Prof. dr. Thijs Weststeijn

Professor
Art History
Art History
+31 30 253 6362
m.a.weststeijn@uu.nl

Activities

2023

Johann Adam Schall von Bell as Mediator between the Qing Empire and the Dutch East India CompanyThijs Weststeijn (Speaker)
3 Dec 2023
, People, Objects, and Images of Maritime East Asia. International Colloquium
Kennisdelingssessie Erfgoedmanagement in het Carisbisch gebiedThijs Weststeijn (Speaker)
14 Nov 2023
Erfgoedacademielezing: De toekomst van het verledenThijs Weststeijn (Speaker)
3 Nov 2023
De toekomst van het verledenThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
3 Oct 2023
, Erfgoeddag Gemeente Utrecht
Art Histories in Dialogue: Heritage and Climate, Radboud Universiteit NijmegenThijs 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, AmsterdamThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
14 Jun 2023
, ICOMOS-NL lezing
The future of the past: heritage and climate, Studium Generale Maastricht UniversityThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
16 Mar 2023
, Studium Generale
The Future of the Past: Heritage and ClimateThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
16 Mar 2023
Urban Politics and Memory of Heritage: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the City as an Agent in Historical CultureThijs 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 RepresentationThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
11 Apr 2022
Writing the History of the World in the Seventeenth-Century Netherlands and ChinaThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
31 Mar 2022
, Renaissance Society of America: Annual Meeting
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (External organisation)Thijs Weststeijn (Member)
20222023

2021

Chinese visitors to the Netherlands and their Cultural RepresentationThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
3 Dec 2021
, Inaugural Chamber of Young Snow Distinguished Visiting Scholars Programme Webinar Series
The Making of the Humanities IXThijs Weststeijn (Member of programme committee)
20 Sept 202122 Sept 2021
The Cultural Dimension of Dutch Overseas ExpansionThijs Weststeijn (Chair)
27 Aug 2021
The Cultural Dimension of Dutch Overseas ExpansionThijs Weststeijn (Chair)
27 Aug 2021
Discussant, Roundtable on Early Modern art history in the NetherlandsThijs 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 → …

2020

Studia Rosenthaliana (Journal)Thijs Weststeijn (Peer reviewer)
2020 → …
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 CenturyThijs 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, 1601-1704Thijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
17 Jul 2019
, International Convention of Asia Scholars 11
Ideals and Practices of Pictography in the Seventeenth Century – Between Kircher and ComeniusThijs 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 AgeThijs 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 → …
History of Humanities (Journal)Thijs Weststeijn (Editorial board member)
2019 → …
Amsterdam University Press (Publisher)Thijs Weststeijn (Editorial board member)
2019 → …

2018

Global Netherlandish Art: Chinese Impact on the Low Countries in the 17th CenturyThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
8 Nov 2018
, CHIP Annual Lecture
Netherlandish Art and the World: Opening RemarksThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
26 Oct 2018
, Netherlandish Art and the World: A Conference on Global Art History
Beelden van ChinaThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
10 Oct 2018
, Betweter festival 2017
A Global Perspective on Samuel van Hoogstraten's Visible WorldThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
18 Jul 2018
, Expanding the Field of Rembrandt Studies
Shining a Global Light on the Visible WorldThijs 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 VIIThijs 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 kunstThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
27 Sept 2017
Rubens's Portrait of the Chinese Merchant YppongThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
13 Sept 2017
Introductory lecture on the occasion of the premiere performance of Joost van den Vondel's ZungchinThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
31 Jul 2017
De eerste Chinese bezoekers aan NederlandThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
18 May 2017
, Show me China
De eerste Chinese bezoekers aan NederlandThijs 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 PorcelainThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
21 Jan 2017
The Chinese Impact: Images and Ideas of China in the Dutch Golden AgeThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
18 Jan 2017
The Chinese Impact: Images and Ideas of China in the Dutch Golden AgeThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
13 Jan 2017
The Making of the Humanities VIThijs Weststeijn (Member of programme committee)
2017

2016

Peer review report on fellowship applicationThijs Weststeijn (Advisor)
29 Dec 2016
Referee for Jurgen Muller's presentation on Rembrandt's AristotleThijs Weststeijn (Invited speaker)
14 Dec 2016
Peer review report on funding applicationThijs Weststeijn (Advisor)
10 Nov 2016
The Making of the Humanities VThijs Weststeijn (Organiser)
5 Sept 20167 Sept 2016
History of Humanities (Journal)Thijs Weststeijn (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 20161 Jan 2017

2015

Netherlands yearbook for history of art (Journal)Thijs Weststeijn (Editorial board member)
2015 → …