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Staff members with discipline History

Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.

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I am a historian working on the cultural and intellectual history of the modern Middle East. I am broadly interested in the history of the Nahda, historiography, and Arabic literature. My disseration, lying at the intersection of Middle Eastern Studies and Jewish studies, examined the Arabic Jewish press in the Middle East during the 1930s and '40s and studies the ideas and intellectual networks of its editors and contributors. 
L.E. (Lucia) Admiraal, PhD
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l.e.admiraal rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
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Dead Sea Scrolls; Ancient History of the Near East; Ancient Judaism
A.W. (Ayhan) Aksu, Dr
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a.w.aksu rug.nl
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Postdoctoral Researcher
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Dutch language history; Early Modern History; History of Ostfriesland; Church History; German Literature; Speculative & Science Fiction; the Interwar Period.
G.W.M. (Gijs) Altena
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g.w.m.altena rug.nl
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PhD student
I am working on the history of education. Important research topics are: development of secondary education (especially, h.b.s., gymnasium, m.m.s., Law of Secondary Education 1963); equal opportunities (Dutch experiments with comprehensive education in the 1970-1980s) and educational reform.
prof. dr. H.T.A. (Hilda) Amsing
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h.t.a.amsing rug.nl
+31 50 36 36498
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Professor in the History of Dutch Education (Aletta Jacobs Chair), vice-dean of the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences
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b.annan rug.nl
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Early modern history, news and media, diplomacy, France, Low Countries, Ottoman Empire, religious conflict, civil war
dr. R.M. (Rosanne) Baars
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r.m.baars rug.nl
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Postdoc 'Building Peace: Transitional Justice in Early Modern France'
Field / Discipline
Relationships between history, ethics and human rights; censorship and abuse of history; history and philosophy of history
prof. dr. A.H.M. (Antoon) de Baets
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a.h.m.de.baets rug.nl
+31 50 36 36031
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Emeritus Professor of History, Ethics and Human Rights, University of Groningen (the Netherlands)
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A.F. (Arjen) Bakker, PhD
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a.f.bakker rug.nl
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Assistant Professor Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism
History of Education, particularly in the Netherlands in the 19th and 20th century.Key research themes are the growth and differentiation of medico-pedagogical care for children (school health care, youth mental health care, special education etc.) and the related development of child sciences (child-psychiatry, child-psychology, and educational sciences).
dr. P.C.M. (Nelleke) Bakker
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p.c.m.bakker rug.nl
+31 50 36 36489
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UHD - associate professor
social, economic and institutional history of the Late Middle Ages; regional history (especially Groningen, Overijssel and Guelders)
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j.f.benders rug.nl
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university lecturer
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The history of child protection and its institutions, history of the supervision order, history of out of home placement of minors.
Archives of professors, history of psychological and pedagogical testing and testmaterials.
dr. I. (Ingrid) van der Bij-de Puij
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i.van.der.bij rug.nl
+31 6 4530 3043
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Researcher/ collection specialist / director Archieves of Dutch Behavioral Sciences
Field / Discipline
Early Modern History, Dutch East India Company (VOC), History of Paper
F. (Frank) Birkenholz, MA
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f.birkenholz rug.nl
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PhD Candidate - Lecturer
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History and archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean, especially in the Hellenistic and Roman periods; Roman Athens; Greek and Latin epigraphy; euergetism and honorific monuments
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g.p.blasdel rug.nl
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Postdoctoral Researcher
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Information- & collectionspecialist history
Pure support & Hora Finita support
drs. T. (Tom) Blikslager
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t.blikslager rug.nl
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Library Liaison Medieval & Early Modern History
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Humanitarian Interventions and Peacekeeping, Armed Conflict, International Development, Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (esp. diamonds and gold), African Politics and Security
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s.j.n.van.bockstael rug.nl
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Assistant Professor Globalisation Studies and Humanitarian Action
E.W. (Elke) Boers, MA MSc
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e.w.boers rug.nl
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PhD Student
Field / Discipline
Political History, Gender History, (the history of) Women in the Military, Gender and War, Civil-military Relations, Security Studies.
K. (Kim) Bootsma
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k.bootsma rug.nl
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PhD student
Field / Discipline
Early modern history, religious history, France, transitional justice, memory studies
S.J.C. (Sherilyn) Bouyer, MA
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s.j.c.bouyer rug.nl
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PhD candidate
Field / Discipline
Greek, Roman, Early Christian and Contemporary Religion; History of Scholarship
prof. dr. J.N. (Jan) - Bremmer
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j.n.bremmer rug.nl
+31 50 526 2503
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Emeritus Professor of Science of Religion and Comparative Religious Studies
Field / Discipline
Economic and Social History
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d.t.broersma rug.nl
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Lecturer
Field / Discipline
- Eighteenth-century culture and French Revolution
- Napoleonic Age
- History of Politics and Administration
- History of Emotions
- Cultural history of Catholicism
- History of reading
F. (Francesco) Buscemi, PhD
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f.buscemi rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Contemporary History
Military History
prof. dr. A. (Arthur) ten Cate
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a.ten.cate rug.nl
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Professor of Military History
Field / Discipline
Medieval History; History of Reading in Premodern Europe; European Culture and Literature in the Middle Ages
S. (Sabrina) Corbellini, Prof Dr
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s.corbellini rug.nl
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Professor "History of Reading in Premodern Europe"
My teaching and research are situated at the intersection of modern political and social history and the social sciences. 

