Research output per year
Research output per year
prof. dr.
My research has centred on three themes:
1. The (premodern) history of healthy ageing. This line of research combines history of medicine with medical humanities and is also directed at making history of medicine relevant to non-academic audiences, for instance in curating the exhibition Gelukkig Gezond! Histories of Healthy Ageing (Groningen University Museum, 2017). This line of argument also motivates my work as coordinator of 'Concepts and Cultures of Health' in the Aletta Jacobs School for Public Health. The relevance of history in today's health crises was also at the root of a recent call in NRC for the involvement of historians in tackling wicked problems, like Covid-19 ('Historici moeten ook meedenken, juist nu').
2. The chemistry and medicine of Dutch medical teacher Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738) and the Dutch Boerhaave school. From 2012 until 2017 I led a NWO research project (funded by a NWO vidi grant) on the introduction of a specific Boerhaavian 'vitalism' in Dutch Enlightenenment thought.
3. The history of anatomy and anatomical collections. From 2008 until 2012 I was leader of a research project (also funded by NWO) on the historical anatomical collections of Leiden Univerisity.
I authored Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738): Calvinist Chemist and Physician (Amsterdam: Edita, 2002) and edited The Fate of Anatomical Collections (Farnham: Ashgate, 2015) as well as Lifestule and Medicine in the Enlightenment. The Six Non-Naturals in the Long Eighteenth Century (London: Routledge, 2020).
My articles have appeared in Ambix, Journal for the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Gewina, Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Medizinhistorisches Jounal and Nature, among others. I have also contributed chapters to books published by Ashgate, Routledge, Cambridge University Press, Springer, and Brill.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Basic Qualification Academic Teaching, Universiteit Groningen
Award Date: 1-Sept-2014
PhD History of Medicine , University of Cambridge
Award Date: 10-Nov-2000
Master (doctoraal) in Culture and Science Studies, Universiteit van Maastricht
Award Date: 1-Aug-1995
postdoctoral researcher, Universiteit Leiden
2005 → 2012
Postdoctoral researcher, Universiteit van Maastricht
2001 → 2005
Board member Vrienden Academisch Erfgoed Groningen
Board member 'History, Health and Healing' at the Huizinga Institute for Cultural Research
Coordinator at the Aletta Jacobs School for Public Health
Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Other contribution › Academic
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Academic
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Knoeff, R. (Organiser)
Activity: Organising and attending an event › Organising and contributing to an event › Academic
Knoeff, R. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Professional or public presentation › Professional
Knoeff, R. (Consultant)
Activity: External assignment (consultancy, apppointment, outreach) › Outreach › Popular
Hollewand, K. (Speaker) & Knoeff, R. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Professional or public presentation › Popular
Huijgen, T. (Organiser), Knoeff, R. (Organiser), Haydar, D. (Organiser) & Hollewand, K. (Organiser)
Activity: Organising and attending an event › Organising and contributing to an event › Professional
Oldehinkel, T., Knoeff, R. & de Boer, H.
18/06/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research › Academic
02/12/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular
04/10/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
04/10/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular
Knoeff, R. (Recipient), 17-Oct-2024
Prize: National/international honour › Professional
Hollewand, K. (Recipient), Knoeff, R. (Recipient) & Huijgen, T. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Other distinction › Academic
Knoeff, R. (Recipient), 2012
Prize › Academic