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prof. dr. Jaap Evert Abrahamse

Endowed Professor of City, Landscape, and Heritage

j.e.abrahamse@vu.nl

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About

Jaap Evert Abrahamse studied architectural history at the University of Groningen. He received a cum laude doctorate from the University of Amsterdam in 2010 with his PhD thesis Metropolis in the Making. A Planning History of Amsterdam in the Dutch Golden Age. Since 2007 he has been researching urban design history at the Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE), working on a variety of research projects focusing on the spatial dynamics of cities, landscapes, and infrastructure. Since 2023 he has been endowed professor of Cities, landscapes, and heritage at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Courses

Research Seminar

MA Thesis

Recent Publications

Jeroen Rijpsma, Jaap Evert Abrahamse & Menne Kosian, The Atlantic Wall Atlas. The German Coastal Defence System in the Netherlands 1940-1945, Bussum (THOTH Publishers) 2025.

Abrahamse, Jaap Evert, and Reinout Rutte. Historical Atlas of Amsterdam: A Metropolis in Maps 1200–2025. Bussum: Thoth Publishers, 2021.

Jaap Evert Abrahamse & Rik Feiken, ‘Drifting peatlands and subterranean forests. Nicolaas Witsen, the landscape around Amsterdam and the basic principles of modern geology’, Bulletin KNOB 118 (2019).

Research Projects

Atlas of the Dutch Urban Landscape

A Planning History of Amsterdam in the Dutch Golden Age

Post 65: atlas van grootse plannen

Recent Activities

Opening excursion of the MA in Architecture, Cities, Landscapes

AISU 2025 conference

Cultural Heritage and New Technologies, Vienna 2025

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