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Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rotterdam, The Netherlands With its location at the confluence of the Rhine, Meuse, and Scheldt Rivers, near to where they run into the North Sea, and situated in one of the most densely populated countries in the world, Rotterdam is one of the most significant port cities in the world and is located very near to many of the most charming as well as the most important cities of Europe. Known for several centuries for commerce, internationalism, liberalism, and modernism, Rotterdam’s nearly one million inhabitants are situated less than an hour’s train or driving distance from the most important Dutch cities, such as Amsterdam (about one hour), The Hague and Utrecht (20-30 minutes each), and within only a few hours of London, Paris, Brussels, Bonn, Cologne and other cities in Belgium, France, Germany, and Great Britain. Rotterdam also lies very close to several smaller towns and communities of traditional Dutch charm with their dikes, canals, flowers, cheese, and windmills such as Delft and Gouda which are only ten miles away and can be reached easily by train, car, and even bicycle. First coming into existence as a city in 1283, the old central city of Rotterdam was largely destroyed during the Second World War. But in the decades since the war ended in 1945, Rotterdam has literally risen out of the ashes, developing a completely modern inner city with many experimental buildings and architectural sites oriented toward the river. Today the modern city of Rotterdam once again offers great shopping, music, cultural, sport, and other opportunities in a nearly unique international setting. Faculty of History and the Arts Website Select History Department Faculty
Prof. Dr. Henri
Beunders, Professor of the History of Society, Media, and Culture
His
recent publications include: ‘Stadsbestuur Dichtbij Huis. Een werkende democratie
voor Rotterdam’. (Rotterdam 2006). (Urban Government Close Home. A working
democracy for Rotterdam). 104p; ‘Politie en media. Feiten, fictie en
imagopolitiek’. (Zeist 2005). The Police force and the Media. Facts, Fiction and
Image Politics. 545p; ‘Publieke Tranen. De drijfveren van de emotiecultuur’.
(Amsterdam 2002) (Public Tears. The driving forces behind the emotion culture)
300 p; ‘Wat je ziet ben je zelf. Big Brother’. (Amsterdam 2000) (Looking in the
Mirror. Big Brother: lust, life and suffering in front of the camera) 124 p; and
‘De verbeelding van de wereld. De wereld van de verbeelding’ (Amsterdam 1998)
(The Representation of the World. The World of Representation) 276 p.
Prof. Dr. Dick
Douwes, Professor of the History of the Non-Western World Prof. Dr. Robert von Friedeburg, Professor of Early Modern History Robert von Friedeburg is the Chair of History with special reference to the History of Politics and Mentalities Faculty Director of Research. He completed his PhD at the University of Bielfeld in 1989. His research interests include reformation and rural society, state-building and social conflict, 17th century religious strife and political thought in Germany, England, and the Netherlands, and Transformation of Early Modern into Modern Society (18th and 19th century). His recent publications include: Europa in der frühen Neuzeit (Neue Fischer Weltgeschichte), Frankfurt 2008; Self-defence and religious strife in Early Modern Europe (St. Andrews Studies in Reformation History), Aldershot 2002; Kultur der unterständischen Gruppen in der Frühen Neuzeit (Enzyklopädie deutsche Geschichte), München (Oldenbourg) 2002; and Widerstandsrecht und Konfessionskonflikt: Gemeiner Mann und Notwehr im deutsch-britischen Vergleich, 1530-1669, Berlin (Duncker & Humblot) 1999. Prof. Dr. Maria Grever, Professor of the Theory and Methodology of History Maria Grever completed her PhD at Nijmegen University in 1994and in 1996 she received the SNS-Bank Award for best PhD dissertation. Her main interests include historical culture and historical consciousness, collective memory and identity, monarchy, and gender and political culture. She continues her work with Dutch secondary schools and gained the position of Chair for Theory and Methodology of History, at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 2000. Since 2006 she has been the Director for the Center for Historical Culture. Her recent publications include: ‘Matriarch of the Dutch Nation/ Queen Wilhelmina’s Cause,’ in Jo Tollebeek and Tom Verschaffel ed., Royal Family. Monarchy and Metaphor in European Culture (Amsterdam, AUP 2008); Maria Grever and Kees Ribbens, Nationale identiteit en meervoudig verleden (WRR Verkenning nr. 17) (Amsterdam University Press 2007) 222 p; With Stuurman, ‘Beyond the canon: history in a globalizing world’, in Grever and Stuurman ed., Beyond the canon (2007), 1-16; Maria Grever, Ed Jonker, Kees Ribbens and Siep Stuurman, Controverses rond de canon (Assen, Van Gorcum 2006) 128 p; ‘Nationale identiteit en historisch besef. De risico’s van een canon in de postmoderne samenleving’, Tijdschrift voor geschiedenis 119 (2006) 