*Political, social, and urban history of modern and contemporary (Western) Europe
*History of democratic innovation and change  
*History and democracy in political and public discourse
*History of local and regional governance in Europe
dr. S. (Stefan) Couperus
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s.couperus rug.nl
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Associate Professor
Field / Discipline
Modern History; History of Science
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w.d.daling rug.nl
+31 50 36 35797
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Lecturer
Field / Discipline
Early modern Dutch textual culture; language criticism and language philosophy; digital humanities
dr. L.A. (Lucas) van der Deijl
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l.a.van.der.deijl rug.nl
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Jeroen J.H. Dekker is Honorary Professor (from 1991 to 2019 Full Professor) of History and Theory of Education at the University of Groningen. Before, he was Senior Lecturer in History and Head of the History Department at the University of Maastricht, and Lecturer in History of Educa­tion at the University of Utrecht, where he graduated in history (BA; MA and PhD cum laude) and in philosophy (BA, abridged). Next, he participated in the weekly seminar of Jacques Revel at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He was a visiting professor at the History and Civilisation Department of the European University Institute in Florence, the European Institute of Columbia University in New York and the University of Sassari, and Visiting Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung) in Berlin.A former President of the International Association for the History of Education (ISCHE), of the Belgian-Dutch Society for the History of Education (BENGOO) and of the Groningen Research School for the Study of the Humanities, he is Honorary Life Member of ISCHE and BENGOO, one of the conveners of the Standing Working Group ‘Growing up in out-of-home care: Histories of children and youth in foster families and residential homes’, Editor of Paedag­ogica Histo­rica, International Journal of the History of Education, Member of the Editorial Board of History of Education, Member of the Advisory Board of Historia y Memoria de la Educación, Member of the scientific committee of Annali di storia dell’Educazione e delle Istituzioni Educative, member of the Leuven Research Community on Philosophy and History of the Discipline of Education and chair of the Board of the Stichting Paedagogica Historica. From 2016 to 2019 he was a Member of the Committee for the Study on Institutional Child Abuse set up by the Dutch government. His publications deal with the longue durée social and cultural history of education, parenting, childhood, schooling, and children at risk.     
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j.j.h.dekker rug.nl
+31 50 36 36497
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Professor of History and Philosophy of Education
I am an Ancient Historian and Classical Archaeologist currently teaching for the University of Groningen. My work focuses on public space, public life, and statues and monuments in Hellenistic and Roman Greece and in the ancient world more broadly. I teach a broad range of courses at BA and MA level in the History and Archaeology departments and have a particular affinity with cultural and political approaches to the ancient world. I am currently engaged in publishing the votive portrait statues from the Hellenistic and Roman period Artemision at Messene. The project aims to casts new light on why people dedicated statues of themselves in sanctuaries, to explore the experience of viewing religious scultpure and to develop new methods for using 3D computer technology for archaeological reconstruction.
C.P. (Chris) Dickenson, PhD
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chris.dickenson rug.nl
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Field / Discipline
Public Engagement. History of universities. Eise Eisinga. History of mathematics. History of the book. Podcast. Frisia. 
dr. A.F.B. (Arjen) Dijkstra
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a.f.b.dijkstra rug.nl
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Director of the University Museum
Field / Discipline
Death, funerary ritual and commemoration in the Greco-Roman world
dr. T.M. (Tamara) Dijkstra
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t.m.dijkstra rug.nl
+31 50 36 37682
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Postdoctoral researcher
Field / Discipline
African studies, international relations and development studies, cultural heritage, non-western history, history of European expansion, history of Dutch foreign policy (colonial policy, development policy)
dr. M.R. (Michel) Doortmont
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m.r.doortmont rug.nl
+31 50 36 36002
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Reader in International Relations and African Studies (with ius promovendi)
Middle English, late medieval English politics and literature, manuscript studies, palaeograpy and codicology
A.A. (Aline) Douma, MA
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a.a.douma rug.nl
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Programme coordinator GSH and PhD student
Late Antiquity, Culture of leadership in the late Roman Empire, Christianization of the Roman Empire, Late-antique historiography (Ammianus Marcellinus), Latin panegyrics
dr. J.W. (Jan Willem) Drijvers
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j.w.drijvers rug.nl
+31 50 36 38189
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Associate Professor/Reader in Ancient History
Field / Discipline
Social-economic History, Europe since 1750, European Regional Development. The Netherlands and its regions, Historical Network Analysis, Public History.
prof. dr. M.G.J. (Maarten G J) Duijvendak
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m.g.j.duijvendak rug.nl
+31 50 36 35994
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Professor emeritus of Economic, Social & Regional History
Cultural History, Intellectual History, South Asian Studies, History of British India, Modern German History, Cultural Studies
A. (Arnab) Dutta, MA
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a.dutta rug.nl
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Doctoral Candidate
Field / Discipline
Currently I am working on my thesis, a cultural family biography of the Groningen-based Scholten family (1840-1970). My other research interests are modern Dutch history (pre-1940), history of social and socialist movements and gender history.
