Henricus Franciscus Maria (Harry) Peeters (3 October 1931 - 17 November 2012) was a Dutch
historian and
psychologist
A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...
, Emeritus Professor of Historical Psychology at the
Tilburg University, and founder dean of the
TIAS School for Business and Society
TIAS School for Business and Society is a business school which is affiliated with Tilburg University and Eindhoven University of Technology. TIAS focuses on post-experience management education. The business school has many campuses, most importa ...
(TIAS) in 1982 and for his work on European historical psychology.
Biography
Born in
Venray, Peeters received his MA in history and psychology at the
Radboud University Nijmegen. A renowned Professor at the University was
Jan Hendrik van den Berg
Jan Hendrik van den Berg (11 June 1914 – 22 September 2012) was a Dutch psychiatrist notable for his work in phenomenological psychotherapy (cf. phenomenology) and metabletics, or "psychology of historical change." He is the author of numer ...
, who had stated that in history children, were regarded as little adults. Peeters questioned this, and won a scholarship to do PhD research in Paris. Back in Nijmegen in 1966 he received his PhD with the thesis entitled "Kind en jeugdige in het begin van de moderne tijd (ca. 1500-ca.1650)".
[Harry Peeters (1931-2012) brengt Erasmus terug naar Hertogdom Brabant](_blank)
at Brabantbokaal.nl. 2012. Accessed 6 October 2013.
After graduation Peeters worked as a history teacher and in industry for some years. Early 1970s he jointed the faculty of the
Tilburg University, to facilitate the newly initiated Psychology study. In 1972 he was appointed Professor of Historical Psychology. At the Tilburg University with industry funding, he founded the Tilburg Institute of Advanced Studies (since 2014
TIAS School for Business and Society
TIAS School for Business and Society is a business school which is affiliated with Tilburg University and Eindhoven University of Technology. TIAS focuses on post-experience management education. The business school has many campuses, most importa ...
)
for postgraduate management education, which he chaired until his retirement in 1996.
In 2011 Peeters was awarded a knighthood in the
Order of Orange-Nassau.
Selected publications
Peeters authored and co-authored several publications.
Peeters, H.F.M. (Henricus Franciscus Maria)
List of publications at National Library of the Netherlands.
* 1966. ''Kind en jeugdige in het begin van de moderne tijd. Ca 1500-ca 1650''. Doctoral thesis, Radboud University Nijmegen.
* 1978. ''Historische gedragswetenschap. Een bijdrage tot de studie van menselijk gedrag op lange termijn''. Meppel : Boom.
* 1988. ''Vijf eeuwen gezinsleven: liefde, huwelijk en opvoeding in Nederland''. With Lène Dresen-Coenders and Ton Brandenburg.
* 1994. ''Hoe veranderlijk is de mens. Een inleiding in de historische psychologie''.
* 1996. ''Psychology: the historical dimension.'' Tilburg : Syntax Publishers
* 1997. ''Europe in transition''. With Mario Tonveronachi eds. Tilburg : Tilburg University Press
References
External links
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Harry Peeters (1931-2012) brengt Erasmus terug naar Hertogdom Brabant
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1931 births
2012 deaths
20th-century Dutch historians
Dutch psychologists
Radboud University Nijmegen
Academic staff of Tilburg University
Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau
People from Venray