Pieter ter Keurs
Professor emeritus
- Name
- Prof. dr. P.J. ter Keurs
- Telephone
- 071 5272727
- p.j.ter.keurs@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Pieter ter Keurs (1956) is professor of Museums, Collections and Society at the faculties of Archaeology and Humanities. Ter Keurs is also Academic Director of the LDE Centre for Global Heritage and Development. He specializes in critical museums studies and the study of material culture. He wants to stimulate the use of academic and museum collections in scholarly research and scientific eduation.
More information about Pieter ter Keurs
News
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Throwback to the Archaeology End of Year Event 2025: 'The end of the Janocene' -
Mink van IJzendoorn investigates the end of amphorae with a PhD in the Humanities grant -
Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives -
Dutch state returns stolen artefacts: ‘Make sure to tell the full story’ -
‘Fanatical collectors often have a sense of lack or loss’ -
Honours Class makes cultural heritage tangible: ‘You are dealing with people’ -
A call about: the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) -
Leiden European City of Science in 2022 -
University invests extra funds in groundbreaking research -
Angels for sale: retrieving looted cultural property -
Who is the rightful owner of colonial art? -
‘Heritage is never neutral. It is always interpreted’ -
2012 LGI Seed funding awarded to research project: Globalisation, materiality and the transference of cultures
PhD candidates
Fields of interest
- Museum studies
- Study of material culture
CV
Ter Keurs did anthropological fieldwork in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. He made several exhibitions in museums around the world, such as in Leiden, Amsterdam, Jakarta, Manilla, Paris and Tunis.
Research
1. The role of museum collections in research
2. the practice of collecting
3. changes in material culture around 1800
Professor emeritus
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden University Centre for Arts in Society
Guest Professor emeritus
- Faculty of Archaeology
- FdA Archaeological Heritage and Society