Karin Theda Bijsterveld (born 12 October 1961)
is a Dutch historian. She is a professor of Science, Technology, and Modern Culture at
Maastricht University
Maastricht University (abbreviated as UM; nl, Universiteit Maastricht) is a public research university in Maastricht, Netherlands. Founded in 1976, it is the second youngest of the thirteen Dutch universities.
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. Bijsterveld is active in the field of
sound studies Sound studies is an interdisciplinary field that to date has focused largely on the emergence of the concept of "sound" in Western modernity, with an emphasis on the development of sound reproduction technologies. The field first emerged in venues l ...
. The
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed ...
has called her one of the founders of the field.
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Bijsterveld was director of the Netherlands Graduate Research School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture from 2005 to 2010. In 2009 she won a Vici grant by the ]Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
The Dutch Research Council (NWO, Dutch: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) is the national research council of the Netherlands. NWO funds thousands of top researchers at universities and institutes and steers the course of ...
.[ This allowed her to do research on the project "Sonic Skills: Sound and Listening in the Development of Science, Technology and Medicine (1920-now)".]
References
External links
Profile at Maastricht University
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1961 births
Living people
20th-century Dutch historians
Dutch women historians
Academic staff of Maastricht University
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
21st-century Dutch historians