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Erika Kuijpers is an Associate Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, specializing in the social history of the early modern Low Countries (1500-1800). Her work explores the narratives of individuals in the past and delves into the cultural toolkit available during that era. Her research themes include social relations, identity, memory, knowledge practices, emotional culture, and religiosity. Utilizing interdisciplinary methodologies, she applies insights from psychology and social sciences, employing new computational text analysis methods to discover previously unknown patterns in historical sources. She is also a member of the editorial board of Geschiedenis Magazine, a popular historical magazine, and regularly speaks to various audiences. Kuijpers has been involved in significant research projects, including a collaboration on the circulation and reception of new knowledge in 16th to 18th century Netherlands, focusing on the role of middle-class writers in local chronicles. She is the director of the Master Programme in History at her university and has contributed extensively to the teaching of early modern history in the Netherlands.
Administered under the Department of Clinical Psychology for Master's in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology.