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Mart Rutjes is an assistant professor of Dutch history in the History program at the University of Amsterdam. His teaching and research interests focus on ideological and political-conceptual developments in the Netherlands from the late eighteenth century to the present, with a transnational perspective. He has a particular interest in political revolutions and public debates surrounding themes of citizenship, democracy, and colonialism. Between 2007 and 2011, Rutjes researched political debates on democracy and citizenship during the Batavian Republic (1795-1806) and published on this topic in 2012 with the book 'Door gelijkelijkheid gegrepen. Democratie, burgerschap en staat Nederland 1795-1801'. In 2015, he edited a comparative study titled 'Political Culture of the Sister Republics, 1794-1806', which examines political cultures in European revolutionary republics. His postdoctoral research project from 2013 to 2018 focused on the relationship between faith-based organizations and the state in the Netherlands during the 1960s and resulted in the publication 'Gescheiden partners. Een geschiedenis van overheid en religieuze organisaties Nederland'. Currently, Rutjes is investigating political repression in the Netherlands during the long nineteenth century and is involved in a project on colonial thought during the Dutch Revolution. His research has appeared in journals such as Contributions History Concepts and Journal Church State.
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