Femke Valkhoff Wins Thesis Prize
Femke Valkhoff, a former intern of The Female Impact, has won the DZE Thesis Prize from the Seventeenth Century Studies Group (Werkgroep De Zeventiende Eeuw) for her master’s thesis ‘Out of the Shadows,’ which explores the role of Haarlem brewers within their family, the brewery, and as art buyers for the household. Her thesis supervisor was Judith Noorman. Based on her thesis, Femke published an article in the Rijksmuseum Bulletin: ‘“Vrouwen die Brouwen”: The Life and Work of Maritge Claesdr Vooght,’ The Rijksmuseum Bulletin 71 (2023) 1: 32-41. Since September 1, 2024, Femke is a PhD candidate at Utrecht University within the project How do Cities Make Women? Empowerment, Self-Development, and Learned Identities in the Early Modern Dutch City.
