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Professor Wil Verhoeven

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Professor Wil Verhoeven

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

My general research field can be described as the study of structures of continuity and rupture in the Age of Revolution and Enlightenment in the Atlantic World, 1600-1800. Consistently marrying archival research with cultural theory, and historiography with the history of ideas, my work explores the evolving symbiosis between historical event and historical consciousness, between power and knowledge, agency and identity.

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Research Interests

I am open to PhD applications in the fields of…

  • The Politics of Progress: Revolution and Enlightenment, 1650-1800 Transatlantic studies, 1600-1900 British and American culture, literature and history, 1600-1900 History of the book and textual cultures American studies Historical biography Cultural theory Digital humanities

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Ernie Fletcher of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments and outstanding service to the state (2006)
  • Winner of two ‘Best Book of the Year’ Awards in 2015 (from leading scholarly journals in US and UK) for Americomania and the French Revolution Debate in Britain, 1789-1802 (CUP 2013)
  • Recipient of over 25 competitively awarded research fellowships in the US and Europe
  • Founding Chair, American Studies Department, University of Groningen, The Netherlands (2001-2017)

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title “Impious Renewal: The Holocaust and Jewish American Literature after Postmodernism” (summa cum laude)
Current Position  Lecturer at Amsterdam University College
   
PhD Title “The Musically Sublime: Indeterminacy, Infinity, Irresolvability” (summa cum laude; co-supervised)
Current Position  Professor of Literature and Comparative Media at Utrecht University

 


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