Prof. dr. Thijs Weststeijn

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

Activities

2025

Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art Weststeijn, T. (Organiser)
11 Feb 202512 Feb 2025
Presentation NKJ74: Women. Female Roles in Art and Society of the NetherlandsWeststeijn, T. (Speaker)
11 Feb 2025
, Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art

2024

Panel 'Worldly Images and Images of the World in Netherlandish Art', Conference Historians of Netherlandish Art, CambridgeWeststeijn, T. (Organiser)
11 Jul 2024
Afscheidssymposium ter ere van Victor SchmidtWeststeijn, T. (Participant)
6 Jun 2024
Welke toekomst voor het verleden? Hoe klimaatverandering ons erfgoed bedreigt en wat daaraan te doen valtWeststeijn, T. (Speaker)
4 Jun 2024
The Future of the Past: Heritage and Climate. Keynote at 2and3d photography conferenceWeststeijn, T. (Speaker)
29 May 2024
The Future of the Past: Heritage and ClimateWeststeijn, T. (Speaker)
29 May 2024
, 2and3D Photography 2024, Rijksmuseum
The Future of the Past: Heritage and ClimateWeststeijn, T. (Speaker)
28 Mar 2024
, NICAS Colloquium
The Dutch Global Age: Worldly Images and Images of the World in Netherlandish ArtWeststeijn, T. (Speaker)
1 Mar 2024
, Low Countries History Seminar van de University of London
Public lecture: The Future of the PastWeststeijn, T. (Speaker)
22 Feb 2024

2023

Johann Adam Schall von Bell as Mediator between the Qing Empire and the Dutch East India CompanyWeststeijn, T. (Speaker)
3 Dec 2023
, People, Objects, and Images of Maritime East Asia. International Colloquium
Kennisdelingssessie Erfgoedmanagement in het Carisbisch gebiedWeststeijn, T. (Speaker)
14 Nov 2023
Erfgoedacademielezing: De toekomst van het verledenWeststeijn, T. (Speaker)
3 Nov 2023
De toekomst van het verledenWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
3 Oct 2023
, Erfgoeddag Gemeente Utrecht
Art Histories in Dialogue: Heritage and Climate, Radboud Universiteit NijmegenWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
21 Sept 2023
, Art Histories in Dialogue
Johns Hopkins University (External organisation)Weststeijn, T. (Chair)
6 Sept 2023
'Heeft ons verleden nog een toekomst?' Lezing voor ICOMOS-NL, AmsterdamWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
14 Jun 2023
, ICOMOS-NL lezing
The future of the past: heritage and climate, Studium Generale Maastricht UniversityWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
16 Mar 2023
, Studium Generale
The Future of the Past: Heritage and ClimateWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
16 Mar 2023
Urban Politics and Memory of Heritage: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the City as an Agent in Historical CultureWeststeijn, T. (Chair)
2023
Collège de France (External organisation)Weststeijn, T. (Chair)
2023
Centre for Maritime History and Culture Research (CMHCR), Dalian Maritime University (Publisher)Weststeijn, T. (Editor)
2023
Central European University Press (Publisher)Weststeijn, T. (Editor)
2023

2022

Chinese Visitors to the Netherlands (1600-1705)and their Cultural RepresentationWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
11 Apr 2022
Writing the History of the World in the Seventeenth-Century Netherlands and ChinaWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
31 Mar 2022
, Renaissance Society of America: Annual Meeting
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (External organisation)Weststeijn, T. (Member)
20222023

2021

Chinese visitors to the Netherlands and their Cultural RepresentationWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
3 Dec 2021
, Inaugural Chamber of Young Snow Distinguished Visiting Scholars Programme Webinar Series
The Making of the Humanities IXWeststeijn, T. (Member of programme committee)
20 Sept 202122 Sept 2021
The Cultural Dimension of Dutch Overseas ExpansionWeststeijn, T. (Chair)
27 Aug 2021
The Cultural Dimension of Dutch Overseas ExpansionWeststeijn, T. (Chair)
27 Aug 2021
Discussant, Roundtable on Early Modern art history in the NetherlandsWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
10 Jun 2021
HNA Conference in Amsterdam (Historians of Netherlandish Art)Weststeijn, T. (Organiser)
2 Jun 2021
, HNA Conference in Amsterdam (Historians of Netherlandish Art)
Committee member PhD defence Pao-Yi Yang, Leiden University (Event)Weststeijn, T. (Chair)
26 May 2021
, Committee member PhD defence Pao-Yi Yang, Leiden University
Tsinghua University (External organisation)Weststeijn, T. (Chair)
2021 → …

