Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Maarten Doorman is endowed Pprofessor of Cultural History of Germany at the Faculty of Humanities, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for DIA (Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam) and teaches philosophy at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University Maastricht, and at University College Maastricht. He was editor of the literary magazine Hollands Maandblad and the philosophical journal Krisis and has been a critic of philosophy, poetry and history of ideas for the leading newspapers NRC Handelsblad and de Volkskrant. He has been contributor to many journals and newspapers with articles about philosophy, the visual arts, history and literature. His last books are Art in Progress. A Philosophical Response to the End of the Avant-Garde (2003), De romantische orde (2004), Paralipomena (2007), Rousseau en ik (2012, on authenticity), De navel van Daphne (2016, on art and engagement) and Dichtbij en ver weg (essays on art, philosophy and literature, 2018). Doorman participated in many radio and television programs (as in the television program Zeeman met boeken) and is a well known intellectual in the Netherlands.
Books available: Denkers in de ring (philosophical anthology, 6th ed. 2004), Steeds mooier. Over vooruitgang in de kunst (5th ed. 2005), Filosofen van deze tijd (with H. Pott, 14th ed. 2019), Art in Progress. A Philosophical Response to the End of the Avant-Garde (2003), De romantische orde (3rd ed. 2012), Kiekertak en Klotterbooke. Gedachten over de canon (inaugural speech, 2005). A Romantikus Rend (transl. of De romantische orde, 2006), Rousseau en ik, (6th ed. 2013), De navel van Daphne (2nd ed. 2016), Dichtbij en ver weg (2018).
See also: www.maartendoorman.nl and
External positions
Member Advisory Board, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
18 Dec 2018 → 18 Dec 2022Special Chair Humanities VU, Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam
1 Apr 2016 → 1 Apr 2021Gouden Ganzenveer Academie
2015 → …Research Output
Kunst in het ziekenhuis: meer dan leuke plaatjes
Doorman, M., Jan 2020, In : Janus. Populair-wetenschappelijk tijdschrift. 2020, 1, p. 40-42 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Popular
Rake uitspraken over het verleden
Doorman, M., 13 Mar 2020, In : NRC Handelsblad.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Popular
Vragen die moeilijk te verteren zijn
Doorman, M., 3 Apr 2020, In : NRC Handelsblad.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Popular
We kiezen keihard het goedkoopste vlees
Doorman, M., 17 Jan 2020, In : NRC Handelsblad.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Popular
Edmund Burke was voor ‘behouden en corrigeren’
Doorman, M., 22 Aug 2019, In : NRC Handelsblad.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Popular
Activities
The triumph of hope over experience
Maarten Doorman (Speaker)
14 Feb 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation (speaker at event) › Talk or presentation › Popular
Gouden Ganzenveer Academie (External organisation)
Maarten Doorman (Member)
1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2018
Activity: Membership › Membership of council › Academic
Should Art Run the World?
Maarten Doorman (Speaker)
17 Mar 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation (speaker at event) › Talk or presentation › Professional
On Beauty
Maarten Doorman (Speaker)
4 Mar 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation (speaker at event) › Talk or presentation › Popular
Engagement in de kunst
Maarten Doorman (Speaker)
25 Jan 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation (speaker at event) › Talk or presentation › Popular
Press / Media
Francis Fukuyama; The End of History
22/10/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement › Popular
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
20/08/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement › Popular