Academic and learned institutions

The Netherlands, including Dutch institutions abroad

Nederlandse Onderzoeks Databank (NOD) / Dutch Research Database
The Dutch Research Database (NOD) is a publicly available online database with information on scientific research, researchers and research institutes. The NOD covers all scientific disciplines (multidisciplinary).

Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen / Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
P.O. Box 19121
NL-1000 GC Amsterdam
Visiting address:
Het Trippenhuis
Kloveniersburgwal 29
1011 JV Amsterdam
T +31 20 551 0700
F +31 20 620 4941
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President: Robbert Dijkgraaf
The Academy's mission is to ensure the quality of scientific research in the Netherlands. The fundamental research carried out today will provide a basis for the applied research of tomorrow and, in turn, for the practical application of science in the future.

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) / Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
P.O. Box 93138
NL-2509 AC The Hague
T +31 70 344 0640
F +31 70 385 0971
E-mail:
Website: www.nwo.nl
NWO promotes scientific research at Dutch universities and institutes through nearly 170 different research programmes and grants.

Universiteit van Amsterdam, Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen,
Afdeling Kunst-, Religie- en Cultuurwetenschappen (Department of Art, Religion and Cultural Sciences),
Onderwijsinstituut Kunst- en cultuurwetenschappen (Art and Cultural Sciences),
Opleiding Kunstgeschiedenis (Art History)
Secretariaat: Oude Turfmarkt 147
NL-1012 GC Amsterdam
T +31 20 525 3891
F +31 20 525 2097
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Kunsthistorisch Instituut
Herengracht 286
NL-1016 BX Amsterdam

Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Opleiding Kunstgeschiedenis
De Boelelaan 1105
NL-1081 HV Amsterdam
T +31 20 598 6365
F +31 20 598 6500

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Opleiding Kunstgeschiedenis
P.O. Box 716
NL-9700 AS Groningen
Visiting address:
Oude Boteringestraat 34
NL-9712 GK Groningen
T +31 50 363 6101
F +31 50 363 7362
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Universiteit Leiden, Opleiding Kunstgeschiedenis
P.O. Box 9515
NL-2300 RA Leiden
Visiting address:
Doelensteeg 16
NL-2311 VL Leiden
T +31 71 527 2687
F +31 71 527 2798
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Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Opleiding Kunstgeschiedenis
P.O. Box 9103
NL-6500 HD Nijmegen
Visiting address:
Erasmusgebouw
Erasmusplein 1
NL-6525 HT Nijmegen
T +31 24 361 2832
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Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, Faculteit der Historische en Kunstwetenschappen
P.O.Box 1738
NL-3000 DR Rotterdam
Visiting address:
Location Woudestein
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
L-building, 3rd floor
NL-3062 PA Rotterdam
T +31 10 408 2487 / 408 2482
F +31 10 408 9135
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Universiteit Utrecht, Opleiding Kunstgeschiedenis
Kromme Nieuwegracht 29
NL-3512 HD Utrecht
T +31 30 253 6300
F +31)30 253 6167
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Reinwardt Academie
Dapperstraat 315
NL-1093 BS Amsterdam
T +31 20 527 7100
F +31 20 527 7101
Coordinator Master's Degree Programme:
T + 31 20 527 7103
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The Reinwardt Academy is the Museology Faculty of the Amsterdam school of the Arts. The academy offers an International Master's in Museology Program. All classes are in English.

The Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University (AMSU)
P.O. Box 53066
NL-1007 RB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
T +31 20 620 0225
F +31 20 624 9368
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Director: Joanneke Lootsma
The AMSU offers courses in various disciplines in co-operation with a wide range of cutting edge international experts in order to provide our participants with the most advanced educational experience. For the art history courses the AMSU collaborates with the Limburg Conservation Institute ('Historic painting techniques'), RKD ('Introduction to the study of the seventeenth-century Dutch art in The Netherlands'), and institutions like the Rijksmuseum.

