Dr. Albertine Bloemendal

Biography

Albertine Bloemendal specializes in U.S. history, politics, and foreign policy, focusing on transatlantic relations. She earned her BA in American Studies in 2006 and an MA in 2008, both cum laude from Radboud University Nijmegen. She studied as a semester exchange student at Boston College and interned at the Political Department of the Netherlands Embassy in Washington D.C. In 2009, her MA thesis on Abraham Kuyper's influence on American welfare reform won the Theodore Roosevelt American History Award. After working as a journalist, she became a lecturer at Leiden University in 2013 and defended her PhD dissertation in 2017, which focused on Cold War Atlantic community diplomacy. An adapted version of her dissertation was published in January 2018 as part of the book series 'New Perspectives on the Cold War'. In February 2020, she joined the American Studies department at Radboud University as an Assistant Professor of North American and Transatlantic Studies. Her research group explores new approaches to international studies, emphasizing the significance of gratitude in transatlantic relations. Currently, she is involved in projects that commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Marshall Plan in the Netherlands and continues to engage with contemporary issues related to U.S. politics and diplomacy.

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