Joost Keizer is a historian of Pre-Modern European art, with an interest in how pre-modern culture can be communicated to a contemporary audience. His current research investigates the ethical dimensions of art. He is interested in how the cultural heritage of Pre-Modern Europe raises questions about inclusion and exclusion, both in the period itself and in the practice of the modern museum. As guest curator at the Rijksmuseum Twenthe, he made an exhibition on the woman artist Artemisia Gentileschi and gender roles in early modern Europe.