First fellows started at the Allard Pierson

The first fellows of Allard Pierson have started their research on February 1. The fellowship programme that the Allard Pierson launched this year is aiming to promote academic research into its unique and extensive collections.

The 2024 fellows and their research topics are:

Kylién Bergh en Richard Niessen
Wim Crouwel Instituut teaching fellowship for graphic design

Thirza Blekendaal –  The relationship between publisher and writer Mea Verwey (1892–1978) and poet, critic and essayist Pieter Nicolaas van Eyck
Reinjan Mulder fellowship voor literary collections

Terri Costello –  “Imaging physical evidence of the making process on Roman vessel glass”  
Bospette fellowship voor Roman glass

Peter Cosyns – Jewelry in the Allard Pierson glass collections
Bospette fellowship voor Romeins glas

Parveen Kanhai – India and Sri Lanka in publicity material of the Hagenbeck Firm (1883-1934) 
Joop Frankvoort – van der Meer fellowship voor circus collections

Kasper Kop – Kraijenhoff map 
Allard Pierson fellowship voor cartography

Ying- Tzu Lin – How Dutch food history inspires sustainable dietary practices 
Louise O. Fresco fellowship for the history of food and nutrition

Yun Xie – Design and production of Chinese typefaces in the N. Tetterode type foundry 
Allard Pierson Friends fellowship

The call for applications for the 2025 fellowship programme will be published in spring 2024.