I am graduated in Cultural Studies and Art Studies (ReMA), with minors in classical history and museum studies. During past travels to international institutes across Europe, I studied museums and exhibitions, narratives and the history of ideas, and will continue to do so in light of my PhD project. 

My interest for museums and the reception of the past has culminated into an external PhD-position at the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM). The project with the title Framing the medieval in museums provides a comprehensive and comparative reading of "the medieval" in museums throughout Western Europe. By exploring religious, political and cultural contexts that shaped museum narratives, the project aims to reveal why and how medieval heritage has come to play a significant role in identity and memory formation. 

Next to this project, I am policy officer of the FGw department Research & Impact. 

Experience

• UNIVERITY of AMSTERDAM: policy officer research and impact - September 2023-present
• UNIVERITY of AMSTERDAM: coordinator grant team fgw – October 2018-2023
• MUSEUM CATHARIJNECONVENT, Utrecht: junior curator acquisitions – June-October 2018; volunteer dep. Heritage in Churches and Convents - Nov. 2017-2019
• UNIVERSITY of AMSTERDAM: teaching assistant – Feb-March 2018/2019: Cultuurtheorie I, Cultuur en Samenleving. 
• AMSTERDAM SCHOOL of HERITAGE, MEMORY and MATERIAL CULTURE, UvA: PhD Student (ext) - April 2017-present: “Framing “the medieval” in museums in 19^th-century Europe.”
• NATIONAL MUSEUM of ANTIQUITIES, Leiden: Intern – July-Dec 2016: Research and article preparation on the presentation of antiquities in the museum from 1818-1918.
• ROYAL DUTCH INSTITUTE, Rome: Graduate Scholarship – February 2016: Data collecting on the topic of reception of medieval art in the Vatican Museums, research at the library of the Institute, the Biblioteca Hertziana, and the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
• UNIVERSITY of AMSTERDAM: Exhibition Practicum – Sept-Dec 2012 : Project: the Flying Exhibition ‘Met Troje de Lucht in’ related to the exhibition ‘TROJE. Stad. Homerus. Turkije,’ at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam (07.12.2012-05.05.2013).
• ROYAL DUTCH INSTITUTE, Rome: Library assistant – February-May 2010: Acquisition and processing of new library material, checking inventory.

Education

• MASTER of ARTS, University of Amsterdam, Research Master Arts & Culture, 2013-2015. GPA: 8.2/10. MA thesis: ‘Displaying the Middle Ages. The appreciation of medieval art in nineteenth century museums and exhibitions: Paris, Cologne, London, Bruges.’ (graded: 9.0/10)
• BACHELOR of ARTS, University of Amsterdam, Cultural Studies, 2010-2013. GPA: 7.9/10. Minors: Museumstudies, Classical Culture; BA thesis: ‘De vorming van een nationaal geheugen. Drie nationale musea in Rome na de Italiaanse eenwording.’ (graded: 9.0/10)