Esther Baakman
PhD candidate
- Name
- E.J. Baakman LLM MA
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 7237
- e.j.baakman@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Esther Baakman is a PhD-candidate at the Leiden University Institute for History. She studies Atlantic news in the Dutch Republic between c.1635-1820 with a focus on printed newspapers. Her research is part of prof. Michiel van Groesen’s NWO project Covering the Ocean - Newspapers and Information Management in the Atlantic World, 1580-1820.
Fields of interest
- Atlantic history
- Early modern Dutch history
- News & public opinion
- Early modern news culture
- Public sphere
PhD candidate
- Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen
- Institute for History
- Vaderlandse Geschiedenis