Following his activities for the Zenobia Foundation (which he chaired in the period 2008-2014), Diederik Burgersdijk has a keen interest in East-West related subjects, the links and conflicts between the parts of the world at both sides of the Bosporus. Diederik co-edited several volumes on, respectively, Zenobia of Palmyra (2009), re-issued in 2018; Constantinople (2011), Alexander the Great (2013), and Sicily (2015), the catalogue to accompany the acclaimed exhibitions in Palermo, Oxford, Copenhagen, Bonn and Amsterdam.