Remieg A. M. Aerts (born 17 September 1957) is a Dutch historian and Professor of

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Biography

Aerts was born in Amsterdam. After secondary school he briefly considered studying

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, but instead of that he started studying history. After he finished his

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, for which he took ten years, in 1997 at the

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Aerts became assistant professor in Philosophy of History at that same university. Later he became professor of Political History at

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. In 2000 he won the Dr. Wijnaendts Francken-prijs for his work ''De letterheren. Liberale cultuur in de negentiende eeuw: het tijdschrift De Gids''. In 2003 Aerts was one of the starters of the ''Omstreden Democratie'' (Controversial Democracy) project of the

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, which involved dozens of scientists doing research on Dutch democracy. He was elected member of the

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in 2011. In 2017 Aerts transferred from the Radboud Univsersity to the

where he became professor of Dutch History. Three years later he received the "Nederlandse biografieprijs" (Dutch Biography Price) for his book ''Thorbecke wil het'' about the 19th century Dutch liberal statesman

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. On 28 June 2022 Aerts held his farewell speech at the University of Amsterdam and his speech was titled ''

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, of de waan van de wetenschap'' (Lalla Rookh, or the delusion of science).

Selected bibliography

* ''Thorbecke wil het: Biografie van een staatsman.'' (4e ed.) Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2018. * ''Alles is cultuur: Vensters op moderne cultuurgeschiedenis.'' (ed. with Klaas van Berkel and Babette Hellemans) Hilversum: Verloren, 2018. * ''Omstreden democratie: over de problemen van een succesverhaal.'' (with Peter de Goede) Amsterdam: Boom, 2013. * ''Land van kleine gebaren: Een politieke geschiedenis van Nederland 1780-1990.'' (with Herman de Liagre Böhl,

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and Henk te Velde) Amsterdam: Boom, 2013. * ''De letterheren. Liberale cultuur in de negentiende eeuw: het tijdschrift De Gids'' Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 1997.

References

External links

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