Dr. Diederik Burgersdijk

Assistant Professor
Celtic and Classics
Medieval Culture
d.w.p.burgersdijk@uu.nl

Activities

2026

‘Valerius Maximus’ Concept of Fides publica, and its Reception in Early Modern Europe’, Fides publica. Rapporti internazionali, istituzioni, fiscalità, dipartimento di giurisprudenza, Università di Foggia, Italy. Burgersdijk, D. (Participant)
26 Feb 202627 Feb 2026

2025

Templum et divale nomen. Déifications et cultes impériaux des impératrices romaines (IIe au IVe siècle)Burgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
27 Nov 202528 Nov 2025
, Quid maius dare numina possunt ? Expressions de la religiosité féminine sous l’Empire romain, Colloque international organisé à Strasbourg dans le cadre de l’USIAS (Institut d’Études Avancées de l’Université de Strasbourg)
Humanity in Later Latin Antique Panegyric, and it Greek roots; panel: Idealised Concepts of Humanity in Panegyrical TextsBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
24 Jul 2025
, 25th Biennial Conference of the International Conference for the History of Rhetoric
O novum ad principatum iter! Rhetorical amplificatio in the creation of the Aelian Dynasty, Panel: Unveiling the optimus princepsBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
16 Jul 2025
, 16th Celtic Conferenc in Classics
Literaire Vertaaldagen 2025Burgersdijk, D. (Participant)
20 Jun 2025
Grotian Law and Modernity at the Dawn of a New Age - International ConferenceBurgersdijk, D. (Participant)
19 Jun 2025
Connecting Constantinople: Objects, Empire, and Inter-Civic Relationality (12-13 June 2025, SRII/NIT Istanbul)Burgersdijk, D. (Participant)
13 Jun 2025
Chair of the session 'Restitution' at the conference Connecting Constantinople: Objects, Empire, and Inter-Civic Relationality (12-13 June 2025, SRII/NIT Istanbul)Burgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
13 Jun 2025
, Connecting Constantinople: Objects, Empire, and Inter-Civic Relationality
Carthago, Hannibal en de Romeinse oorlogenBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
21 May 2025
, lecture
chairing BABESCH lectureBurgersdijk, D. (Participant)
20 May 2025
Uitgeverij Peeters, LeuvenBurgersdijk, D. (Visiting researcher)
5 May 2025
De Gulden Librije, Universiteit LeuvenBurgersdijk, D. (Visiting researcher)
5 May 2025
response at OIKOS ReMa dayBurgersdijk, D. (Participant)
2 May 2025
Carthage, Dutch Embassy in TunisBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
29 Apr 2025
Università degli studi di Bari, Dipartimento di Studi Classici e CristianiBurgersdijk, D. (Visiting researcher)
14 Apr 202515 Apr 2025
Guiding City tour round Bari for AMRS studentsBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
11 Apr 202513 Apr 2025
, Teiresias AMRS tour to Bari, Italy
Preussische Staatsbibliothek, BerlinBurgersdijk, D. (Visiting researcher)
31 Mar 20252 Apr 2025
Inleiding bij de boekpresentatie van Julius RoosBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
10 Mar 2025
, Inleiding bij boekpresentatie Curtius Rufus. Alexander de Grote. Triomf en tragiek van een veldheer, vertaald door Julius Roos.
Carthago. Ooit verwoest, nooit verdwenen. https://spui25.nl/programma/carthago-ooit-verwoest-nooit-verdwenenBurgersdijk, D. (Organiser)
28 Feb 2025
Preussische Staatsbibliothek, BerlinBurgersdijk, D. (Visiting researcher)
24 Feb 202527 Feb 2025
Allegorical Readings in Early Christian LiteratureBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
21 Jan 2025
De stad en het labyrinth: De klassieke oudheid in het surrealisme https://vanabbemuseum.nl/nl/zien-en-doen/tentoonstellingen-activiteiten/vriendensalon-de-stadBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
11 Jan 2025
ISHR conference in commemoration of Marc van der PoelBurgersdijk, D. (Participant)
10 Jan 2025

2024

Istanbul. Wereldstad in Europa. https://spui25.nl/programma/istanbul-wereldstad-in-europaBurgersdijk, D. (Participant)
11 Dec 2024
Valerius Maximus’ Fides publica and its Reception in The 17th-c. NetherlandsBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
27 Sept 2024
The Didactics of Mimèsis in Graeco-Roman Panegyrics: Directing the Emperor and the Audience in Constantinian PanegyricBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
23 Jul 2024
, 24th Biennial Conference of the International Conference for the History of Rhetoric (ISHR)
Was Constantinople ever founded?Burgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
10 Jul 2024
, 15th Celtic Conference in Classics
IMC Leeds 2024, panel 1404 with Kay Boers, Mark Humphries and Shaun TougherBurgersdijk, D. (Organiser)
3 Jul 2024
De spiegel en de lamp en de receptie van de klassiekenBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
28 Jun 2024
, Symposium Welke klassieken? Hoezo klassieken?
'The letters and orations of Quintus Aurelius Symmachus and Valerius Maximus’ Facta et Dicta Memorabilia'Burgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
3 Jun 2024
, The Reception of Valerius Maximus’ Facta et Dicta Memorabilia in Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Humanist and Renaissance Periods, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland.
Hermann Dessau in Perspective. Scholarship on the Historia Augusta before 1889 [Historiae Augustae Colloquium Barcinonense]Burgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
9 May 202411 May 2024
Moderation annual BABesch lectureBurgersdijk, D. (Participant)
23 Apr 2024
Allegorical readings in Early Christian LiteratureBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
23 Apr 2024
Carthago, Hannibal en de Romeinse oorlogenBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
19 Mar 2024
, Nederlands Klassiek Verbond afdeling Haarlem
Lezing en publicatie: De zolder van het Haganum. Verhalen ter gelegenheid van het 37e lustrum van het Gymnasium Haganum.Burgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
28 Feb 2024
, De zolder van het Haganum.
J.N. Helstone in LeipzigBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
1 Feb 2024
Rhetorical Theory and Practice in Later Latin Literature. Forschungskolloquium Humboldt Universität Berlin, Klassische Philologie.Burgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
9 Jan 2024

2023

Trois oraisons funèbres d'Ambroise de MilanBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
4 Dec 20236 Dec 2023
, Croisements et interactions entre grammaire et rhétorique dans la littérature latine de l’Antiquité tardive
Keynote ‘Herinneren en vergeten met Michel Houellebecq van de oudheid tot nu’Burgersdijk, D. (Invited speaker)
30 Sept 2023
, 17th lustrum Dutch Classical Association (NKV)
Moderation of Aftertalk on the Rivers Euphrates and TigrisBurgersdijk, D. (Invited speaker)
13 Sept 2023
, moderation at Va pensiero, opera by Miranda Lakerveld
Rhetoric, Biography and Panegyric in Valerius Maximus' Facta et Dicta memorabiliaBurgersdijk, D. (Invited speaker)
26 May 2023
, OIKOS Day and Disciplinary Meetings
Canonisation in the 17th c. Dutch School SystemBurgersdijk, D. (Invited speaker)
12 May 2023
, Classics and the Canon

2008

Interview met Julius RoosBurgersdijk, D. (Speaker)
31 Mar 2008