M.H. (Marieke) Dwarswaard, MA
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m.h.dwarswaard rug.nl
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PhD
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Martijn Eickhoff is specialized in the history, cultural dimensions and afterlife of war, mass violence and regime changes in Asia and Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries, with a special focus on their spatial, material and transnational aspects. His field of research is defined as: 'archaeology and heritage of war and mass violence'.
prof. dr. M. (Martijn) Eickhoff
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m.eickhoff rug.nl
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Professor by Special Appointment
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History of political thought; history of professional mobility in pre-modern Islamic societies; cross-cultural contacts in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Crusades. 
M. (Mohamad) El-Merheb, PhD
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m.el-merheb rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of Medieval History
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prof. mr. dr. D.J. (Douwe Jan) Elzinga
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d.j.elzinga rug.nl
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professor of Constitutional Law
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a.erdogan rug.nl
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PhD student
Early Modern Borders, Migration and Religion
R.M. Esser, Prof Dr
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r.m.esser rug.nl
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Professor of Early Modern History
Field / Discipline
Historical archaeology, Heritage and Political Regime
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a.fajri rug.nl
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PhD student
Field / Discipline
K.A. (Kim) Fowler, MA PhD
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k.a.fowler rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of New Testament
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D.W. (Daniel) Franken, PhD
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d.w.franken rug.nl
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Field / Discipline
Economic and Social History
dr. B.P.A. (Ben) Gales
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b.p.a.gales rug.nl
+31 50 36 33739
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Lecturer
Field / Discipline
W.A. (Wiek) van Gemert, MA MSc
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w.a.van.gemert rug.nl
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Field / Discipline
Research
Mediaeval History; Cultural and Religious History; Human-Animal Studies; Critical Animal Studies; Posthumanism; Cultural Heritage; Mediaevalisms in Videogames

Education
Coordination of the Dutch Studies programme at the Faculty of Arts. 
S. (Sven) Gins, MA
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s.gins rug.nl
+31 50 36 37318
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PhD Researcher / Dutch Studies Coordinator
As a researcher, my primary interest is the modern history of Jewish communities in the Islamic world and their responses to modernity. From a methodological standpoint I consider myself a historian, and as such the majority of my research is based on archival material and historic press in English, French, Arabic, and Hebrew, dating from the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. My current research rethinks the connection between transnational solidarity organizations and empire. The focus is on the centrality and agency of non-European elites, thereby challenging assumptions about the center and the periphery within colonial networks.
S.R. (Sasha) Goldstein, PhD
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s.r.goldstein rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
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Van Haaften is a historian interested in the question how higher educational institutes, as nodes in a transnational network of knowledge institutes, have transformed societies. His research has a strong focus on South Asia. He has published in academic journals and edited volumes, covering issues related to the business and management education, the history of testing and assessment, governmentality and the geopolitics of education.
dr. L.W. (Lourens) van Haaften
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l.w.van.haaften rug.nl
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Assistant professor
History and Theory of European co-operation and integration; Dutch foreign policy; China-EU relations
prof. dr. J. (Jan) van der Harst
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j.van.der.harst rug.nl
+31 50 36 36015
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Professor of European Integration
Field / Discipline
Science & communication, project management, historical projects, job market orientation for students, bridging the educational gap between high school and university
V. (Vincent) Hazelhoff, MA
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v.hazelhoff rug.nl
+31 50 36 37370
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Coordinator Alfasteunpunt (Pre-university Academy), Coordinator Science Shop Language, Culture and Communication
Field / Discipline
History of the Middle Ages
dr. K.J. (Karl) Heidecker
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k.j.heidecker rug.nl
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Senior Lecturer
Field / Discipline
Historical anthropology; medieval and cultural history; methods and theory; history of ideas, esp. the French intellectual tradition; the relationship between religion and the academic discourse; the relationship between texts and images.

