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 citizenship 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) 
• 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