Dutch University Institute for Art History, Florence (Nederlands Interuniversitair Kunsthistorisch Instituut/Istituto Universitario Olandese di Storia dell'Arte)
Viale Torricelli 5
I-50125 Florence
T +39 055 221 612
F +39 055 221 106
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Director: Bert W. Meijer
The Dutch University Institute for Art History in Florence, founded in 1958, forms part of Utrecht University and is administered by a group of six universities. The Institute promotes research on Italian art, on Dutch and Flemish art and artists in Italy and on the rich tradition of artistic exchange and mutual influence between Italy and the North. It provides scholars and students from the Netherlands and elsewhere with accommodation, research and publication opportunities and the use of its library. In addition the Institute publishes scholarly works and organizes lectures, conferences and exhibitions. The Institute has a number of guestrooms for fellows and other visitors. Students and scholars who need to come to Florence for research may apply for admission. Each year, a selection committee assigns grants to graduate students and post-graduate scholars, which allow them to carry out research in Florence for varying lengths of time.

Institut Néerlandais, Paris
121, Rue de Lille
F-75007 Paris
T +33 1 5359 1240
F +33 1 4556 0077
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Director: Rudi Wester
The Institut Néerlandais was established in 1957 and is one of the oldest foreign cultural centres in Paris. The institute organizes exhibitions, concerts, film screenings, colloquia, lectures, debates and Dutch language courses. At the same time, it is a platform for Dutch culture in France and a meeting place that facilitates Dutch-French dialogue. In addition, it plays a mediating role between French and Dutch cultural institutions and artists.

The Institut Néerlandais houses the Fondation Custodia/Collection Frits Lugt
T +33 1 4705 7519
F +33)1 4555 6535
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Director: Mària van Berge-Gerbaud
The Fondation Custodia is in charge of the Frits Lugt Collection, the scholarly research relating to it, the publishing programme and the organisation of exhibitions. The Frits Lugt Collection is a study collection which can be viewed and examined by appointment.

Dutch Institute, Rome (Nederlands Instituut/Istituto Olandese)
Via Omero 10-12
I-00197 Rome
T +39 06 326 9621
F +39 06 320 4971
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Director: Marjan Schwegman
The NIR is an interacademic institute for scientific education and research for history, art history and archaeology. The NIR offers scholarships to students and young scholars from Dutch universities and organizes courses. The Institute plays a mediating role between the Dutch academic world and the Italian and foreign scientific institutes in Rome.

Onderzoekschool Kunstgeschiedenis (OSK) / Dutch postgraduate school for art history
Kromme Nieuwegracht 29
NL-3512 HD Utrecht
T +31 30 253 6330
F +31 30 253 6167
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W http://www.let.uu.nl/kunst/osk/
Director: Peter A. Hecht
The Dutch Postgraduate School for Art History (OSK) stimulates and coordinates art-historical research in the Netherlands, especially in the field of Dutch art and architecture. Research is carried out in the Departments of Art History of five Dutch universities and by scholars working for the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, The Netherlands Institute for Art History (Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie) and the Organization for the Preservation of Historical Monuments (Rijksdienst voor de Monumentenzorg). The OSK is responsible for the postgraduate education of Dutch art historians, preparing for their PhD. In all fields better cooperation between the universities, museums and other organizations for art and art history is aimed, and several joint research projects have been initiated and funded. The OSK offers a postgraduate program of seminars and conferences on different subjects, which include progress reports and discussions about ongoing research.

Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Cultuur (OGC) / Research Institute for History and Culture
Muntstraat 2a
NL-3512 EV Utrecht
T +31 30 253 8239
F +31 30 253 8381
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W http://www.let.uu.nl/ogc/
Director: M. Prak
Over 300 researchers are employed by the OGC. They carry out research in the fields of classical antiquity and medieval culture, cultural history, art history, literature, eastern studies, international political history, socio-economic history and women's studies. Some of this research, namely the contract research, is done on behalf of third parties.
Furthermore, the OGC offers high-quality programs which train researchers. For example, the OGC is responsible for seven research masters (including "Art history of the Low Countries in European context") and makes a number of PhD student places available each year. It also offers talented foreign researchers the opportunity to spend the last (two) year(s) of their doctoral dissertation research in Utrecht.
Internationalization is a high priority within the OGC. It has exchange contracts with a number of foreign universities including the prestigious UCLA in the United States. Moreover researchers and staff have fruitful contacts with the international scientific community.

Huizinga Instituut, Onderzoekschool voor Cultuurgeschiedenis / Research institute and graduate school of cultural history
Spuistraat 134
NL-1012 VB Amsterdam
T/F +31 20 525 4433
W http://cf.hum.uva.nl/~huizinga/
Director: J.T. Leerssen
The Huizinga Instituut encourages research in the field of cultural history. The institute offers courses for Ph.D. students.

