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Press and Collaborations

Press and Collaborations

Press and Collaborations

Partnerships, Media & Cultural Collaborations

I collaborate with cultural institutions, media, and partners to share women’s history in Haarlem through tours and storytelling.

Ongoing Collaborations

Verwey Museum x Women of Haarlem Walking Tour: Women Artists of Haarlem
— Ongoing collaboration with the Verwey Museum Haarlem on a hybrid women’s history walking tour in Haarlem, combining a guided city walk with a highlights visit inside the museum.

The programme launched on International Women’s Day 2026 and will resume in June as part of a continued effort to connect museum collections with stories from the city.

Recent highlights

**Radio România Cultural — Ilustrată din Amsterdam Talk**
— Interviewed by Claudia Marcu for the cultural programme Ilustrată din Amsterdam (Postcard from Amsterdam), discussing my research on women artists and my contribution to the exhibition catalogue Unforgettable. Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600–1750. The conversation focused on the historical visibility of women artists and the importance of bringing their stories into public discourse.

Through ongoing radio contributions, I engage with international audiences and share insights from my work in women’s history, including the development of walking tours in Haarlem. Radio offers an accessible and far-reaching platform to connect research, storytelling, and public engagement across borders.

Erfgoed Jong Webinar — International Women’s Day (2026)
— Invited speaker for an International Women’s Day webinar organised by Erfgoed Jong, focused on research and public engagement in women’s history. I presented the development and mission of the women’s history walking tours in Haarlem, highlighting how historical research can be translated into accessible public storytelling.

The talk forms part of a broader effort to make underrepresented women visible through lectures, guided tours, and collaborations.

**Exhibition Catalogue: Unforgettable. Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600–1750 (2026)**
— Contributed an original research article to the official catalogue of Unforgettable, a major international exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent dedicated to women artists in the Low Countries. The exhibition brings together works by more than 40 women active between 1600 and 1750 and is the first large-scale retrospective of its kind, reshaping the art historical narrative of the Dutch and Flemish Golden Age.

My contribution is based on my Master’s thesis research at Utrecht University and focuses on women artists whose work has been historically overlooked. As one of the youngest contributors to the publication, I was part of a broader scholarly effort to re-evaluate the role and visibility of women in early modern art. The catalogue forms a lasting academic counterpart to the exhibition and contributes to ongoing international research on women’s artistic production in the seventeenth century.

You can find more information about the exhibition here and order your catalogue here.

Women of Haarlem x Nationaal Hannie Schaft Stichting
— During one of our women’s history walking tour in Haarlem, chairman Hans Bakker attended and contributed additional historical context on resistance fighter Hannie Schaft.

The exchange enriched the tour’s narrative and led to continued contact with the foundation. Following this collaboration, the tour and its focus on women in resistance were featured in the foundation’s annual newsletter. The collaboration reflects an ongoing exchange around public history, remembrance, and the role of women in wartime narratives.

Spoken Womxn & Souk (Poetry Circle Festival, 2025)
— A collaborative poetic city walk in Haarlem which brought women’s history into dialogue with spoken word and music.

I provided the historical research that inspired new performances on figures including Kenau Hasselaer, Hannie Schaft, Susanna Dumion, and Judith Leyster. I also guided the walk, weaving historical context throughout the route. The project was covered in Haarlems Dagblad.

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Contact

Oana Stan, founder

womenofhaarlem@gmail.com
(+31) 6 14 44 46 24

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