Biography
Ilja Nieuwland (1970) studied Political History and Biology at the University of Groningen and subsequently worked at the universities of Groningen and Potsdam. He has been affiliated with Huygens Institute since 2008, currently working as a web editor and researcher for the Digitaal Wetenschapshistorisch Centrum (DWC). In addition, he develops and supports initiatives in the history of science and is part of the research group for the history of science. His research focus lies on the modern history of the earth sciences and evolutionary biology.
In addition to his tasks for the DWC he wrote a thesis on the influence of Andrew CarnegieāsĀ DiplodocusĀ fossil on European science and popular culture in the early twentieth century under the title:Ā The Colossal Stranger. A Cultural History of Diplodocus carnegii, 1902-1913. The book version is to appear in 2019 year with University of Pittsburgh Press under the titleĀ American Dinosaur Abroad. A Cultural History of Carnegieās Plaster Diplodocus.
Publications
- contribution to journal (article)
- contribution to journal (review)
- contribution to edited volume
- working paper
- book (author)
- book (editor)
- thesis
- conference participation
- public engagement
- non textual
- other contribution
2023
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (Accepted/In press). De opvallend lange, onopvallende geschiedenis van station Amsterdam Weesperpoort, 1843-1939. Amstelodamum, 110(4), 213-230.
2022
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2022). Revisiting the first dinosaur park: A once-ridiculed sculpture display is worth a second look. Science, 377(6614), 1496. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ade4444
2020
Nieuwland, I. (2020). Dinosaurs in the aquarium. Public Understanding of Science, 29(6), 655-663. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662520937120
Nieuwland, I. (2020). Ina Heumann; Holger Stoecker; Marco Tamborini; Mareike Vennen. Dinosaurierfragmente: Zur Geschichte der Tendaguru-Expedition und ihrer Objekte, 1906–2018. 312 pp. illus. bibl. index. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2018. €26.90 (paper). ISBN 9783835332539. Isis, 111(1), 208-209. https://doi.org/10.1086/707846
Nieuwland, I. (2020). Paleoart comes into its own. Science, 369(6500), 148-149. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd3642
2019
Nieuwland, I. (2019). De ambiguïteit van de dinosaurus. De Moderne Tijd, 3(1), 287-311.
Nieuwland, I. J. J. & Somsen, G. (2019). Introduction. From Janus to Studium, and beyond: a comparative anatomy of the history of science journals in the Low Countries. Studium (Rotterdam, Netherlands), 153-154. Article 1.
Somsen, G. & Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2019). New Beginnings come to an end: late Gewina, Studium, and the changing tides of history of science in the Low Countries, 1998–2019. Studium (Rotterdam, Netherlands), 12(4), 226. Article 11.
2013
Nieuwland, I. J. J. & ter Sluis, R. (2013). Universiteitsmusea 'Full Circle'? Vijftig jaar academisch erfgoed. Studium. Tijdschrift voor Wetenschaps- en Universiteitsgeschiedenis, 6(3/4), 207-214. Article 7.
2010
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2010). The Colossal Stranger. Diplodocus and Andrew Carnegie intrude European Culture, 1904-1912. Endeavour, 34(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.endeavour.2010.04.001
2024
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2024). Book review: Martin P. M. Weiss. Showcasing Science: A History of Teylers Museum in the Nineteenth Century. Isis, 115(2), 411-412.
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2024). The first fossil collectors: A lively tour of paleontology’s early days fails to coalesce into a coherent narrative. Science, 385(6707), 375.
2023
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2023). Book Review: Martin Weiss, Showcasing Science: A History of Teylers Museum in the Nineteenth Century. Isis, 114(52), 645-646.
2019
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2019). A new history reveals how the wealthy elite helped shape modern natural history museums in America. Science Blog. https://blogs.sciencemag.org/books/2019/06/17/assembling-the-dinosaur/
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2019). The dinosaur as social capital: A new history reveals how the wealthy elite helped shape modern natural history museums in America. Science Magazine, 364(6446), 1143. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax5532
2012
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2012). Review of Paul Brinkman, The second Jurassic dinosaur rush. Museums and paleontology in America at the turn of the twentieth century." [Review of: Paul Brinkman (2010) The second Jurassic dinosaur rush. Museums and paleontology in America at the turn of the twentieth century.]. Archives of Natural History, 39(2), 356-357. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2012.0107
2011
2025
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2025). A good officer: The long and remarkable career of the chimaeral Naosaurus. In C. Manias (Ed.), Palaeontology in Public : Popular science, lost creatures and deep time (pp. 109-129). UCL Press.
