
Jeroen Duindam
Professor of Early Modern History
- Name
- Prof.dr. J.F.J. Duindam
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2759
- j.f.j.duindam@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7175-5545
Jeroen Duindam is a professor at the Institute for History.
Research
The comparative study of rulers and elites forms the core of my research interest. The connections between rulers and elites were formed partly at the dynastic court; hence this institution plays a key role in my work. Initially concentrating on the comparative history of early modern European courts, I have moved towards a global perspective and now also include the early nineteenth century.
A series of research projects reflect these interests. After taking part in a project on the comparative history of tributary empires and leading a project on dynastic legacies in Europe and Asia, I initiated a NWO-Horizon programme on Eurasian Empires (2011-2016) including nine researchers based at three Dutch universities. Currently, I lead Monarchy in Turmoil Rulers, Courts and Politics in the Netherlands And Germany, C.1780 – C.1820 (2017-2022) with two postdoc researchers and a PhD Candidate (Dutch website 'Monarchie in beroering').
Several monographs illustrate the expanding scope of my research. From Vienna and Versailles. The Courts of Europe’s Dynastic Rivals c. 1550-1780 (Cambridge 2003; paperback 2007; Italian, Spanish and Japanese translations) I moved to Dynasties. A global history of power 1300-1800 (Cambridge 2016, Chinese translation planned). In 2019 my short but comprehensive bird’s eye view of dynastic rule from ancient Egypt to the 21st century came out with Oxford University Press: Dynasty. A Very Short Introduction. In 2011 I started editing the series Rulers and Elites at Brill – with currently eighteen volumes on its list, several of them available through open access.
Curriculum Vitae
Studying history (major) and anthropology (minor) at Utrecht University, I was struck by the different approaches to kingship and ritual in these disciplines. This contrast led me to write a critical dissertation on Norbert Elias’ theory of court life, Macht en Mythe (1992), published in an expanded and translated edition as Myths of Power. Norbert Elias and the early modern European Court (Amsterdam 1995). In the early stages of my career, I combined various teaching positions with a job as bassoonist. From 1991 to 2008, I held a sequence of assistant- and associate professorships at the Utrecht History Department, in cultural history, the history of international relations, and political history. In these years I also actively participated in the restructuring of the department’s curriculum. In 2008 I was appointed to the chair for early modern history at Groningen, followed by an appointment to the chair for early modern history at Leiden University in September 2010.
Key publications





Professor of Early Modern History
- Faculty of Humanities
- Institute for History
- Algemene Geschiedenis
Guest
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Institute for Area Studies
- SAS China
- Duindam J.F.J. (2021), Framing emptiness: Response to a grandiloquent discussion of dynasty, Global Intellectual History : 1-6.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2020), Dynasty. A Very Short Introduction. 15326: audiobooks.com. [audio].
- Duindam J.F.J. (2019), A plea for global comparison: redefining dynasty, Past & Present 242(Supp-14): 318–347.
- Duindam J.F.J. (8 November 2019), ‘Going out of court: households, auxiliary services, and court connections’, closing lecture for conference: Building the Presence of the Prince: the institutions related with the ruler´s works as key elements of the European courts (XIVth-XVIIth centuries) (Utrecht) (Lecture).
- Duindam J.F.J. (2019), Dynasty. a Very Short Introduction: Oxford University Press.
- Duindam J.F.J. (29 August 2019), 'Ruling houses in the Sattelzeit: Europe and the World', lecture in conference Global Social History: Class and Social Transformation in World History (London) (Lecture).
- Duindam J.F.J. (28 June 2019), Dynastie: Abstammung, Allianz, Konzentration, Verstreuung, ‚Impulsreferat‘ in Arbeitsgespräch: Von dynastischen Nachfolge(Ordnunge)n und Erbteilungen, Vienna, Austria (Lecture).
- Duindam J.F.J. (25 June 2019), ‘Vergleichende Dynastiegeschichte‘. Public lecture. Institut für Osteuropäische Geschichte, VIenna Austria (Lecture).