dr. B.S. (Babette) Hellemans
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b.s.hellemans rug.nl
+31 50 36 36035
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lecturer
revitalisation of city and countryside, especially the provinces of Groningen and Friesland
prof. dr. J.J.M. (Zef) Hemel
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j.j.m.hemel rug.nl
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Political History, American History, Dutch History, Regional History, Gender History
dr. W.J. (Hanneke) Hoekstra
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w.j.hoekstra rug.nl
+31 50 36 35970
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Lecturer and Researcher
Field / Discipline
Early modern history, cultural heritage, history of (anatomical) collections, cultural history of sexuality, gender and the body; history of science and scholarship, medical humanities.
dr. K.E. (Karen) Hollewand
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k.e.hollewand rug.nl
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Lecturer and Postdoc
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p.holthuis rug.nl
+31 50 36 32872
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Teacher Educator History
Field / Discipline
Archaeology
Archaeobotany
Early Modern History
Dutch Culinary History
M.M.A. (Merit) Hondelink, MA
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m.m.a.hondelink rug.nl
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PhD student
Field / Discipline
Contemporary History;Central and East European History/The Balkans; Security and Reconstruction
dr. S. (Sipke) de Hoop
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s.de.hoop rug.nl
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Senior University Lecturer in Contemporary History
Field / Discipline
- history of archaic and classical Greece
- ancient religion
- divination
- Athenian law and rhetoric
- Greek epigraphy
- cultural history
dr. R. (Rebecca) Van Hove
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r.van.hove rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of Ancient History
Field / Discipline
Domain-specific learning, training and coaching of (student) teachers, research on the teaching and learning of history, educational assessment. 
dr. T.D. (Tim) Huijgen
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t.d.huijgen rug.nl
+31 50 36 39195
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Teacher Educator
Research interests:
Ancient Judaism in its Formative Phase
The (Political) History of Egypt during the Achaemenid Period
The (Political) History of Egypt during the Ptolemaic Period
Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian (Matrimonial) Law
Administration in Egypt during the Achaemenid and Ptolemaic Periods

Further interests:
Comparative Semitics
Ancient Greek and Latin (Historical) Linguistics
Ancient Greek and Latin Documentary Papyri
Aramaic, Demotic and Ancient Greek Scribal Practices
dr. R.N. (Ruwan) van der Iest
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r.n.van.der.iest rug.nl
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Lecturer Koinè and New Testament Greek
Field / Discipline
Cultural History of the Middle Ages; Liturgy and Ritual; Manuscript Studies. Areas of Specialization: Medieval Liturgy (History, Theology, Practice); Codicology; the Distichs of Cato. Areas of Competence: Material Culture Theory; Critical Heritage Studies; Art, Museums, and Religion;  Digital Text Editing
A.J.M. (Andrew) Irving, Dr
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a.j.m.irving rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of Religion and Heritage
prof. dr. G.T. (Goffe) Jensma, PhD
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g.t.jensma rug.nl
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Professor of Frisian Language and Literature
In Education: 
- Education Advisor
- Online Education
- Course & Programme (re)design

In History:
- Colonialism
- War Studies
- Modern British History
I.E. (Iain) Johnston-White, PhD
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i.e.johnston-white rug.nl
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History of religion & politics; history of Europe in the twentieth century, especially France; human rights; modern & contemporary Christianity, especially dissident forms of Catholicism and Protestantism
R.M. (Rachel) Johnston-White, PhD
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r.m.johnston-white rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of Contemporary History
Economic and Social History, Long Term Economic Growth and Development
prof. dr. H.J. (Herman) de Jong
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h.j.de.jong rug.nl
+31 50 36 33737
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Professor of Economic History
Modern history and international relations  of East Asia ( in particular related to Japan); history and historiography of colonialism, imperialism and globalisation; European political culture and political history ( 19th-21st century) with special attention to the role of the press.
prof. dr. J. (Janny) de Jong
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janny.de.jong rug.nl
+31 50 36 36021
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Professor Europe-East Asia Relations, with a focus on Japan;Director of Studies Erasmus Mundus Master Euroculture: Society, Politics and Culture in a Global Context
Field / Discipline
Roman Social and Economic History
dr. W.M. (Willem M) Jongman
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w.m.jongman rug.nl
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Reader
Field / Discipline
early modern history, history of (anatomical) collections, cultural history of the body, Dutch medicine in the Enlightenment, History of alchemy and chemistry, medical humanities
prof. dr. H.G. (Rina) Knoeff
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h.g.knoeff rug.nl
+31 50 36 38931
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Aletta Jacobs Chair of Health and Humanities
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j.s.a.m.van.koningsbrugge rug.nl
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Senior Lecturer
Field / Discipline
History of politics and media in early modern Europe
dr. J.W. (Joop W.) Koopmans
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j.w.koopmans rug.nl
+31 50 36 34927
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Associate Professor Early Modern History (with ius promovendi)
Field / Discipline
Contemporary history of Russia, Contemporary history of Ukraine, Contemporary history of Poland
dr. N.A. (Nicolaas) Kraft van Ermel
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n.a.kraft.van.ermel rug.nl
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Instructor Dept. of History, Staff Member Netherlands-Russia Centre
Field / Discipline
Comparative history of country houses and estates in the Netherlands and Europe; Anthropology of Religion; Historical Anthropology; History and Anthropology of Elites.
