2012

Conference papers

‘Moving objects: The Leiden beaded babies.’ Workshop des Schweizer Forums für NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen ‘Objekte der Wissenschaft, Wissenschaft der Objekte’, Winterthur, Switserland, 5-6 September 2012

‘Perfect monsters: making sense of birth defects in the late eighteenth century.’ International Conference Sensualising Deformity: Communication and Construction of Monstrous Embodiment, University of Edinburgh: 15-16 June 2012

‘The meanings of mercury: Quicksilver Injections and Aesthesis in Anatomical Preparations’ International Conference ‘Cultures of Anatomical Collections’, Leiden University: 15-18 February 2012 (conference co-organizer)

Public lecture

Panel member debate event Alle dieren op een stokje, (“Stuffed animals,” debate on the preservation of natural history collections) De Balie, Amsterdam, 15 October 2012.