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Welcome to the website of Anneke Smelik

Here you can find information about my research and publications.
Feel free to have a look around and download the various texts you want.
There is a special page on fashion research.

Professor emerita Anneke Smelik is now retired.
I am slowly getting used to having more time for research, lectures, travels, walks, fitness and going to the movies (well, that is the aim at least!).

I gave my valedictory lecture at Radboud University of Nijmegen where I worked for over 25 years; I am now retired (which feels like a long research sabbatical!).
De afscheidsrede is te lezen als essay in De Groene Amsterdammer.
A recent article: ‘Polyester: a cultural history’ in Fashion Practice.
I am co-editor of the journal Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty.
Here I am, proudly presenting the book Delft Blue to Denim Blue: Contemporary Dutch Fashion that gives an in-depth analysis of Dutch fashion, featuring 140 pictures.
Email [email protected]

My research focuses on:

an exploration of mindfulness for fashion studies
slow fashion and issues of sustainability
posthuman fashion
new materialism in fashion studies
a Deleuzean perspective on fashion

Rosi Braidotti and Anneke Smelik together initiated the ROSANNA Fund to help promising women scholars. The grants are handed out yearly on International Womens day around March 8. ROSANNA will greatly appreciate your donation!