Bram van Leuveren

Dr. Bram van Leuveren is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Art History at Utrecht University's Faculty of Humanities. Specializing in early modern art history, his work bridges art and performance history with diplomatic and political history, focusing on ephemeral arts and architecture in France and the Low Countries (15th–17th centuries).

• University: Utrecht University
• Department: History and Art History
• Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

His research explores public rituals (joyous entries, ballets, naval battles), diplomatic exchanges, gender dynamics, and colonial contexts. He emphasizes audience participation, gift-giving practices, and transnational archives. Recent work includes a monograph on Early Modern Diplomacy and French Festival Culture (Brill, 2023) and co-editing a volume on marginalized communities in French festival culture (Brepols, 2025).

Key trends in his 15+ publications (2020–2025) include ephemeral art, colonial violence in banquets, diplomatic dining, and print culture as tools for public diplomacy. These works draw on multilingual manuscripts (French, Dutch, Latin) from European archives.

• Scientific Award: Honorable Mention, Claire Sponsler Award (2024)

At Utrecht, Bram teaches courses like Creativity in the Early Modern City and Pushing Boundaries: Art, Architecture, and Curating. His interdisciplinary, research-driven pedagogy includes recreating historical art techniques and storytelling experiments. He previously held roles at the University of St Andrews (2019–2020), Leiden University (2021–2023), and Marsh’s Library (2019). Bram also leads the International Network for Early Modern Festival Study and advises on gender and colonial themes in academic publications.