prof. dr. Y.B. (Yme) Kuiper
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y.b.kuiper rug.nl
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Emeritus Professor Faculty of Arts; endowed chair (Stichting Van der Wyck-de Kempenaer) Historic Country Houses and Estates; Emeritus Professor (endowed chair: Stichting Groninger Universiteitsfonds) Anthropology of Religion and Historical Anthropology
Field / Discipline
History and politics
Culture, memory, identity, and heritage
Central and Eastern Europe, especially Western Balkans/the former Yugoslavia
Language and literature, film and media
J.W. (James) Leigh, MA
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j.w.leigh rug.nl
+31 50 36 35393
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Lecturer & PhD student - MA Euroculture
Early Modern Low Countries; Transregional History; Historical Humour Studies; 
M. (Meggy) Lennaerts
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m.lennaerts rug.nl
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PhD student
Field / Discipline
Early modern history, religious history, France, Low Countries, religious conflict, memory studies, transitional justice
dr. D.C. (David) van der Linden
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d.c.van.der.linden rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of Early Modern History
Field / Discipline
- Early Modern Geopolitical Epistemologies (esp. the XVIC Hispanic Empire)
- Historical Epistemology and International Relations
- The Politics of Global Connectivities
- Geopolitics and Connectivity
- Mapping, critical cartography, and spatial epistemologies 
- The Politics of Uncertainty
- Biopolitics of Security
- Post-structuralism in International Relations
- Insurance and liberal governance
L.E. (Luis) Lobo-Guerrero, Prof Dr
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l.e.lobo-guerrero rug.nl
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Professor of History and Theory of International Relations, Head of Department
Modern political history
Russia and the former Soviet Union
Authoritarian regimes
Political-economic institutions
T.A. (Tim) van der Maarel, MA
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t.a.van.der.maarel rug.nl
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PhD student
Politics and memory; Architecture and heritage; Modern and contemporary Italy; Fascism and post-fascism
H.O. (Hannah) Malone, PhD
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h.o.malone rug.nl
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Assistant Professor in Contemporary History
Field / Discipline
Coloniality/Decolonialism
Latino politics
Texas history, culture and politics
Religion in American culture and politics
The U.S.-Mexico borderlands
Mexican American history, politics and culture
U.S. Catholic history
U.S.-Mexico relations
A.M. (Anne) Martinez, Dr
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a.m.martinez rug.nl
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Assistant Professor, American Political Theory and Culture (tenured)
Eastern Roman Empire, Provincial administration, Hellenistic-Roman Judaea (society and life), Hasmonean Revolt and Rule, Jewish Wars against Rome, Judaean expatriate communities (Diaspora), works of Flavius Josephus, ancient historiography and rhetoric, Jewish-Christian (and -Roman) relations to the emperor Julian.
prof. dr. S.N. (Steve) Mason
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s.mason rug.nl
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Em. Distinguished Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions and Cultures
Field / Discipline
Koloniale geschiedenis, historische beeldvorming, journalistiek.
drs. N.J.A. (Niels) Mathijssen
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n.j.a.mathijssen rug.nl
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PhD student
Political, social and cultural history of 20th century France and Spain; history, politics and theory of the (European) Left; French and Spanish politics; French and Spanish culture; political theory, particularly ideas regarding violence and non-violence.
H.M. (Hugh) McDonnell, PhD
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h.m.mcdonnell rug.nl
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As a historian I am specialised in (post)colonial Dutch-Indonesian relations. As International Relations assistent professor my main subject is Asia and especially East Asia/China. 
J.F. (Hans) Meijer, Dr.
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j.f.meijer rug.nl
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Assistant professor / senior researcher
Field / Discipline
Social, Political, and Environmental History of Modern Europe.  Particular interest in transnational history, and social movements.
S.H. (Stephen) Milder, PhD
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s.h.milder rug.nl
+31 50 36 36023
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Environmental History, Historical Analysis, Conflict Resolution, Autonomy Studies, Eco-Erasure, Eco-Resilience, Water Security, Sustainability, Environmental Humanities. Reconnoitring Eco-Erasure in Southern Africa’s Quest for Autonomy: A Historical Analysis of the Interdependence Between Natural Capital, Specifically Water, and Its Role in Shaping Human Conflict.
B.N. (Benhilda) Mlambo
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b.n.mlambo rug.nl
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PhD student
Field / Discipline
Past, present and future of regional development
prof. dr. A.M. (Marijn) Molema
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a.m.molema rug.nl
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Professor (by special appointment) Regional Vitality & Dynamics
Field / Discipline
History of Nineteenth- & Twentieth-century German and Dutch Theology and Religious Studies; Ernst Troeltsch (1865-1923); History of Liberal Protestantism; Religion & Society; Material Christianity; Religion in the Public Domain
prof. dr. A.L. (Arie) Molendijk
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a.l.molendijk rug.nl
+31 50 36 35580
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Professor of the History of Christianity; Professor of the Philosophy of Religion
Field / Discipline
Indian Studies, Textual Studies, Performance and Ritual in South Asia
E. (Elena) Mucciarelli, Dr
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e.mucciarelli rug.nl
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Assistant Professor for Hinduism in the Sanskrit Tradition - Gonda Lecturer
Middle East
Conflicts, terrorism, jihadism
Religion and violence
Media and propaganda
dr. P.G.T. (Pieter) Nanninga
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p.g.t.nanninga rug.nl
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Assistant Professor Middle Eastern Studies
Field / Discipline
History of Philosophy, in particular philosophy of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Early Modern Times
prof. dr. L.W. (Lodi) Nauta
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l.w.nauta rug.nl
+31 50 36 36946
Function
Professor in the History of Philosophy
Field / Discipline
Hagiography; History of Christian knowledge (1300-1725); History of Christian spirituality and mysticism; Catholic Reformation.