- Duindam J.F.J. (2019), Crossing Boundaries: Diplomacy and the Global Dimension, 1700–1850, The International History Review .
- Duindam J.F.J. (2019), Review of: Swann Julian (2019) 'Hovelingen uit de gratie: van de cold shoulder tot terechtstelling'. Exile, Imprisonment or Death. The Politics of Disgrace in Bourbon France, 1610-1789., Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis 132(1): 135-136.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2019), Review of: Earenfight Theresa (2018) Royal and Elite Households in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. More than Just a Caslte, Zeitschrift für historische Forschung 46(2): 298-300.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2018), Review of: Pomerantz M., Vitz B. (eds.) (2017) In the Presence of Power: Court and Performance in the Pre-Modern Middle East. New York, The Medieval Review .
- Duindam J.F.J. (2018), Société de cour: policer l'aristocratie. In: Charle Christophe, Roche Daniel (Eds.) L’EUROPE ENCYCLOPÉDIE HISTORIQUE.: Actes Sud. 1044-1048.
- Berkel M. van, Duindam J.F.J., Favereau M., Geevers L., Gommans G., Leeuwen R. van & Rietbergen P. . (2018), Prince, Pen, and Sword. Eurasian Perspectives no. 15. Leiden, Boston: Brill.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2018), Prince, Pen, and Sword: Eurasian Perspectives. In: Berk M. van, Duindam J.F.J. (Eds.) Prince, Pen, and Sword. no. 15 Leiden, Boston: Brill. 542-565.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2018), Rulers and Elites in Global History: Introductory Observations. In: Berkel M. van, Duindam J.F.J. (Eds.) Prince, Pen, and Sword. Eurasian Perspectives. no. 15 Leiden, Boston: Brill. 1-31.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2018), The Court as a Meeting Point: Cohesion, Competition, Control. In: Berkel M. van., Duindam J.F.J. (Eds.) Prince, Pen, and Sword. no. 15 Leiden, Boston: Brill. 32-128.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2017), Pre-modern Power Elites: Princes, Courts, Intermediaries. In: Best Heinrich, Higley John (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites.: Palgrave. 161-179.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2017), ウィーンとヴェルサイユ ヨーロッパにおけるライバル宮廷 [tr. Duindam J.F.J., Vienna and Versailles. The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals 1550-1780 (Cambridge University Press 2003)]. Tokyo: Tosui Shobo.
- Duindam J.F.J. & Gommans J.J.L. (Eds.) (2017), Rulers and Elites.
- Duindam J.F.J. (19 December 2016), Vrouwen rond de troon: een vogelvlucht over de vroegmoderne wereld [SPUI 25, Amsterdam, December 19, 2016] (Lecture).
- Duindam J.F.J. (25 October 2016), Het Lange Leven van Imperia [Studium Generale, October 25, 2016] (Lecture) Studium Generale.
- Duindam J.F.J. (13 October 2016), Catharina de Grote [HOVO, October 13, 2016] (Lecture).
- Duindam J.F.J (2016), Review of: Michael Featherstone / Jean-Michel Spieser / Gülru Tanman (2016) The Emperor's House. Palaces from Augustus to the Age of Absolutism, Urban Spaces, Sehepunkte. Rezensionsjournal für die Geschichtswissenschaften 16(6).
- Duindam J.F.J. (2016), Review of: Keith McMahon (2016) Celestial Women: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing, NAN NÜ: Men, Women and Gender in Early and Imperial China 18(2): 400-401.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2015), Dynasties, Medieval Worlds. Comparative and Interdisciplinary Studies 1(2): 59-78.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2015), Dynasty and Elites: from Early Modern Europe to Late Imperial China. In: Geevers L., Marini M. (Eds.) Dynastic Identity in Early Modern Europe. Rulers, Aristocrats and the Formation of Identities. Farnham: Ashgate. 59-83.
- Duindam J.F.J. (6 September 2015), Der Günstling global? Favourites and Faction at Early Modern Courts. Der Günstling global? Favourites and Faction at Early Modern Courts: http://mittelalter.hypotheses.org/6524 [blog entry].