2020
Nieuwland, I. J. J. Manias, C. & Brinkman, P. (Accepted/In press). A history of dinosaur fieldwork on seven continents. In The Complete Dinosaur (3 ed. pp. 100). Indiana University Press.
Nieuwland, I. J. J. & Van der Duin, M. (2020). Een zeemonster als schaakstuk. In E. Gassó Miracle, & M.-B. Tiny (Eds.), Van onschatbare waarde: 200 Jaar Naturalis (pp. 80-81). Walburg Pers.
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2020). Ein Saurier für den Kaiser: Wie der »Deutsche Lindwurm« ein Gesicht bekam. In K. Eckart, & T. Hübner (Eds.), Saurier: Die Erfindung der Urzeit (pp. 69-77). Friedenheim.
2019
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2019). Science to Bring the Nation Together: The Formation of Nomadic Congresses in the Netherlands and Flanders. In F. J. Dijksterhuis, A. Weber, & H. J. Zuidervaart (Eds.), Locations of Knowledge in Dutch Contexts (pp. 155-184). Article 7 Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004264885_008
2017
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2017). De posters van Othniel Charles Marsh in Teylers Museum. In E. Van Gelder, E. Jorink, I. Nieuwland, M. Rijk, & A. Spruit (Eds.), 'Dingen die ergens toe dienen': Verhalen over materiële cultuur van wetenschap (pp. 106-109). Verloren.
Jorink, H. G. M. Nieuwland, I. J. J. van Gelder, E. & Rijks, M. (2017). Jacob Jehuda Leon, Adam Boreel en de Tempel van Salomo. In 'Dingen die ergens toe dienen': Verhalen over materiele cultuur van wetenschap (pp. 113-117). Verloren.
2012
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2012). The Wandering Friend. Andrew Carnegie’s Dinosaur Invades Europe, 1904-1918. In J. Kember, J. Plunkett, & J. A. Sullivan (Eds.), Popular Exhibitions, Science and Showmanship, 1840-1910 (pp. 219-236). Pickering & Chatto.
2010
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2010). Pterosauriërs: onze relatie met een buitennissig dier. In M. Witton, & A. J. Veldmeijer (Eds.), Pterosauriërs: vliegende reptielen uit de oertijd Sidestone Press.
2017
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2017). De Leidse Gifmengster onderzocht. Stukken over de zaak-Goeie Mie overhandigd aan de Universiteitsbibliotheek in Leiden. https://www.historici.nl/de-leidse-gifmengster-onderzocht-stukken-over-de-zaak-goeie-mie-overhandigd-aan-de-universiteitsbibliotheek-in-leiden/
2016
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2016). De eenzame wetenschappelijke helden van het internet. https://www.historici.nl/de-eenzame-wetenschappelijke-helden-van-het-internet/
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2016). De snorren van Wessel Krul. https://www.historici.nl/de-snorren-van-wessel-krul/
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2016). Digitale competentie? https://www.historici.nl/digitale-competentie/
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2016). Excellence. https://www.historici.nl/excellence/
2015
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2015). Gedeelde autoriteit: Hoe erfgoedinstellingen de worsteling met kennisdeling aangaan. https://www.historici.nl/verslag-gedeelde-autoriteit-hoe-erfgoedinstellingen-de-worsteling-met-kennisdeling-aangaan/
2014
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2014). Amsterdam's Dinosaur Population. http://www.shellsandpebbles.com/2014/02/02/amsterdams-dinosaur-population/
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2014). Boo! A peek into the iconography of the rearing dinosaur. http://www.shellsandpebbles.com/2014/03/30/boo-a-peek-into-the-iconography-of-the-rearing-dinosaur/
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2014). Delpher: essentieel gereedschap voor de historicus, maar met een slag om de arm. https://www.historici.nl/recensie-delpher-essentieel-gereedschap-voor-de-historicus-maar-met-een-slag-om-de-arm/
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2014). http://www.shellsandpebbles.com/2014/03/09/headless-chicken/. http://www.shellsandpebbles.com/2014/03/09/headless-chicken/
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2014). Manfred Reichel’s Archaeopteryxes and the origin of feathered dinosaurs. http://www.shellsandpebbles.com/2014/02/02/reichel/
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2014). Newman’s flying bats. http://www.shellsandpebbles.com/2014/03/09/507/
2013
2017
van Gelder, E. Jorink, H. G. M. Nieuwland, I. Rijks, M. & Spruit, A. (Eds.) (2017). 'Dingen die ergens toe dienen': Verhalen over materiele cultuur van wetenschap. Verloren.