2020

Studia Rosenthaliana (Journal)Weststeijn, T. (Peer reviewer)
2020 → …
Committee for promotion to full professorship, Yale University (Event)Weststeijn, T. (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 CenturyWeststeijn, T. (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, 1601-1704Weststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
17 Jul 2019
, International Convention of Asia Scholars 11
Ideals and Practices of Pictography in the Seventeenth Century – Between Kircher and ComeniusWeststeijn, T. (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 AgeWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
1 Feb 2019
, Making Worlds: Art, Materiality, and Early Modern Globalization, Conference 2: Material Flows
Netherlands yearbook for history of art (Journal)Weststeijn, T. (Editorial board member)
2019 → …
History of Humanities (Journal)Weststeijn, T. (Editorial board member)
2019 → …
Amsterdam University Press (Publisher)Weststeijn, T. (Editorial board member)
2019 → …

2018

Global Netherlandish Art: Chinese Impact on the Low Countries in the 17th CenturyWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
8 Nov 2018
, CHIP Annual Lecture
Netherlandish Art and the World: Opening RemarksWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
26 Oct 2018
, Netherlandish Art and the World: A Conference on Global Art History
Beelden van ChinaWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
10 Oct 2018
, Betweter festival 2017
A Global Perspective on Samuel van Hoogstraten's Visible WorldWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
18 Jul 2018
, Expanding the Field of Rembrandt Studies
Shining a Global Light on the Visible WorldWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
20 Jun 2018
, Expanding the Field of Rembrandt Studies
Yale University, Tenure Committee (External organisation)Weststeijn, T. (Member)
2018
Uitgeverij Verloren (Publisher)Weststeijn, T. (Editorial board member)
2018
The Making of Humanities VIIWeststeijn, T. (Organiser)
2018
NWO Vernieuwingsimpuls (External organisation)Weststeijn, T. (Member)
2018
Netherlands yearbook for history of art (Journal)Weststeijn, T. (Editorial board member)
2018
Netherlandish Art and the World: A Conference on Global Art History Weststeijn, T. (Chair)
2018
History of Humanities (Journal)Weststeijn, T. (Editorial board member)
2018
Amsterdam University Press (Publisher)Weststeijn, T. (Editor)
2018

2017

Een wereldse kunstWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
27 Sept 2017
Rubens's Portrait of the Chinese Merchant YppongWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
13 Sept 2017
Introductory lecture on the occasion of the premiere performance of Joost van den Vondel's ZungchinWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
31 Jul 2017
De eerste Chinese bezoekers aan NederlandWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
18 May 2017
, Show me China
De eerste Chinese bezoekers aan NederlandWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
10 May 2017
, Het beeld van China in de Gouden Eeuw
Opening speech at the exhibition "Barbaren en Wijsgeren"Weststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
24 Mar 2017
, Barbaren en Wijsgeren: het beeld van China in de Gouden Eeuw
Vermeer's Painted PorcelainWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
21 Jan 2017
The Chinese Impact: Images and Ideas of China in the Dutch Golden AgeWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
18 Jan 2017
The Chinese Impact: Images and Ideas of China in the Dutch Golden AgeWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
13 Jan 2017
The Making of the Humanities VIWeststeijn, T. (Member of programme committee)
2017

2016

Peer review report on fellowship applicationWeststeijn, T. (Advisor)
29 Dec 2016
Referee for Jurgen Muller's presentation on Rembrandt's AristotleWeststeijn, T. (Invited speaker)
14 Dec 2016
Peer review report on funding applicationWeststeijn, T. (Advisor)
10 Nov 2016
The Making of the Humanities VWeststeijn, T. (Organiser)
5 Sept 20167 Sept 2016
History of Humanities (Journal)Weststeijn, T. (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 20161 Jan 2017

2015

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