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Prof. dr. Thijs Weststeijn
Professor
Humanities
Research Institute for History and Art History
Art History
Art History
Humanities
Department of History and Art History
Art History
Art History
+31 30 253 6362
m.a.weststeijn@uu.nl
Drift 15
Drift 15
Kamer 1.01
3512 BR Utrecht
Prof. dr. Thijs Weststeijn
Professor
Art History
Art History
+31 30 253 6362
m.a.weststeijn@uu.nl
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Profile
Publications
Activities
Prizes
In the media
Teaching
Ancillary activities
Public outreach
Contact
Areas of expertise
Visual Art before 1850
Golden Age
Globalisation
China and Europe
Antiquarianism
Art Theory
Relation between Art Theory and the Painter's Practice
History of the History of Art
History of humanities
History of Art and Science
Early Modern Cultural History
Heritage Studies
Cultural Heritage
Research areas
Institutions for Open Societies (IOS)
Migration and Societal Change
Activities
2023
Johann Adam Schall von Bell as Mediator between the Qing Empire and the Dutch East India Company
Thijs Weststeijn
(Speaker)
3 Dec 2023
,
People, Objects, and Images of Maritime East Asia. International Colloquium
Kennisdelingssessie Erfgoedmanagement in het Carisbisch gebied
Thijs Weststeijn
(Speaker)
14 Nov 2023
Erfgoedacademielezing: De toekomst van het verleden
Thijs Weststeijn
(Speaker)
3 Nov 2023
De toekomst van het verleden
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
3 Oct 2023
,
Erfgoeddag Gemeente Utrecht
Art Histories in Dialogue: Heritage and Climate, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
21 Sept 2023
,
Art Histories in Dialogue
Johns Hopkins University
(External organisation)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Chair)
6 Sept 2023
'Heeft ons verleden nog een toekomst?' Lezing voor ICOMOS-NL, Amsterdam
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
14 Jun 2023
,
ICOMOS-NL lezing
The future of the past: heritage and climate, Studium Generale Maastricht University
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
16 Mar 2023
,
Studium Generale
The Future of the Past: Heritage and Climate
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
16 Mar 2023
Urban Politics and Memory of Heritage: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the City as an Agent in Historical Culture
Thijs Weststeijn
(Chair)
2023
Collège de France
(External organisation)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Chair)
2023
Centre for Maritime History and Culture Research
(CMHCR),
Dalian Maritime University
(Publisher)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Editor)
2023
Central European University Press
(Publisher)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Editor)
2023
2022
Chinese Visitors to the Netherlands
(1600-1705)
and their Cultural Representation
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
11 Apr 2022
Writing the History of the World in the Seventeenth-Century Netherlands and China
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
31 Mar 2022
,
Renaissance Society of America: Annual Meeting
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
(External organisation)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Member)
2022
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2023
2021
Chinese visitors to the Netherlands and their Cultural Representation
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
3 Dec 2021
,
Inaugural Chamber of Young Snow Distinguished Visiting Scholars Programme Webinar Series
The Making of the Humanities IX
Thijs Weststeijn
(Member of programme committee)
20 Sept 2021
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22 Sept 2021
The Cultural Dimension of Dutch Overseas Expansion
Thijs Weststeijn
(Chair)
27 Aug 2021
The Cultural Dimension of Dutch Overseas Expansion
Thijs Weststeijn
(Chair)
27 Aug 2021
Discussant, Roundtable on Early Modern art history in the Netherlands
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
10 Jun 2021
HNA Conference in Amsterdam
(Historians of Netherlandish Art)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Organiser)
2 Jun 2021
,
HNA Conference in Amsterdam (Historians of Netherlandish Art)
Committee member PhD defence Pao-Yi Yang, Leiden University
(Event)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Chair)
26 May 2021
,
Committee member PhD defence Pao-Yi Yang, Leiden University
Tsinghua University
(External organisation)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Chair)
2021
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2020
Studia Rosenthaliana
(Journal)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Peer reviewer)
2020
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Committee for promotion to full professorship, Yale University
(Event)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Member)
2020
,
Committee for promotion to full professorship, Yale University
2019
