Hons))
POLI4001 Political Socialisation and Ideologies, POLI5017 Nations and Nationalism

My research is focused on the (re-)production of national identity in everyday life by ordinary people. My research draws on banal and everyday nationalism and tries to reconcile the theoretical tensions between both. I completed my PhD in Politics at Royal Holloway (RHUL), University of London. My thesis, titled ‘Britpop’s Common People: national identity, popular music, and youth in the 1990s’ adopted a case study approach to Britpop’s representation of national identity and the British youth, and their attitude towards British identity in the 1990s.co-edited my first book “A Political Sociology of Cultural Encounters. Essays on Borders, Cosmopolitanism, and Globalisation.” with Prof Axford (Oxford Brookes University), Prof Halperin (Royal Holloway, University of London), and Dr. Brisbourne (Royal Holloway, University of London) which has been published by Routledge in September 2022. My current research looks at everyday nationalism in citizzenship tests in the UK and in Germany.

Open Access: Lueders, C. (2017) Britpop’s Common people – National identity, popular music, and young people in the 1990s (PHD) https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/britpops-common-people--national-identity-popular music-and-young-people-in-the-1990s(42b98e30-784c-4c0f-a452-957424e3e7b2).html Interview: Molly Wilford (2024) Patriotism vs progression: what is ‘British identity’? Hybrid Magazine, Online Magazine https://www.hybridmag.co.uk/p/patriotism-vs-progression-what-is

ASEN – Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism GPES - Centre for Global Politics, Economy, and Society- Research Group: Cultures, Identities and Divisions at Oxford Brookes University MRN - Migration and Refugee Network at Oxford Brookes University

2025 - “A comparative analysis of everyday nationalism in British and German citizenship tests” at the ECPR Conference in Thessaloniki 2025 - “Mind the gap – Everyday nationalism in the Life in the UK Test. A critical reflection on invisible borders within British citizenship tests” at ASEN Conference in Budapest (April)& the ASEN Summer School in Zadar (June) 2017 - „Don’t look back in anger: a reflection on strangeness and borders in academia.” at the Symposium for Professor Chris Rumford, Royal Holloway, University of London 2015 - „Britpop’s ‘Common People’ in Times of an EU Crisis.” Panel: „The Dimensions, Causes and Consequences of EU Citizenship in Times of Crisis“ at the European Consortium for Political Research Conference (ECPR) in Montreal, Canada 2015 - „Britpop’s Common People – The representation of national identity in popular music in a globalized world” at the Global Studies Association Conference GSA, London, United Kingdom 2015 - „Britpop’s Common People – The representation of national identity in popular music“at the Keep it Simple, Make it Fast International Conference (KISMIF) in Porto, Portugal 2014 - „Britpop’s Common People – The representation of national identity in popular music“at Britcult - European Britain, Postgraduate Conference of the British Studies Association, Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of British Cultures in Hannover, Germany 2014 - „Britpop’s Common People – The representation of national identity in popular music, “ Postgraduate conference ‘Beyond the Ivory Tower: Research and Society’ at Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom 2013 - „Britpop – A Soundtrack of British National Identity“at the Institute of Musical Research Conference in London, United Kingdom 2012 - „Definitely Maybe’ – Britpop – A Soundtrack of British National Identity“at the IASPM UK conference at the Salford University in Manchester, United Kingdom 2012 - ‘‘Something Changed’: - The effects of globalization on British identity in the context of Britpop music“at the 4th European Consortium for Political Research Graduate Conference in Bremen, Germany