Maartje Janse
Associate professor
- Name
- Dr. M.J. Janse
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 4167
- m.j.janse@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-9404-5917
Maartje Janse is a university lecturer at the Institute for History.
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Curriculum vitae
Maartje Janse is lecturer in Dutch history in transnational context. She is currently working on a transnational study of the 'invention' of the pressure group in the decades between 1820 and 1840, and coordinates the Global Abolitionisms Network that is linked to the Leiden Slavery Studies Association. She studied cultural history at Utrecht University and obtained her PhD at the University of Groningen in February 2007 with a thesis on single-issue movements for the abolishment of (among others) slavery, alcohol abuse, the culture system, published as De afschaffers. Publieke opinie, organisatie en politiek in Nederland, 1840-1880 (Amsterdam 2007). This research was part of the NWO-Pionierproject ‘Parlementair en partijdig. Politieke cultuur en opvatting van politiek in Nederland en (West-)Europa, 19e en 20e eeuw’. For the project 'Associational Mania. The Struggle for Recognition and the Transformation of Politics, 1820-1890', in which she was investigating the remarkable enthusiasm for founding new organizations in the nineteenth-century she has been awarded a fellowship from Harvard University’s Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History in 2007-2008. In 2009 she was awarded a Veni Grant from the Dutch Council for Scientific Research (NWO) with her project Organizing the Masses: The Contested Nature of Early Irish, British and American Pressure Groups, 1825-1845. Together with Henk te Velde she is currently coordinating the NWO 'Klein Programma’ 'The Promise of Organization: Political Associations, 1820-1890, Debate and Practice'.
Fields of interest
Political culture, history of the Netherlands, United States and Great-Britain, history of social movements and associational life, history of protest forms, transnational reform, abolitionism, temperance, transnational history, ‘transfer’ and histoire croisée, the history of civil society and democratization, cultural history, colonial history, gender history, historiography.
Key publications
“Anti societies are now all the rage.” Jokes, Criticism and Violence in Response to the Transformation of American Reform, 1825-1835', Journal of the Early Republic, forthcoming (2016).
"Holland as a little England"? British Anti-slavery Missionaries and Continental Abolitionist Movements in the Mid Nineteenth Century' Past and Present 229 (2015)1, 123-160 https://past.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/gtv037?ijkey=xAp53MvE2s3GoEO&keytype=ref
with Joost Augusteijn and Patrick Dassen (eds), Political Religion beyond Totalitarianism: The Sacralizalisation of Politics in the Age of Democracy (2013 Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2013).
'A dangerous type of politics? Politics and religion in early mass organisations: The Anglo-American world, c. 1830', in: Janse M.J., Augusteijn J., Dassen P. (Eds.) Political Religion beyond Totalitarianism (2013).
'Representing distant victims. The emergence of an ethical movement in Dutch colonial politics, 1840-1880', Bijdragen en Mededelingen betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden/Low Countries Historical Review 128 (2013) 1, 53-80.
'Op de grens tussen staat en civil society. Samenwerking tussen hervormers en politici, 1840-1880', De Negentiende Eeuw 35 (2011) 4, 169-187.
"Dutch social reformers’ perception of American reform, 1830-1930" in: Krabbedam, Van Minnen, Scott-Smith (Eds.) Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations, 1609 – 2009, (Amsterdam: Boom/New York:State University of New York Press 2009)
'Towards a history of civil society', De Negentiende Eeuw 32 (2008) 2, 104-121.
De afschaffers. Publieke opinie, organisatie en politiek in Nederland 1840-1880(Amsterdam, Wereldbibliotheek).
with Annemarie Houkes, ‘Foreign examples as eye openers and justification. The transfer of the Anti-Corn Law League and the anti-prostitution movement to the Netherlands’, European Review of History 12 (2005) 2, 321-344.
De geest van Jan Salie. Nederland in verval? (Hilversum 2002)
Associate professor
- Faculty of Humanities
- Institute for History
- Nederlandse geschiedenis
- Janse M.J (2022), Voluntary associations and political participation. In: Palacios Cerezales D. & Luján O. (Eds.), Popular agency and politicisation in nineteenth-century Europe: beyond the vote. Palgrave Studies in Political History. London : Palgrave Macmillan. 170-186.
- Janse M.J. (2022), Burgers over het koloniale beleid: Haagse pressiegroepen, 1840-1870. In: Captain E., Oostindie G. & Smeulders V. (Eds.), Het koloniale en slavernijverleden van Hofstad Den Haag. Amsterdam: Boom. 93-107.
- Janse M.J. (2021), Utrecht als centrum van het Nederlandse abolitionisme, 1840-1848. In: Jouwe N., Kuipers M. & Raben R. (Eds.), Slavernij en de stad Utrecht. Utrecht: Walburg Press.