128-153; and Maria Grever and Berteke Waaldijk, Transforming the public sphere. The Dutch National Exhibition of Women’s Labor in 1898 (Duke University Press, Durhan USA 2004) 352 p. Prof. Dr. Hein Klemann, Professor of Social and Economic History Hein Klemann (Wateringen, 1957) is Professor in Social and Economic History at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He studied History and Economics at the Free University Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam. He received his Ph.D. at the Free University Amsterdam in 1990. Since then he has been working as assistant Professor and Researcher at Utrecht University. Since 2000 he is Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of War Documentation. From 2000 untill 2004 he was acting co-leader with Prof. Richard Overy (Kings College London) and Alice Teichova (Cambridge) of teasm 4: Occupied Economies of the European Science Foundation program: Occupation in Europe: the impact of National Socialist and Fascist Rule. Since 2006 he is leader of the governmental (NOW) financed research program: Dutch-German economic relations and its political consequences, 1860-2000. Prof. Dr. Pieter Spierenburg, Professor of Historical Criminology Pieter Spierenburg (Haarlem, 1948) is professor in Historical Criminology at the Faculty of History and Arts (since 1978) and the School of Law (since 2003) of Erasmus University Rotterdam. He studied History at the University of Amsterdam from 1966 until 1973 and received his Ph.D. from this University in 1978. He has worked as the secretary of the International Association for the History of Crime and Criminal Justice (IAHCCJ) since its foundation in 1978, has been a member of the editorial board of Crime, Histoire & Sociétés/ Crime, History & Societies (since 1995) and is Research Director of the program on Group Cultures (since 2004: Group Formation and Civil Society) of the Posthumus Institute (Dutch inter-university research school for socio-economic and socio-cultural history), 1993-2005. Since 1998 he is a member of the comité scientifique of the Groupe Européen de Recherches sur les Normativités (GERN), Paris. Pieter Spierenburg has been a speaker at numerous international conferences, workshops, colloquia, etc. since 1978; in England, France, Germany, USA, Canada, Poland, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Colombia and other countries. Selected publications: The Spectacle of Suffering: Executions and the Evolution of Repression: From a Preindustrial Metropolis to the European Experience. Cambridge (Cambridge UP) 1984, The Prison Experience: Disciplinary Institutions and their Inmates in Early Modern Europe. New Brunswick, London (Rutgers UP) 1991, De Verbroken Betovering: Mentaliteit en Cultuur in Preïndustrieel Europa. Hilversum (Verloren) 1998, Men and Violence: Gender, Honor and Rituals in Modern Europe and America (editor). Columbus, OH (Ohio State UP) 1998.
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Erasmus University Rotterdam is named after one of the greatest humanistic
scholars of the Renaissance, Desiderius Erasmus (1469-1536). Raised in Rotterdam
until he was four years old, Erasmus later traveled extensively throughout
Europe and became best known perhaps for his work Moriae Encomium (1509)
which was later translated as In Praise of Folly. In 1495 Erasmus added
the name “Rotterdamensis” to his name, changing this to “Roterodamus” in 1505.
Although named after this great humanistic thinker, Erasmus University Rotterdam
is well known today both for its expertise in practical subjects such as
business, medicine, media studies, law and criminology, as well as for its
faculties of history, philosophy, and the arts and social sciences generally.
Established originally in 1913, the university has grown over the years to
number today more than 16,000 students, about 2,000 of which are from
international backgrounds. In its history faculty, as in many of its other
faculties, the university has several world renowned scholars in a wide range of
fields. Adding to the excellence of its faculty is the novel approach Erasmus
University’s history department follows in its research and teaching. Modern,
diverse, and interdisciplinary methods and approaches are reflected throughout
the curriculum and in the research of its professors, lecturers, and students.
In particular, the department concentrates on the cultural, social, and
intellectual history of both industrial and pre-industrial societies located in
Western Europe and North America as well as in the rest of the world. A final
distinction of the university and the history department is its commitment to
the English language. Although the country’s language is Dutch, a growing number
of courses are taught by regular Dutch faculty members in the English language.
In addition to this, the tasks of learning are facilitated for international
students because virtually all of the professors and staff of the university are
completely fluent in English and often most of the books assigned in the
university classes are in English as well.