Sven Dupré new Vice-Dean at Faculty of Humanities

Professor Sven Dupré will be appointed by the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University as portfolio holder for Research and Impact in the Faculty Board from 1 June 2024. He will also be Vice-Dean. At present Dupré is Professor of History of Art, Science and Technology and Director of Research since 2020.

Crucial humanities field of research

“We are very excited about this appointment,” says Thomas Vaessens, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities. “Sven is a leading researcher, an experienced administrator, and an utterly pleasant colleague, who exudes calmness and confidence. His ideas on further strengthening humanities research in its full breadth are ambitious and inspiring.”

“The humanities are crucial in analysing, interpreting, and solving the big social questions we face today,” Sven Dupré says. “These questions require the inter- and transdisciplinary research that our faculty so richly endows. In my new role, I look forward to creating the conditions to help strengthen collaborations inside and outside the faculty and the connection with the wider society.”

Career Sven Dupré

After an appointment as Professor of History of Knowledge at the Freie Universität in Berlin, Sven Dupré has worked as Professor of History of Art, Science and Technology at Utrecht University and the University of Amsterdam since 2015. After the successful completion of several major research projects funded by the Max Planck Gesellschaft and the European Research Council, he became Director of Research at the Research Institute for History and Art History (OGK). In 2023, Dupré was appointed as a member of the KNAW Humanities Cluster and the Scientific Advisory Board of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS-KNAW).