Amsterdam Centrum voor de Studie van de Gouden Eeuw / Amsterdam Centre for the Study of the Golden Age
Spuistraat 134
NL-1012 VB Amsterdam
T +31 20 525 4495 /4496 /4666
F +31)20 525 4429
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W http://www.uba.uva.nl/goudeneeuw/
Director: H.F.K. van Nierop
The Centrum encourages the study and knowledge of Dutch history and culture in the 17th Century.

Meertens Instituut, Amsterdam
Joan Muyskenweg 25
NL-1096 CJ Amsterdam
T +31 20 462 8500
F +31 20 462 8555
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Het Meertens Instituut is een onderzoeksinstituut dat zich bezig houdt met de bestudering en documentatie van Nederlandse taal en cultuur. Centraal staan de verschijnselen die het alledaagse leven in onze samenleving vormgeven. De rol van taal en cultuur bij de ontwikkeling van sociale identiteiten en groepsculturen wordt door het Meertens Instituut in kaart gebracht en in onderlinge samenhang onderzocht.

Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS)
Meijboomlaan 1
2242 PR Wassenaar
The Netherlands
T +31 70 512 2700
F +31 70 511 7162
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The aim of the Institute is to stimulate research in the humanities and social sciences and to promote interdisciplinary co-operation in an international setting. The Institute is mainly financed by the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences). NIAS offers research facilities to approximately fifty carefully selected fellows each year. Scholars who have already made a significant contribution to their field are given the opportunity to devote themselves exclusively to their own academic projects for a ten-month period, individually or as part of a research theme group. NIAS grants a total of forty full-time fellowships each year.

Restauratie Atelier Limburg (Limburg Conservation Institute)
P.O. Box 1679
NL-6201 BR Maastricht
Visitors address: Daemslunet 1 c
NL-6221 KZ Maastricht
T +31 43 321 8444
F +31 43 325 7568
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W http://www.sral.nl/index_flash.html
Director: Ms. Anne van Grevenstein
The Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL) is active in research, conservation and restauration of Dutch cultural heritage. SRAL organizes a post-academic course on restauration of paintings and painted artefacts (old art, modern art, interior).

Belgium, including Belgian institutions abroad

The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium (RASAB)
Coordinates the national and international activities of the Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten (K.V.A.B.) and the Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (A.R.B.).

Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten (KVAB)
Paleis der Academiën
Hertogstraat 1
B-1000 Brussels

Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (ARB)
Palais des Académies
rue Ducale 1
B-1000 Brussels

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Vakgroep Kunstwetenschappen en Archeologie
Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 Brussels
T +32 2 629 2588
F +32 2 629 2480

Universiteit Gent
Faculteit Letteren & Wijsbegeerte,
Vakgroep Kunst-, Muziek- en Theaterwetenschappen
Blandijnberg 2
B-9000 Ghent
T +32 9 264 3933 / +32 9 264 3931
F +32 9 264 4195

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Faculteit Letteren, Departement Archeologie, Kunstwetenschappen en Musicologie
Blijde-Inkomststraat 21
B-3000 Leuven
T +32 16 325 010
F +32 16 324 713

Academia Belgica
Via Omero 8
I-00197 Rome
T +39 06 320 1889
F +39 06 320 8361
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Director: Walter Geerts
The Belgian historical institute in Rome offers services for art-historical research and art production.

Illuminare, Studiecentrum voor Miniatuurkunst/Center for the Study of the Illuminated Manuscript
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Faculteit Letteren
Blijde-Inkomststraat 21
B-3000 Leuven
T +32 16 324 620 of +32 16 325 052
F +32 16 324 872
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Director: Jan Van der Stock
Illuminare was established in 1983 as the Center for the Study of Flemish Illuminators by Maurits Smeyers (1937-1999), professor at the Catholic University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven) and an authority on manuscripts and miniatures. The center concentrates on the study of illumination in the Southern Netherlands, especially in the cities of Bruges, Brussels, Tournai and Ghent, and in Hainaut and the present-day department of Nord, France. Since September 2004 the center has been called Illuminare - Center for the Study of the Illuminated Manuscript.

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