G.J. (Gooitske) Nijboer
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g.j.nijboer rug.nl
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PhD student
Political, Cultural and Social History of the Greek city in the Hellenistic and Roman periods;  Sport history, Greek Festivals, Epigraphy, Citizenship, Funerary culture .
prof. dr. O.M. (Onno) van Nijf
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o.m.van.nijf rug.nl
+31 50 36 36968
Function
Professor of Ancient History
Field / Discipline
Modern history, cultural history, history of science and university
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j.e.noordhof-hoorn rug.nl
Function
Programmamaker Studium Generale Groningen
Field / Discipline
E.A. (Erik) Olsen, PhD
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e.a.olsen rug.nl
Function
Rhetoric, United States history (1750-1900), Presidential Rhetoric, United States Constitution and American government
dr. J. Olthof
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jelte.olthof rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Memory in the ancient world; Classical Reception; Greek and Roman history and culture; Political thought; Historiography; Epigraphy; Ancient numismatics; Hellenistic kingship; Digital Humanities.
dr. M. (Manolis) Pagkalos
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m.pagkalos rug.nl
Function
Lecturer in Ancient History & Research Fellow
Field / Discipline
Economic and Social History, Economics, Regional History, Demography,
dr. R.F.J. (Richard) Paping
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r.f.j.paping rug.nl
Function
Associate professor (with ius promovendi)
Roman Imperialism and Colonialism, Roman Republic, Roman Rural History, Hellenistic Italy, History of Ideas, Landscape archaeology
dr. J. (Jeremia) Pelgrom
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j.pelgrom rug.nl
+31 50 36 36247
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
African history (particularly Zambia, South Africa, and Nigeria); environmental history; social history; oral history. I study the environmental history of mining and oil drilling in Africa. My aim is to explain why people respond differently to severe pollution and environmental degradation. To answer these questions, I rely on oral history, literary analysis, political ecology, and approaches from art studies. Besides being the coordinator of the MA History track Un/Sustainable Societies in Past, Present, and Future, I am a member of the Faculty Council of Arts and the chair of the Young Arts Network (YARN) for 2022-2023.
I. (Iva) Pesa, PhD
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i.pesa rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor Contemporary History
Modern History - Philosophy of History - Learning histories- Rhetoric
dr. R.G.P. (Rik) Peters
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r.g.p.peters rug.nl
+31 6 5344 8931
Function
Associate Professor
Field / Discipline
European Sport and Movement Cultures (1400-1600); History of Embodied Technique; History of Science; Experimental History
M. Pietersma, MA
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m.pietersma rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Modern Jewish History of The Netherlands; Modern Jewish History of Central and Eastern Europe; Modern Political and Cultural History of Central and Eastern Europe; Modern History of the Habsburg Empire; Modern History of The Netherlands; Modern History of Groningen (city), Historical Biographies
dr. S. (Stefan) van der Poel
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s.van.der.poel rug.nl
+31 6 3198 4136
Function
Assistant professor
Field / Discipline
Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Artificial Intelligence and palaeography, Judaism in the Graeco-Roman period, archaeology, ancient sciences, astrology, physiognomics and magic

see also http://www.rug.nl/news-and-events/people-perspectives/inbeeld/mpopovic

prof. dr. M. (Mladen) Popovic
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m.popovic rug.nl
Function
Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies
Manuscript Studies; Book Studies; Monasticism. Areas of specialisation: Codicology; Palaeography; Bookbinding Studies; Patristics; Patrology.
N. (Nick) Pouls, MA
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n.pouls rug.nl
Function
PhD student
drs. M.A. (Mark) Raat, MA
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m.a.raat rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
History and Theory of Biography; History and Theory of Journalism; Literary history; World War II; book and publishinghouse history; Avant Garde in the Interbellum and Theo van Doesburg,
prof. dr. J.W. (Hans) Renders
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j.w.renders rug.nl
+31 50 36 35816
Function
Professor History and Theory of Biography
Field / Discipline
History of Labor and Technology; history of capitalism; US history; intellectual history.
