About Me
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Professional experience
2016-present: PhD-candidate at the University of Groningen, Early Modern History Department, Faculty of Arts. 2014–present: Student assistant within the NWO VENI research project ‘Paper Princes: Paper in the Expansion of European Statecraft’ and the upcoming conference 'The Politics of Paper in the Early Modern World' (9-10 June 2016) University of Groningen, under the supervision of dr. M.K. Williams 2011-2012: Student assistant Department of Medieval History University of Groningen, under the supervision of prof. dr. C.G. Santing During this assistantship, I was involved as editor in the following book projects: Blood-Symbol-Liquid. Groningen Studies in Cultural Change 44, Leuven: Peeters. Disembodied Heads in Early Medieval and Early Modern Culture. Intersections: Interdisciplinary Studies in Early Modern Culture 28. Leiden: Brill. Education 2011-2014: University of Groningen Research Master Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, cum laude ReMa-thesis: 'Gewichtige geschenken: over de legitimerende rol van diplomatieke geschenken in de betrekkingen van de Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden en de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie met de hoven van het Marokkaanse Sultanaat, het Ottomaanse Rijk, het Safavidische Rijk en het Mughalrijk in de zeventiende eeuw' Translation: 'Grand gifts: about the legitimating role of gifts in the diplomatic relations between the Dutch Republic and the Dutch East India Company with the courts of the Moroccan Sultanate, the Ottoman Empire, the Safavid Empire and the Mughal Empire in the seventeenth century' 2007-2011: University of Groningen Bachelor Degree in History Ba-thesis: 'Buitenlandse betrekkingen tussen het Ottomaanse Rijk en het Mughalrijk in de zestiende eeuw' Translation: 'Foreign relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century' Scholarships 2014: The Society for Renaissance Studies/The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, grant for travel expenses: £85,- 2014: University of Groningen, grant for travel expenses and accommodation in order to take part in the conference 'Diplomacy and Culture in the Early Modern World', University of Oxford: € 400,- International Experience 2012: Masterclass Egypt in Rome (Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome). Grant for participation: €100,- 2011: Research Seminar in Rome, ReMa Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome) 2011: Masterclass Constantinople: History and Heritage (Netherlands Institute in Turkey). Grant for participation €200,- 2010: Masterclass 'Roma Caput Mundi' (Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome). Grant for participation: €200,- |