Dr. Rebekah Ahrendt

Dr. Rebekah Ahrendt

Associate Professor
Musicology
Musicology
+31 30 253 6486
r.s.ahrendt@uu.nl

In the media

2021

Unfolding history - MIT Technology Review (26-10-2021)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/10/26/1036732/unfolding-history/
Virtually unfolding sealed 17th-century letters — a story of history, art, technology, and friendship - Medium/Codex (06-03-2021)
https://medium.com/codex/virtually-unfolding-sealed-17th-century-letters-a-story-of-history-art-technology-friendship-e8d258eb6b68
Onderzoekers lezen eeuwenoude briefgeheimen – dwars door de verzegelde envelop heen - De Volkskrant (02-03-2021)
http://Onderzoekers lezen eeuwenoude briefgeheimen – dwars door de verzegelde envelop heen
Ongeopende zeventiende-eeuwse brief toch lezen - NRC (02-03-2021)
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/03/02/ongeopende-brief-toch-gelezen-a4033919
Sleuths Read Old Booby-Trapped Letters Without Opening Them - Wired (02-03-2021)
https://www.wired.com/story/sleuths-read-old-booby-trapped-letters-without-opening-them/
Des lunettes virtuelles pour lire les courriers cachetés sans les ouvrir - Heidi.News (02-03-2021)
https://www.heidi.news/sciences-climat/des-lunettes-virtuelles-pour-lire-les-courriers-cachetes-sans-les-ouvrir
Wetenschappers lezen ongeopende brief uit 17de eeuw met scantechnologie - NOS Nieuws (02-03-2021)
https://nos.nl/artikel/2370929-wetenschappers-lezen-ongeopende-brief-uit-17de-eeuw-met-scantechnologie
Researchers virtually open and read sealed historic letters - MIT News (02-03-2021)
https://news.mit.edu/2021/researchers-virtually-open-sealed-historic-letters-0302

2020

Brief geeft naar 300 jaar geheim prijs - AD Haagsche Courant (25-02-2020)
Kist geopend die al bijna honderd jaar in museum staat: Briefgeheimen onthuld - AD Haagsche Courant (17-02-2020)
https://www.ad.nl/den-haag/kist-geopend-die-al-bijna-honderd-jaar-in-museum-staat-briefgeheimen-onthuld~aff965a4/
Van een vermissing tot 'je reinste pornografie': brieven uit de 17e eeuw gepresenteerd - NOS (16-02-2020)
https://nos.nl/video/2323384-van-een-vermissing-tot-je-reinste-pornografie-brieven-uit-de-17e-eeuw-gepresenteerd.html

2018

How a k-pop concert in North Korea is the latest in a trend of musical diplomacy - CBC Radio "The Current" (06-04-2018)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-april-6-2018-1.4607710/friday-april-6-2018-full-episode-transcript-1.4609198#segment3

2015

Preserving Our History One Letter at a Time - WNPR On Point (11-12-2015)
http://wnpr.org/post/preserving-our-history-one-letter-time#stream/0
Rare Cache of Letters Tracked Down by Yale Historian Offers Window Into 17th Century Life - WNPR On Point (17-11-2015)
http://wnpr.org/post/rare-cache-letters-tracked-down-yale-historian-offers-window-17th-century-life
Letter trunk - CBC Radio As It Happens (10-11-2015)
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.3312388
Undelivered letters shed light on 17th-century society - The Guardian (UK) (08-11-2015)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/08/undelivered-letters-17th-century-dutch-society