Dr. Daniel Curtis

Biography

Daniel Curtis is an Associate Professor at Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He was trained at York (BA), Cambridge (MPhil), and Utrecht (PhD). His research focuses on critical societal questions using historical data to understand the long-term effects of epidemics, hazards, and disasters on society, with a specific interest in how these factors contribute to inequalities. Curtis has published over 40 international peer-reviewed articles and chapters, as well as authored four books, with a fifth and sixth in progress. His recent work includes a book derived from his NWO VIDI project titled 'Epidemic Disease and Society in the Premodern Low Countries: Inequalities', which is a synthesis of up-to-date thinking on historical disasters published by Cambridge University Press. He also explores epidemics as visualized in the long-term cinematic history in another recent study published by Routledge. In recognition of his contributions to historical research, Curtis has been made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society (UK). He is keen to hear from prospective students interested in the long-term implications of environmental hazards, famines, and diseases on social and economic development.

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