The Chinese Challenge to Dutch Ideas about the Age and Shape of the Earth in the Seventeenth Century
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
8 Dec 2019
,
Reordering the Natural World: Animals, Plants, and the Natural Environment in Early Modern China
Just Like Zhou: Early Chinese Visitors to the Netherlands, 1601-1704
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
17 Jul 2019
,
International Convention of Asia Scholars 11
Ideals and Practices of Pictography in the Seventeenth Century – Between Kircher and Comenius
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
1 Apr 2019
,
Wissen auf den ersten Blick. Illustrierte Buch-Anfänge in der Frühen Neuzeit
The Chinese Impact: Images and Ideas of China in the Dutch Golden Age
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
1 Feb 2019
,
Making Worlds: Art, Materiality, and Early Modern Globalization, Conference 2: Material Flows
Netherlands yearbook for history of art
(Journal)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Editorial board member)
2019
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History of Humanities
(Journal)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Editorial board member)
2019
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Amsterdam University Press
(Publisher)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Editorial board member)
2019
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2018
Global Netherlandish Art: Chinese Impact on the Low Countries in the 17th Century
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
8 Nov 2018
,
CHIP Annual Lecture
Netherlandish Art and the World: Opening Remarks
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
26 Oct 2018
,
Netherlandish Art and the World: A Conference on Global Art History
Beelden van China
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
10 Oct 2018
,
Betweter festival 2017
A Global Perspective on Samuel van Hoogstraten's Visible World
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
18 Jul 2018
,
Expanding the Field of Rembrandt Studies
Shining a Global Light on the Visible World
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
20 Jun 2018
,
Expanding the Field of Rembrandt Studies
Yale University, Tenure Committee
(External organisation)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Member)
2018
Uitgeverij Verloren
(Publisher)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Editorial board member)
2018
The Making of Humanities VII
Thijs Weststeijn
(Organiser)
2018
NWO Vernieuwingsimpuls
(External organisation)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Member)
2018
Netherlands yearbook for history of art
(Journal)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Editorial board member)
2018
Netherlandish Art and the World: A Conference on Global Art History
Thijs Weststeijn
(Chair)
2018
History of Humanities
(Journal)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Editorial board member)
2018
Amsterdam University Press
(Publisher)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Editor)
2018
2017
Een wereldse kunst
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
27 Sept 2017
Rubens's Portrait of the Chinese Merchant Yppong
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
13 Sept 2017
Introductory lecture on the occasion of the premiere performance of Joost van den Vondel's Zungchin
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
31 Jul 2017
De eerste Chinese bezoekers aan Nederland
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
18 May 2017
,
Show me China
De eerste Chinese bezoekers aan Nederland
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
10 May 2017
,
Het beeld van China in de Gouden Eeuw
Opening speech at the exhibition "Barbaren en Wijsgeren"
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
24 Mar 2017
,
Barbaren en Wijsgeren: het beeld van China in de Gouden Eeuw
Vermeer's Painted Porcelain
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
21 Jan 2017
The Chinese Impact: Images and Ideas of China in the Dutch Golden Age
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
18 Jan 2017
The Chinese Impact: Images and Ideas of China in the Dutch Golden Age
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
13 Jan 2017
The Making of the Humanities VI
Thijs Weststeijn
(Member of programme committee)
2017
2016
Peer review report on fellowship application
Thijs Weststeijn
(Advisor)
29 Dec 2016
Referee for Jurgen Muller's presentation on Rembrandt's Aristotle
Thijs Weststeijn
(Invited speaker)
14 Dec 2016
Peer review report on funding application
Thijs Weststeijn
(Advisor)
10 Nov 2016
The Making of the Humanities V
Thijs Weststeijn
(Organiser)
5 Sept 2016
→
7 Sept 2016
History of Humanities
(Journal)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2016
→
1 Jan 2017
2015
Netherlands yearbook for history of art
(Journal)
Thijs Weststeijn
(Editorial board member)
2015
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