- Duindam J.F.J. (2015), De Europese universiteit: tussen wal en schip?, De Nederlandse Boekengids 1(1): 30-31.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2015), Dynasties. A Global History of Power 1300-1800. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2015), Royal Courts. In: Scott H. (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History. 1350-1750. Volume II Cultures and Power. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 440-477.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2015), Vergelijkende Geschiedenis van Euraziatische Rijken Interviewed by [interview].
- Duindam J.F.J. (2014), Review of: Sanjay Subrahmanyam (2012) Translating Courtliness and Violence in Early Modern Eurasia, The Historian 76(3): 614-616.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2 June 2014), De nadelen van de macht for NTR Academie(Wetenschap 24) [interview].
- Dabringhaus S. & Duindam J.F.J. (2014), The Dynastic Centre and the Provinces The Dynastic Centre and the Provinces. Agents and Interactions Rulers & Elites. Comparative Studies in Governance no. 5. Leiden and Boston: Brill.
- Duindam J.F.J. & Dabringhaus S. (2014), The Dynastic Centre and the Provinces. Agents and Interactions no. 5. Leiden, Boston: Brill.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2013), LODEWIJK XVI OPNIEUW VOOR HET GERECHT? Review of: Caiani, Ambrogio (2012) Louis XVI and the French Revolution, 1789-1792, TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GESCHIEDENIS 126(4).
- Duindam J.F.J. (2013), EEN BASTION VAN ADELSMACHT IN HET HART VAN DE FRANSE MONARCHIE Review of: Horowski, Leonhard (2012) Die Belagerung des Thrones. Machtstrukturen und Karrieremechanismen am Hof von Frankreich, 1661-1789, TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GESCHIEDENIS 126(3): 419-420.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2013), Adel en staat in vroegmodern Europa. De omkering van een geschiedbeeld, Virtus : bulletin van de Werkgroep Adelsgeschiedenis 19: 39-48.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2013), Book review: The French court in the eighteenth century: noble power and Royal obstinacy Review of: (2012|2012) Ambrogio A.Caiani, Louis XVI and the French Revolution, 1789-1792|Leonhard Horowski: Die Belagerung des Thrones. Machtstrukturen und Karrieremechanismen am Hof von Frankreich 1661-1789, Sehepunkte. Rezensionsjournal für die Geschichtswissenschaften .
- Duindam J.F.J. (2013), Review of: Subrahmanyam S. (2012) Courtly Encounters. Translating Courtliness and Violence in Early Modern Eurasia., The Historian .
- Duindam J.F.J. (2013), Groei en Globalisering: de springlevende Geesteswetenschapper Interviewed by [interview].
- Duindam J.F.J., Harries Jill, Humfress Caroline & Hurvitz Nimrod (2013), 'Introduction'. In: Duindam Jeroen, Harries JIll, Humfress Caroline, Hurvitz Nimrod (Eds.) Law and Empire. Ideas, Practices, Actors. Leiden, Boston: Brill. 1-22.
- Duindam J.F.J., Harries Jill, Humfress Caroline & Hurvitz Nimrod (Eds.) (2013), Law and Empire: Ideas, Practices, Actors. Leiden, Boston: Brill.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2013), L’Europe des cours princières Entre Renaissance et premier XVIIe siècle. In: Ducos Blaise (Ed.) L'Europe de Rubens. Catalogue d'exposition. Paris: Hazan-Hachette. 72-109.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2013), The politics of female households: afterthoughts. In: Akkerman N., Houben B. (Eds.) The Politics of Female Households. Ladies-in-Waiting across Early Modern Europe. Rulers & Elites. Comparative Studies in Governance no. 4 Leiden, Boston: Brill. 365-370.
- Duindam J.F.J. (14 June 2012), Keizerlijk China en de Osmanen: twee succesformules aan de vooravond van de Europese doorbraak [Science Café Zeist, 14 Juni 2017] (Lecture).