J.Z. (Jason) Resnikoff, PhD
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j.z.resnikoff rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor of Contemporary History
Classical Receptions; Classics; Cultural History; Art History
prof. dr. D. (David) Rijser
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d.rijser rug.nl
Function
Professor by Special Appointment
The cultural history and musealisation of the country house, the castle and the estate
Demolition of historical architecture

For my publications,  see my CV
prof. dr. H. (Hanneke) Ronnes
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h.ronnes rug.nl
Function
Bijzondere leerstoel Historische buitenplaatsen en landgoederen (Stichting Van der Wyck-De Kempenaer)
Field / Discipline
I am a historian of the Modern Middle East. My research and teaching interests include Christian Arab communities of and in the Middle East Middle East, a relational cultural and social history of Ottoman and Mandate Palestine, and minorities in/ diaspora from the Middle East. I am particularly interested in engaging with multilateral transnational connections, still understudied in favour of national historiographies and periodisation.
K.M.J. (Karène) Sanchez-Summerer, Prof Dr
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karene.sanchez rug.nl
Function
Professor and Chair Middle Eastern studies
Field / Discipline
prof. dr. C.G. (Catrien) Santing
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c.g.santing rug.nl
+31 50 36 36117
Function
Professor of Medieval History
Politics and religion, with a particular focus on Sunni politics and political opposition in Iraq and Egypt.  My current research project (2023-2024), funded by an NWO Open Competitie SGW XS grant, focuses on the reconstruction of the Iraqi city of Mosul from an Iraqi and a Dutch perspective. I focus on reconstruction projects in Mosul by conducting fieldwork and by studying secondary literature and policy reports. Specifically, I look at the political and religious context in which this takes place and the extent to which this complex context of international actors and (local) sectarian politics affects the efficiency and sustainability of the reconstruction efforts.  For my previous projects, I focused on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood under the rules of Sadat and Mubarak. My studies have always been primarily based on Arabic journals and newspapers, sources, which proved to be of great relevance for new insights into the movement’s mentality history in the build-up to the events of January 2011 and, in a broader sense, the development of Islamism and political Islam in Egypt and beyond.

 In August 2020 my book titled Imagining the Perfect Society in Muslim Brotherhood Journals was published by De Gruyter.
dr. K.M. (Kiki) Santing
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k.m.santing rug.nl
+31 50 36 35820
Function
Assistant Professor Middle Eastern Studies
Medieval History; Financial, Social and Economic History of Middle Ages and Early Modern Times; Local and Regional History of the Northern and Eastern Netherlands and neighbouring German territories; Palaeography and codicology
dr. R.W.M. (Remi) van Schaik
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r.w.m.van.schaik rug.nl
+31 50 36 38986
Function
Senior Lecturer (1995-2015)
Field / Discipline
Ancient history; Graeco-Roman Religion; Asklepios
P. Schievink, MA
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p.schievink rug.nl
Function
PhD-Candidate
Field / Discipline
Moroccan Jewish History and Migration
R. (Roy Orel) Shukrun
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r.shukrun rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
Early Modern South Asia; Early Modern Global History; History of the VOC (Dutch East India Company) in India and Asia; Indian Ocean Port Cities and Trading Communities; Social History of Knowledge; SondToll Registers Online
A. (Anjana) Singh, Dr
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anjana.singh rug.nl
+31 50 36 35914
Function
Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer)
Contemporary South and Southeast Asian history; history of North-South relations since the 19th century; internationalisms after 1945
prof. dr. C. (Clemens) Six
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c.six rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor
Contemporary cultural and media history - Specifically interested in: mediated memories, cultural practices, countercultures, amateur film & video, media technologies, and digital humanities
dr. T. (Tom) Slootweg
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t.slootweg rug.nl
+31 6 3198 4137
Function
assistant professor
Roman History, social and cultural history of the Late Republic and Early Empire, Roman eating rituals, Roman greeting rituals, social hierarchy.  
S.A. (Simon) Speksnijder
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s.a.speksnijder rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
publieksgeschiedenis, medische geschiedenis
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h.c.w.spits rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
Social and economic history of the European Middle Ages, in particular the urban history of England, Italy and the Low Countries and the history of nobility in the Low Countries.
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a.van.steensel rug.nl
+31 50 36 33047
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
music studies, sound studies, critical theory, histories of colonization,   posthumanism
M. (Marek) Susdorf
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m.susdorf rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Field / Discipline
R. Tai, MA
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r.tai rug.nl
Function
PhD student
History: Social Economic History; Anthropometric History; Learning history.
Legal: labour law and human rights in private law, legal history.
