Why We Continue to Programme Russian Music – And How
As you may know, I serve as music librarian for the Domcantorij (the choir & orchestra of the Dom church in Utrecht). It’s wonderfully varied work. One week I’m writing in Japanese to a choir…
Category: blog
This personal archive of Musings (aka my weblog) functions as a database for interesting fanfiction I came across, as well as for my own work on (among other things) autism, bisexuality, fan studies, King Alfred of Wessex, mermaids, music & (ludo)musicology, martial arts, (neuro)psychology, video games, the medium formerly known as TV, and random nerdiness. I hope that you’ll enjoy browsing through my Musings (Blog).
bisexuality
My Quiet Revolution – on Art, Writing, and the Radical Act of Showing Up as an Accomplice
Published in the 2025 Winter Issue of Bi Women Quarterly.
Asia Studies museummuis
Wu Zetian: A Female Emperor in a Male Stronghold
An English translation of Paardjes, porselein en powervrouwen, originally published in Dutch in China Vandaag, the Dutch-language members’ magazine of the Belgium–China Association, November 2025.
autism books
“The Pictorialist” review by Tistje
Sam from Tistje.com — a large Dutch website about autism — has read my book The Pictorialist and written this wonderful review. I’m so grateful (and honestly a bit moved) to see how deeply they…
Hektoen International Journal of Medical Humanities
Diagnosing Longing: A Medical and Cultural History of Nostalgia
An abridged version of this article was published in Hektoen International Journal of Medical Humanities.
autism blog goal setting
Learning on Your Own Terms
For the Dutch website Autisme Digitaal, I wrote a blog post on the “create your own curriculum” trend. Here is an English version, slightly longer and a tat more academic / activistic. 😉
musicology
From Hilversum to Lincoln: the Domcantorij, Muziekschatten, and a living musical heritage
On the website of the Royal Society for the History of Dutch Music, I had the pleasure of offering readers a glimpse behind the scenes of the Domcantorij.