Biography
Sietske van der Veen is a PhD candidate at the Huygens Institute and Utrecht University, studying the social mobility and integration of the Jewish Dutch elite between 1870 and 1940.
Prior to her doctoral research, Sietske worked as a freelance historian and journalist for several years. She obtained her MA in History from the University of Amsterdam, her master’s thesis concerning the motives of the nurses of a Dutch field hospital for the eastern front during World War Two. During her studies, she was a research intern at the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
For a complete summary of publications in PURE, click here.
Research projects
Publications
- contribution to journal
- contribution to book anthology
- working paper
- conference participation
- public engagement
- other contribution
2021
Veen, van der, Sietske. "Erfenis van vernieuwingsdrang en wilskracht: Deelbiografie van Henriëtte Henriquez Pimentel (1876-1943)". Historica. 2021. 2021(1).
Veen, van der, Sietske. "“Je had als vrouw al een achterstand, maar als Joodse vrouw nog veel sterker”: Joodse vrouwen in de vrouwenbeweging (1870-1940)". Historica. 2021. 2021(3).
2022
Veen, van der, Sietske "1855. Gelijke rechten voor Joden in Indië". Heerma van Voss, Lex, Bouras, Nadia nd 't Hart, Marjolein van der Heijden, Manon Lucassen, Leo Schillings, Marijcke (ed.). Nog meer wereldgeschiedenis van Nederland. Ambo|Anthos. 2022, 377-384.
2022
Veen, van der, Sietske Digital Humanities Showcase Report: Dutch Elite Jews, the Dutch Biography Portal and Nodegoat. 2022.
2023
Sietske Veen, van der (2023). Zoomlezing Center for Research on Dutch Jewry. 09-01-2023.
2022
Sietske Veen, van der (2022). Presentation Economic and Social History Group. 15-12-2022.
Sietske Veen, van der (2022). Novel Opportunities, Perpetual Barriers. The Integration of the Jewish Dutch Elite (1870-1940. 02-11-2022. (Dutch Association of Jewish Studies (NGJS) Annual Conference)
Sietske Veen, van der (2022). Presentation Postgraduate Day Jewish Country Houses. 25-04-2022. (Postgraduate Day Jewish Country Houses)
2022
Sietske Veen, van der (2022). Lecture Huis van de Nijmeegse Geschiedenis. 22-03-2022.
2022
Veen, van der, Sietske "Rothschild, Hélène Betty Louise Caroline de (1863-1947)". Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland (DVN). 2022.