- Janse M.J., Activisme en politiek: de historische wortels van PvdD en BIJ1 (historici.nl). [web article].
- Janse M.J. (2020), Anna Bergendahl, een Amsterdamse abolitionist. In: Brandon P., Jones G., Jouwe N. & Rossum M. van (Eds.), De slavernij in Oost en West: het Amsterdam onderzoek. Amsterdam: Spectrum. 316-325.
- Janse M.J. (2019), "What value should we attach to all these petitions?": Petition campaigns and the problem of legitimacy in the nineteenth-century Netherlands, Social Science History 43(3): 509-530.
- Janse M.J. & Hoek A.L. (2018), Dissenting Voices: Challenging the Colonial System, Bridging Humanities : .
- Janse M.J., Petterson A.F., Miedema E.M.F.F. & De Wilde E. (2018), Languages of Citizenship. (Dis)continuities in Dutch petitions, 1796-1940. International Workshop Petition History: Continuities and Discontinuities 6 September 2018 - 7 September 2018. Leiden: International Workshop Petition History: Continuities and Discontinuities.
- Janse M.J. (2018), De kracht van beschaafd protest: Een 19de eeuws perspectief. In: Lange Sarah L. de & Zuure Jasper (Eds.), #WOEST: De kracht van verontwaardiging. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 104-119.
- Janse M., Schulte Nordholt L.R.C., Zijlstra S. & Beerden K. (22 November 2018), Bastion of Solidarity. Leids Universitair Weekblad Mare.
- Janse M.J. (2017), “Om eene hervorming tot stand te brengen, behoort men te weten, wat men wil”. Multatuli en de Maatschappij tot Nut van den Javaan (1866-1877), Jaarboek Multatuli (2016): 35-50.
- Janse M.J. (2017), ‘Association Is a Mighty Engine’: Mass Organization and the Machine Metaphor, 1825–1840. In: Janse M.J. & Velde H. te (Eds.), Organizing Democracy: Reflections on the Rise of Political Organizations in the Nineteenth Century no. 1. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 19-42.
- Janse M.J. & Velde H. te (2017), Introduction: Perspectives on Political Organizing. In: Janse M.J. & Velde H. te (Eds.), Organizing Democracy: Reflections on the Rise of Political Organizations in the Nineteenth Century no. 1. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 1-18.
- Janse M.J., Velde H. te & Schulz-Forberg H. (Eds.) (2017), Palgrave Studies in Political History. Palgrave Studies in Political History no. Editions 2017-2023. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Janse M.J. & Velde H. te (Eds.) (2017), Organizing Democracy: Reflections on the Rise of Political Organizations in the Nineteenth Century no. 1. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Janse M.J. (2017), Omstreden petities. Het petitionnement en het probleem van politieke legitimiteit, 1828-1871, Jaarboek Parlementaire Geschiedenis 19: .
- Janse M.J. (2016), Transatlantic Reform. In: Blum E.J. (Ed.), America in the World, 1776 to the Present: A Supplement to the Dictionary of American History Vol. 2. Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1011-1014.
- Janse M.J. (2016), “Anti societies are now all the rage”: Jokes, Criticism and Violence in Response to the Transformation of American Reform, 1825-1835, Journal of the Early Republic 36(Summer): 247-282.
- Janse M.J. (2015), 'Holland as a Little England'? British Anti-Slavery Missionaries and Continental Abolitionist Movements in the Mid Nineteenth Century, Past and Present: a Journal of Historical Studies 229(1): 123-160.
- Janse M.J. (2015), De afschaffing van de slavernij. Jan Willem Gefken (1807-1887). In: Pepers J. & Berlo D. van (Eds.), Ambtenaren! 200 jaar werken aan Nederland in 100 portretten. Den Haag: Sdu. 52-53.
- Augusteijn J., Dassen P.G.C. & Janse M.J. (2013), Political Religion beyond Totalitarianism: The Sacralizalisation of Politics in the Age of Democracy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Janse M.J. (2013), Het Twentsche Paradijs. Oorsprong van de Anti-Paradijs-Vereeniging. In: Jongstra A. (Ed.), Paden naar het Paradijs. Tentoonstellingscatalogus Rijksmuseum Twenthe. Enschede: Rijksmuseum Twenthe. 58-59.
- Augusteijn J., Dassen P.G.C. & Janse M.J. (2013), Concluding Remarks. In: Augusteijn Joost, Dassen Patrick & Janse Maartje (Eds.), Political Religion beyond Totalitarianism: The Sacralizalisation of Politics in the Age of Democracy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 255-260.
