History (research) (MA)
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Prof. dr. Cátia Antunes
Cátia Antunes is a Professor of History of Global Economic Networks at the institute for History. Her research interests mainly includes Urban History and Port History 1500-2000. Read more.

Prof. dr. Luuk de Ligt
Luuk de Ligt is Professor of Ancient History. His main research focuses on social and economic history, demography, the Roman republic, legal sources, and epigraphy. Read more.

Prof. dr. Judith Pollmann
Judith Pollmann is a Professor of Early Modern Dutch History. Her work concerns the question of how people and societies in the past negotiated change. Read more.

Prof. dr. Bernhard Rieger
Bernhard Rieger is a Professor of European History. His research places European history since the late nineteenth century in global contexts, paying particular attention to connections with the USA as well as Latin America. Read more.

Prof. dr. Jos Gommans
Jos Gommans is a Professor of Colonial and Global History. His expertise focuses on the early modern history of South Asia in its global interactions with the outside world of Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the European colonial empires. Read more.

Prof. dr. Jeroen Duindam
Jeroen Duindam is Professor of Early Modern History. His research focuses on the comparative study of rulers and elites. Read more.

Prof. dr. Manon van der Heijden
Manon van der Heijden is a Professor of Comparative Urban History. Her fields of interests include early modern urban history and the history of crime and justice (historical criminology). Read more.

Prof. dr. Philippe Buc
Philippe Buc is a Professor of Medieval History. His research has focused on religion and power in medieval western and central Europe. Read more.