Dick Zijp

Dick Zijp is a lecturer and external PhD candidate at the Department of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University. He writes his PhD on the politics of humour in Dutch cabaret (1966-2020). Together with Ivo Nieuwenhuis, he is the editor of a special issue of the European Journal of Cultural Studies on the politics and aesthetics of humour in an age of comic controversy (due Spring 2022). Next to his academic endeavours, Zijp has worked as a comedy critic for several Dutch magazines and newspapers.