Prof.dr. J.F.J. (Jeroen) Duindam
- Professor
- Early Modern European History
- Comparative History
- Dynastic Power Centres in Europe and Asia
- Stateformation
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2759 |
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| E-Mail: | j.f.j.duindam@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Institute for History, Algemene Geschiedenis |
| Office Address: |
Johan Huizingagebouw Doelensteeg 16 2311 VL Leiden Room number 2.64 |
| Personal Homepage: | www.hum.leiden.edu/history/staff/duindam.html |
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 early modern France and the Austrian Habsburg lands in the European dynastic context, I am now turning towards a wider comparative horizon notably including the Ottoman empire and Late Imperial China.
Currently, a China-Europe research project (Co-Reach) and a major NWO-G application allow me to pursue the Asia-Europe comparison, for which the University of Leiden offers an ideal starting point.
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 in 1995. In the years before my dissertation, 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, history of international relations, and political history. In these years I also actively participated in the restructuring of the department’s curriculum. A 1999-2000 NWO-research leave allowed me to write my archival comparative study on the courts of Vienna and Versailles, published by Cambridge University Press in 2003 (translated into Italian and Spanish).
In 2008 I was appointed to the chair for early modern history at Groningen, followed by an appointment to the chair for modern history at Leiden University in September 2010.
Key publications
Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires. A Global Perspective (Leiden 2011). Edited by Jeroen Duindam, Tülay Artan and Metin Kunt.
Vienna and Versailles. The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals, 1550-1780(Cambridge 2003); paperback edition Cambridge 2007;
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Myths of Power. Norbert Elias and the Early Modern European Court (Amsterdam 1995).
Inaugural lecture
Selected publications
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Duindam, J.F.J. & Artan, T. & Kunt, I.M. (2011)
Royal courts in dynastic states and empires: a global perspective. (Rulers & Elites. Comparative Studies in Governance). Leiden; Boston: Brill.
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Duindam, J.F.J. (2003)
Vienna and Versailles. The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals. (New Studies in European History). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Duindam, J.F.J. (1995)
Myths of Power. Norbert Elias and the Early Modern European Court. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
(Book (monograph))
2012
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Duindam, J.F.J. (2012)
Almacht en onmacht: heersers en hun leefomgeving. Leidschrift. Historisch Tijdschrift, 27 (2), pp. 7-16.
(Article)
2011
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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. [Bespreking van: ¿Louis XIV espagnol? Madrid et Versailles, images et modeles. Versailles and Paris, Centre de recherche du château de Versailles]. In: H-France Review, 11, pp. 1-4.
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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 (Rulers & Elites. Comparative Studies in Governance), pp. 1-23. Leiden; Boston: Brill.
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Duindam, J.F.J. & Artan, T. & Kunt, I.M. (2011)
Royal courts in dynastic states and empires: a global perspective. (Rulers & Elites. Comparative Studies in Governance). Leiden; Boston: Brill.
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Duindam, J.F.J. (2011)
Vergelijking als maatstaf: heerschappij in de vroegmoderne wereld. (. Oratie uitgesproken door Prof.dr. Jeroen Duindam bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van hoogleraar op het gebied van Early Modern European History aan de Universiteit Leiden op vrijdag 6 mei 2011). Leiden: Universiteit Leiden.
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Duindam, J.F.J. (2011)
‘Courts, Rulers and Elites in Early Modern Europe and Asia: les extrèmes se touchent?’ Peter Eich, Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner, Christian Wieland, ed. In: Eich, P., Schmidt-Hofner, S., Wieland, C. (Eds.), Der wiederkehrende Leviathan. Staatlichkeit und Staatswerdung in Spätantike und Früher Neuzeit, pp. 317-342. Heidelberg: Universitaetsverlag Winter.
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Duindam, J.F.J. (2011)
‘Vergelijking als Maatstaf’, Holland in de wereld, de wereld in Holland. Holland. Historisch Tijdschrift, 43 (3), pp. 158-167.
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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, pp. 401-431. Boston; Leiden: Brill.
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Duindam, J.F.J. (2011)
[Bespreking van: The Struggle for Power in Early Modern Europe: Religious Conflict, Dynastic Empires and International Change]. In: European History Quarterly, 41, pp. 712-714.
(Book review)
2010
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Duindam, J.F.J. (2010)
Early Modern Europe: beyond the strictures of modernization and national historiography. European History Quarterly, 40 (4), pp. 606-623.
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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), pp. 35-58. Madrid
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2003
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Duindam, J.F.J. (2003)
Vienna and Versailles. The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals. (New Studies in European History). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
(Book (monograph))
1995
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Duindam, J.F.J. (1995)
Myths of Power. Norbert Elias and the Early Modern European Court. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
(Book (monograph))