2010
Zuidervaart, H. J. & Nieuwland, I. J. J. (Eds.) (2010). Teunis Willem van Heiningen, THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SEBALD JUSTINUS BRUGMANS (1763-1819). (Digital series: Tools and Sources for the History of Science in the Netherlands). Digital publication of the Dutch - History of Science - Web Centre (www.dwc.knaw.nl) of the Huygens Instituut (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts ands Sciences - KNAW).
2017
Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2017). The Colossal Stranger: A Cultural History of Diplodocus carnegii. [PhD thesis, University of Groningen].
2023
Mike Taylor, Matt Lamanna, I.J.J. Nieuwland, Amy Henrici, Linsly Church, Steve Sroka, Ken Carpenter (2023). The Untold Story of the Carnegie Diplodocus. 07-09-2023. (69th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2023). Otto Jaekel und seine Kunst - eine Charakterisierung. 27-06-2023. (Jaekelwelten - Die Bilder des Paläontologen Otto Jaekel (1863-1929))
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2023). From Spectacle to Specimen. The Journey of Alfred Koch’s Hydrarchos harlani. 21-04-2023. (Charged Objects / Objets Chargés)
2019
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2019). Dinosaurs and Us. 17-12-2019. (Walking with Dinosaurs)
2018
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2018). That Time a Dinosaur Had to Save the World. 27-11-2018.
2017
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2017). Iguanodons, Diplodocussen en de politieke boemerang van de culturele diplomatie, 1878-1913. 15-12-2017. (Mens en Dier)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2017). Paleontology as Science or Entertainment? A Comparative Anatomy through Time. 13-12-2017. (Popularising Palaeontology II)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2017). An accidental community and the accidents of communities. Professionele online communities. 01-06-2017. (Symposium Digitalisering en de praktijk van het academisch erfgoed)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2017). Tiberius Cornelis Winkler, Teyler's 1885 Wing, Continuity and Change. 21-04-2017. (Museums and the (the Loss of?) the Encyclopedic Ideal)
2016
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2016). Otto Jaekel, Gustav Tornier and the use popular science as a means of leverage for the reform of paleontology in early-20th century Germany.. 14-09-2016. (Popularizing Palaeontology - Current & Historical Perspectives)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2016). The tale of the crouching dinosaur.
How and why Dinosaurs were made in Germany around 1910. 09-07-2016. (European Association for Vertebrate Palaeontology bi-annual meeting)
2015
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2015). Talk "Portraying Monsters of the Extinct Earth. A Journey into the Tangled World of Paleontological Reconstruction".. 19-06-2015. (Vijfde Wetenschapshistorische Conferentie te Woudschoten)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2015). Talk: "Casting a Spell. The hidden meanings of the natural history museum dinosaur". 24-03-2015. (Knowing Things. Circulations and Transitions of Objects in Natural History)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2015). Plaster diplomacy: when dinosaurs reshaped natural history museums.. 23-03-2015. (Knowing Things. Circulations and Transitions of Objects in Natural History)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2015). An accidental community and the accidents of communities. Two cases of scholarly online networks in the Netherlands. 19-03-2015. (Virtual Knowledge Net: Europeanization of Scientific Communication in the Digital Age)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2015). Europeanization of Scientific Communication in the Digital Age. 18-03-2015. (Europeanization of Scientific Communication in the Digital Age)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2015). Workshop Digital Access to Academic Heritage. 13-02-2015. (Workshop Digital Access to Academic Heritage)
2014
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2014). “A Diplodocus to cheer him up”. Dinosaurs, Sea Monsters, Low Entertainment and High Politics. 04-09-2014. (European Society for the History of Science Meeting 2014)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2014). The Colossal Stranger. Dinosaurs, Tycoons, Politics and (un)popular Science, c.1902-c.1914. 13-04-2014.