- Duindam J.F.J. (2012), Almacht en onmacht: heersers en hun leefomgeving, Leidschrift. Historisch Tijdschrift 27(2): 7-16.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2012), Review of: Storrs Chr. (2009) The fiscal-military state in eighteenth-century Europe. Essays in honour of P.G.M. Dickson, Zeitschrift für historische Forschung 2: 130-131.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2012), Member of editorial staff European History Quarterly .
- Duindam J.F.J. (2012), Member of editorial staff Rulers & Elites. Comparative Studies in Governance .
- Duindam J.F.J. (Ed.) (2012), Virtus : bulletin van de Werkgroep Adelsgeschiedenis. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2012), Member of editorial staff The Hungarian Historical Review .
- Duindam J.F.J. (2012), LE CENTRE DYNASTIQUE EN EUROPE ET EN ASIE: UNE COMPARAISON IDEALE. In: Fantoni Marcello (Ed.) The Court in Europa. Rome: Bulzoni. 375-406.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2012), Review of : D. De Vooght, Royal taste : food, power and status at the European European courts after 1789, Ashgate, 2012 Review of: De Vooght Danielle (2011) Royal taste : food, power and status at the European courts after 1789, Food and History 9, 2: 309-311.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2012), The Habsburg Court in Vienna: Kaiserhof or Reichshof?. In: Evans R.J.W., Wilson P.H. (Eds.) The Holy Roman Empire 1495-1806: A European Perspective. Leiden; Boston: Brill. 91-119.
- Duindam J.F.J., Artan T. & Kunt I.M. (Eds.) (2011), Royal courts in dynastic states and empires: a global perspective no. 1. Leiden; Boston: Brill.
- Duindam J.F.J. (6 May 2011), Vergelijking als maatstaf : heerschappij in de vroegmoderne wereld (Inaugural address). Leiden: Universiteit Leiden.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2011), Book Review: ¿Louis XIV espagnol? Madrid et Versailles, images et modeles. Versailles and Paris, Centre de recherche du château de Versailles Review of: Sabatier G., Torrione M. (2009) ¿Louis XIV espagnol? Madrid et Versailles, images et modeles. Versailles and Paris, Centre de recherche du château de Versailles, H-France Review 11: 1-4.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2011), Courts, Rulers and Elites in Early Modern Europe and Asia: les extrèmes se touchent?. In: Eich P., Schmidt-Hofner S., Wieland C. (Eds.) Der wiederkehrende Leviathan. Staatlichkeit und Staatswerdung in Spätantike und Früher Neuzeit. Heidelberg: Universitaetsverlag Winter. 317-342.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2011), Review of: Nexon Daniel (2009) The Struggle for Power in Early Modern Europe: Religious Conflict, Dynastic Empires and International Change, European History Quarterly 41: 712-714.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2011), Royal courts in dynastic states and empires. Introduction. In: Artan T., Kunt I.M., Duindam J. (Eds.) Royal courts in dynastic states and empires. A Global Perspective. Leiden; Boston: Brill. 1-23.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2011), Vergelijking als Maatstaf, Holland in de wereld, de wereld in Holland., Holland. Themanummer: Adel in Holland 43(3): 158-167.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2011), Versailles, Vienna, and Beyond: Changing Views of Household and Government in Early Modern Europe. In: Duindam J., Artan T., Kunt I.M. (Eds.) Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires: A Global Perspective. Boston; Leiden: Brill. 401-431.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2010), Early Modern Europe: beyond the strictures of modernization and national historiography, European History Quarterly 40(4): 606-623.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2010), El legado borgoñón en la vida cortesana de los Habsburgo austriacos. In: De Jonge Krista, Garcia Garcia Bernardo (Eds.) El Legado de Borgoña. Fiesta y Ceremonia Cortesana en la Europa de los Austrias (1454-1648). Madrid. 35-58.
- Duindam J.F.J. (2003), Vienna and Versailles. The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Duindam J.F.J. (1995), Myths of Power. Norbert Elias and the Early Modern European Court. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
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