General: writing skills
dr. mr. P.G. (Vincent) Tassenaar
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p.g.tassenaar rug.nl
Function
Senior Lecturer
Field / Discipline
Kinship and social mobility
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b.teunissen rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
American Studies
Colonial America
The American Revolution
The Early American Republic
The US South
The early modern Atlantic World
Ethnicity, national identity, and race
M.L. (Mark) Thompson
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m.l.thompson rug.nl
Function
Senior Lecturer of American Studies
Gender Studies, Global History, Cross-cultural Encounters, Cultural History
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m.w.a.van.tilburg rug.nl
+31 50 36 35910
Function
Senior Lecturer
Field / Discipline
History of Greece and the Greek East (Hellenistic and Roman periods)
Funerary epigraphy
Mortuary archaeology
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c.j.toor rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
History of Ideas (Ancient, Medieval and Early-Modern), history of botany (amateur)
prof. dr. A.J. (Arjo) Vanderjagt
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a.j.vanderjagt rug.nl
Function
Professor emeritus of the history of ideas
Field / Discipline
Modern history, cultural history, life writing, (auto)biography and diaries, history of sickness and health, history of the body, cultural history of medicine, relation literature and science, cultural heritage, Dutch history, queenship studies
dr. L.K. (Leonieke) Vermeer
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l.k.vermeer rug.nl
+31 50 36 32482
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Archaic Greece: state formation, anthropological approaches; Classical Athens: political culture; ethnograpphy in Classical Antiquity: Strabo
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e.c.l.van.der.vliet rug.nl
+31 50 36 36032
Function
Senior Lecturer
Field / Discipline
Ancient history, in particular the (early) Roman and Hellenistic period, Greek and Roman interaction, cults and festivals
R. (Robin) van Vliet, MA
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r.van.vliet rug.nl
Function
PhD Candidate
Field / Discipline
Political parties and party systems in the Netherlands and the European Union
prof. dr. G. (Gerrit) Voerman
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g.voerman rug.nl
Function
Professor of Development and functioning of the Dutch and European party system
Field / Discipline
Higher Education Policies and Politics
History of Higher Education
Curriculum Development, Quality Assurance and Enhancement
International Education
prof. dr. R. (Robert) Wagenaar
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r.wagenaar rug.nl
+31 50 36 35176
Function
Director International Tuning Academy / Professor of History and Politics of Higher Education
Public engagement between schools and the university: tranfer of knowlegde and skills between teachers, pupils and academia.
drs. G.H. (Anita) Warmelink
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g.h.warmelink rug.nl
Function
Head of Pre University Academy
Field / Discipline
Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Germany and Europe; Transnational History of Religion and Secularism; History of modern worldviews.
T.H. (Todd) Weir, Prof Dr
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t.h.weir rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor History of Christianity and Modern Culture
Field / Discipline
Westberg promotes the use of historical perspectives and methods within the field of educational research, and has paid special attention to the history of primary schooling and early childhood care and education (ECCE). He has a particular interest in questions regarding the how's and why's of educational expansion, not the least the rise of mass schooling during the 19th century and the expansion of ECCE since the 1960s. As a result, he has published monographs, edited books, textbooks and journals articles covering issues relating to the social and economic history of education; school finance; material culture, school architecture; teachers, teachers' salary and livelihoods, discipline and governmentalities; educational borrowing and educational transfer.
B.A.J. (Johannes) Westberg, Prof Dr PhD
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b.a.j.westberg rug.nl
+31 50 36 36500
Function
Professor of Theory and History of Education, Chair basiseenheid Pedagogiek
Ancient Greek history, Athenian polical culture, Athenian polis religion, Athenian epigraphy, reception of the Persian Wars in antiquity.
dr. S.M. (Sara) Wijma
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sara.wijma rug.nl
Function
Research fellow
Field / Discipline
IR Theory, Security Studies, European Studies, Global Governance, Energy & Geopolitics
prof. dr. J.H. (Jaap) de Wilde
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j.h.de.wilde rug.nl
+31 50 36 35997
Function
Professor of International Relations and Security Studies
Early Modern History


Specialized in: diplomatic history; history of political communication; paper history; Habsburg history; sixteenth-century history; Central and Eastern European history; Mediterranean history; transnational history
M.K. Williams, Dr
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m.k.williams rug.nl
Function
Senior Lecturer
Field / Discipline
urbanization, landscape, deep-mapping, network theory, ritual performance, cultural interaction, collective identity, territorial formation, Hellenistic Asia Minor
C.G. (Christina) Williamson, Dr
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Contact
c.g.williamson rug.nl
+31 50 36 32466
Function
senior lecturer
Field / Discipline
Hellenistic history, Thessaly, network theory, cults and festivals, regional identity
A.J.R. (Adam) Wiznura, MA
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a.j.r.wiznura rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
History of governance and politics- Western - Non-Western, history of local and regional administration, History of physical planning
prof. dr. D.J. (Dirk Jan) Wolffram
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d.j.wolffram rug.nl
Function
Professor in the History of Governance and Politics in Modern Times
Field / Discipline
Social and economic history, environmental history, agricultural history, rural history.
dr. H. (Harm) Zwarts
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h.zwarts rug.nl
Function
Assistant professor
Field / Discipline
Regional Identity, Rural History, U.S. Politics, U.S. History, History of the U.S. South, Political Culture, American Studies, Southern Studies, Civil Rights Movement, U.S. Civil War.
dr. M. (Maarten) Zwiers
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m.zwiers rug.nl
Function
Senior Lecturer
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