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2014). Talk: "The colossal stranger. Natural history museums, old dinosaurs, and new collections (1899-1937)". 10-04-2014. (Seminar, Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Universidade de Lisboa)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2014). Workshop Digitale Tools. 14-01-2014. (THATCamp DH14)
2013
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2013). The Double-Edged Spike: The Iconic Dinosaur Iguanodon as an Agent of Reconstruction and Debate. 22-11-2013. (History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Boston)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2013). Fighting the closet naturalist: Dr. Tornier Redesigns Diplodocus, 1909-1912. 13-11-2013. (Lezing North Carolina Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, North Carolina)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2013). Networks of Exchange in Paleontology: a Reversal of Traditional Centre-Periphery Relations?. 18-09-2013. (CIUHT Meeting, Lissabon)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2013). Networks of paleontological specimen exchange in Europe, 1890-1940 - A preliminary overview. 17-09-2013. (CIUHCT Meeting, Universidade de Lisboa)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2013). It Is Alive and May Be Captured. Paleontologists and the Search for Living Dinosaurs, 1910-1940. 15-06-2013. (5th Gewina Meeting of Historians of Science in the Low Countries, Zeist)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2013). »It is Alive and May be Captured«. Paleontologists and the Search for Living Dinosaurs, 1840-1940. 13-06-2013. (Vijfde Woudschotenconferentie GEWINA, Woudschoten)
2012
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2012). Fighting the closet naturalist. Dr. Tornier Redesigns Diplodocus. 28-08-2012. (International Values and Global Sciences, 1880-1939, Exeter, Verenigd Koninkrijk)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2012). Steve Reichs "Different Trains" en "WTC 9/11". 19-08-2012. (Noorderzon Festival 2012, Groningen)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2012). Digitale hulpmiddelen voor museumgeschiedenis. 08-03-2012. (Lezing Reinwardt Academie (AHK), Amsterdam)
2011
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2011). Six dinosaurs for Germany. 14-11-2011. (Richard-Schöne-Gesellschaft für Museumsgeschichte, Monatsvortrag, Berlin, Germany)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2011). The Griffin's Dilemma. The illustration of Archaeopteryx lithographica as an evolutionary kaleidoscope. 08-11-2011. (History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, VS)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2011). Six Diplodocuses for Germany. Andrew Carnegie, Dinosaurs and German Rivalry. 05-05-2011. (Dinosaurs, their Kith and Kin: a historical perspective. Paris, France)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2011). Big, fierce, extinct: universities, natural history, and the relation between the professional and the popular in Germany and Holland, 1880-1910. 19-04-2011. (The History of European Universities. Challenges and transformations, Lisbon, Portugal)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2011). Setting Up Diplodocus. 02-02-2011. (Harvard University, Postgraduate Research Seminar History of Science, Cambridge, Mass, USA)
2010
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2010). Six Diplodocuses for Germany. Carnegie, Osborn and inter-German rivalry. 05-11-2010. (History of Science Society Conference, Montreal, Canada)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2010). Imagining the beast: Wyoming's paleontological harvest overseas. 25-09-2010. (Liberty Book Festival, Casper, WY)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2010). Old Dinosaurs as Museum Objects: The Problems of Early Exhibits. 24-09-2010. (Workshop 'Palaeontology in the Museum', Geology Museum University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2010). Academisch Amsterdam. 06-06-2010. (Dag van de Amsterdamse Geschiedenis, Amsterdam)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2010). The Darwin Year 2009: An Evaluation of Exhibits. 23-02-2010. (Darwin Year Evaluation, Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester)
2009
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2009). Presentatie Digitaal Wetenschaps Historisch Centrum. 27-07-2009. (Derde Wetenschapshistorische Conferentie te Woudschoten, Woudschoten)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2009). 'A Royal Fuss'? Mr. Carnegie's Gift, Mr. Holland's Distribution, and Mr. Benjamin's Aura. 17-04-2009. (Conferentie 'Instruction, Amusement and Spectacle: Popular Shows and Exhibitions 1800-1914', Exeter, Verenigd Koninkrijk)
2008
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2008). Big, Fierce, Extinct, Reconstructed, Reproduced: Changes of meaning in natural history specimens through medial treatment. 16-12-2008. ('Material Worlds' Conference, Leicester)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2008). Niet nuttig genoeg? Twee reizende genootschappen, één congres en vele misverstanden. 28-11-2008. (Nut en nog eens nut? Zelfverstaan, nationalisme en nut in het negentiende-eeuwse wetenschapsbeeld, Amsterdam)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2008). Science and the art of looking: University museums and the treatment of academic natural history collections. 08-05-2008. ('Nature Behind Glass', Manchester)
2023
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2023). Een heel korte geschiedenis van Ballroom Dancing. 29-10-2023.