- Janse M.J. (2013), A dangerous type of politics? Politics and religion in early mass organisations: The Anglo-American world, c. 1830. In: Janse M.J., Augusteijn J. & Dassen P. (Eds.), Political Religion beyond Totalitarianism: The Sacralizalisation of Politics in the Age of Democracy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Augusteijn J., Dassen P.G.C. & Janse M.J. (2013), Introduction: Religion and Politics. In: Augusteijn Joost, Dassen Patrick & Janse Maartje (Eds.), Political Religion beyond Totalitarianism: The Sacralizalisation of Politics in the Age of Democracy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 1-11.
- Janse M.J. (2013), Representing distant victims. The emergence of an ethical movement in Dutch colonial politics, 1840-1880, BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review 128(1): 53-80.
- Janse M.J., Sens A. & Siwpersad J., Protest in Nederland. Slavernij en Jij. Amsterdam: Het Nationaal instituut Nederlands slavernijverleden en erfenis (NiNsee). [blog entry].
- Janse M.J. (2012), ‘“Vereeniging en verlangen om vereenigd te werken”. Réveil en civil society’. In: Lieburg F.A. van (Ed.), Opwekking van de natie. Het Nederlandse Reveil opnieuw bekeken. Hilversum: Verloren.
- Aerts R., Tibbe L., Furnee W.J.H., Janse M.J., Koolhaas E., Pieterse S. & Kemperink M. (Eds.) (2012), . Humanities Diliman.
- Dassen P.G.C., Janse M.J. & Augusteijn J. (Eds.) (2012), Political Religion beyond Totalitarianism: The Sacralization of Politics in the Age of Democracy. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.
- Janse M.J. & Fatah K.J. (13 December 2012), Wij hoeven die Piet niet. Weg met die controversiële, karikaturale zwarte knecht. Leids Universitair Weekblad Mare, Opinie.
- Aerts R., Tibbe L., Furnee W.J.H., Velde H. te, Janse M.J., Koolhaas E. & Pieterse S. (Eds.) (2011), . Humanities Diliman.
- Janse M.J. (2011), Op de grens tussen staat en civil society. Samenwerking tussen hervormers en politici, 1840-1880, Humanities Diliman 35(4): 169-187.
- Aerts R., Tibbe L., Dongelmans B.P.M., Velde H. te, Janse M.J. & Koolhaas E. (Eds.) (2010), . De Negentiende Eeuw.
- Janse M.J. (2009), Dutch social reformers’ perception of American reform, 1830-1930. In: Krabbedam H., Minnen C.A. & Scott-Smith G. (Eds.), Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations, 1609 – 2009. Amsterdam / Albany, New York: Boom / State University of New York Press.
- Aerts R., Tibbe L., Furnee W.J.H., Velde H. te, Janse M.J. & Koolhaas E. (Eds.) (2009), . Humanities Diliman.
- Aerts R., Tibbe L., Dongelmans B.P.M., Velde H. te, Janse M.J. & Koolhaas E. (Eds.) (2008), . De Negentiende Eeuw.
- Janse M.J. (2008), Review of: Mehos D.C. (2005), Science and culture for members only. The Amsterdam Zoo Artis in the nineteenth century no. 4. Gewina (Rotterdam) 30: 284.
- Janse M.J. (2008), Towards a history of civil society, Humanities Diliman 32(2): 104-121.
- Janse M.J. (2007), De Afschaffers. Publieke opinie, organisatie en politiek in Nederland 1840-1880. Amsterdam: Wereldbibliotheek.
- Janse M.J. (2007), Review of: Smelik J.C. & Hogenstijn C.M. (2007), A.J. Duymaer van Twist. Gouverneur-Generaal van Nederlands-Indië (1851-1856) no. 3. Zutphen: Walburg Pers. Humanities Diliman 31: 213.
- Janse M.J. (2007), Tegen drank, slavernij en onrecht. Burgerparticipatie tussen 'persoonlijke politiek' en massapolitiek, 1840-1880, Geschiedenis Magazine 42(3): 38-43.
- Janse M.J. (6 January 2007), Dierenpartij daagt het politieke establishment uit. De Volkskrant.
- Janse M.J. & Houkes J.M. (2005), Foreign examples as eye openers and justification. The transfer of the Anti-Corn Law League and the anti-prostitution movement to the Netherlands, European Review of History 12(2): 321-344.
- Janse M.J. (2002), De geest van Jan Salie. Nederland in Verval?. Hilversum: Verloren.
- Janse M.J. (1999), 'Waarheid voor Nederland, regtvaardigheid voor Java'. De geschiedenis van de 'Maatschappij tot Nut van den Javaan' 1866-1877, Utrechtse Historische Cahiers 20(3/4): 1-106.