E.F. (Esther) van der Hoorn, MA

Work experience

2017-present: University of Groningen, Lecturer

2016-present: University of Groningen, PhD Candidate

2019-2020: NWO (Dutch Research Council), Policy Officer (temporary placement 'Professional PhD Program')

2014-2016: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Junior Curator of Decorative Arts

2013-2014: Courtauld Gallery and Courtauld Institute Research Forum, London, Associate Researcher

2013-2014: Witt and Conway Libraries at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, Library Assistant

Education

2013-2014: Courtauld Institute of Art, London, MA in History of Art, with Distinction

2010-2013: University of Groningen, BA in History of Art, summa cum laude

2010-2013: University of Groningen, BA Honours College, cum laude

Awards

Director’s Dissertation Prize for an MA Dissertation of Outstanding Quality, Courtauld Institute of Art (2014)

Postgraduate Scholarship, Courtauld Institute of Art (2013-2014)

VSBfonds Scholarship (2013-2014)

Additional activities

Vereniging van Nederlandse Kunsthistorici (Association of Dutch Art Historians), board member (section Universities) (2020-present)

Onderzoekschool Kunstgeschiedenis (Dutch Postgraduate School for Art History), member of the Opleidingscommissie (Study Programme Committee) (2018-present)

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, organizer of the symposium 'KWAB: New Discoveries' (2017-2018)

University of Groningen, organizer of the summer school 'The Knowledge of the Curator II: Curating Art and Science' (2017-2018)

University of Groningen, organizer of the Arts in Society research seminar 'The Objects of Art and Architecture' (2017-18)

University of Groningen, organizer of the PhD colloquium at the Department of History of Art (2016-present)