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2023). Door orde naar diversiteit. Veren, vogels, Franse natuurvorsers en Amsterdamse influencers. 28-10-2023. (Nacht van de Geschiedenis 2023)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2023). Een heel korte geschiedenis van Ballroom Dancing. 16-07-2023.
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2023). From yacht to hedgehog to nothing. The Enduring Lives of a Paleontological Chimera. 11-04-2023.
2022
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2022). Dinosauriërs versus onszelf: waarom we worden afgestoten en aangetrokken door de woeste oertijd?. 27-03-2022.
2020
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2020). The Sensational Sea Snake that Snuck Away. 14-11-2020.
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2020). Big, Fierce, Extinct! What dinosaurs mean to us, and what they say about our world. 29-09-2020.
2019
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2019). Big Bones, Big Politics, and High Culture: How Dippy Became the Poster child of Peace (and War). 07-12-2019.
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2019). King Kong vs. Godzilla: how the ancient and the modern world collided. 09-11-2019.
2018
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2018). Otto Jaekel: Paläontologie, Geologie und Karriere im Dienst des Staates. 08-11-2018.
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2018). De Kolossale Vreemdeling: Dinosauriërs, politiek en populaire cultuur vóór WO1. 04-10-2018.
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2018). De kolossale vreemdeling: dino’s, rovers, politiek en kunst. 12-06-2018.
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2018). Blei met een IJ. 03-02-2018. (Leeuwarden-Friesland European Capital of Culture 2018 |.)
2017
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2017). Blei met een IJ. 20-12-2017. (Oology in de Artis-Bibliotheek)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2017). De kolossale vreemdeling. 28-10-2017. (Oorsprong)
2016
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2016). Hoe zag (en ziet) een dinosaurus eruit?. 21-08-2016. (Noorderzon Festival)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2016). Hoe zag (en ziet) een dinosaurus eruit?. 21-08-2016. (Noorderzon Festival)
2014
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2014). “A Diplodocus to cheer him up.” Dinosaurs, Sea Monsters, Low Entertainment and High Politics. 04-09-2014. (6th ESHS Conference Lisbon)
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2014). The Colossal Stranger. Diplodocus, Pittsburgh, Politics, (un)popular Science – and the Germans. 24-04-2014.
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2014). The Colossal Stranger. Diplodocus, Pittsburgh, Politics, (un)popular Science – and the Germans. 24-04-2014.
2011
I.J.J. Nieuwland (2011). Pterosauriërs: bijfiguren in het boek
van de dinosaurussen?. 05-03-2011. (Tentoonstelling en boekpresentatie "Pterosauriërs. Vliegende tijdgenoten van de dinosauriërs", Natuurmuseum, Rotterdam)
2010
Nieuwland, I. J. J. & Doppen, B. (2010). Website Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap. Website
2009
Nieuwland, I. J. J. & Zuidervaart, H. J. (2009). Digitaal Wetenschapshistorisch Centrum (Engelse versie). Website
Nieuwland, I. J. J. & Zuidervaart, H. J. (2009). Digitaal Wetenschapshistorisch Centrum (Nederlandse versie). Website
Nieuwland, I. J. J. & Doppen, B. (2009). Website Huygens Instituut KNAW. Website http://www.huygensinstituut.knaw.nl/
2014
van Heiningen, T. W. Nieuwland, I. J. J. & Zuidervaart, H. J. (Eds.) (2014). Wouter van Doeveren and Petrus Camper in Paris: Travel Diaries, Kept in the Years 1752-1753, 1777 & 1787, and Related Correspondence. (Tools and Sources for the History of Science in the Netherlands; Vol. 4). DWC.
2012
Rijks, M. Zuidervaart, H. J. & Nieuwland, I. J. J. (2012). The Correspondence of Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop (1610-1682). (Tools and Sources for the History of Science in the Netherlands). DWC. http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/wp-content/bestanden/2012_Rijks-_Correspondence_Van_Nierop.pdf
2011
Nieuwland, I. J. J. & Zuidervaart, H. J. (2011). The Correspondence of Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773-1854). Edited by Teunis Willem van Heiningen. (Tools and Sources for the History of Science in the Netherlands). JouwBoek.