Esther Baakman
PhD candidate
- Name
- E.J. Baakman LLM MA
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 1646
- e.j.baakman@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3874-8420
Esther Baakman is a PhDcandidate at the Leiden University Institute for History.
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
- Faculty of Humanities
- Institute for History
- Nederlandse geschiedenis
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