Manon van der Heijden
Professor Comparative Urban History
- Name
- Prof.dr. M.P.C. van der Heijden
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2670
- m.p.c.van.der.heijden@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Manon van der Heijden is Professor of Comparative Urban History at the Institute for History.
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Curriculum vitae
Prof. dr. Manon van der Heijden is a social historian, working in the field of early modern urban history. In 1998 she received her Ph.D. at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where she worked from 1992-1998. From 1999-2006 she was appointed at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. Since September 2006 she works at Leiden University. In 2005 she was granted a NWO VIDI project Civil Services and Urban Communities, 1500-1800. In 2012 she was granted a NWO VICI project Crime and Gender 1600-1900. Since 2014 Manon van der Heijden is member of the Academia Europaea.
Fields of interest
- Early Modern Urban History
- History of Crime and Justice (Historical Criminology)
- History of Marriage and the Family
- History of Public Services and Citizenship
Memberships and functions
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- Secretary of the European Association for Urban History
- Member of the History of Towns
- Member of the Koninklijke Hollandse Maatschappij der Wetenschappen
- Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Faculty of Humanities
- Member editorial board Crime, History & Societies
- Chief editor Brill series Crime & the City in History
- Co-chair Steering Committee Recognition & Reward Leiden University
Grants
- 2005-2010 NWO Vidi grant “Civil Services and Urban Communities, 1500-1800”
- 2011-2016 NWO Aspasia grant
- 2012-2017 NWO Vici grant “Crime and Gender 1600-1900”
- 2020-2025 NWO Open Competition “Tolerant Migrant Cities? The case of Holland, 1500-1900’
Selected publications
Professor Comparative Urban History
- Faculty of Humanities
- Institute for History
- Economische en Sociale geschiedenis
- Heijden M.P.C. van der (26 January 2016), Criminele vrouwen in het verleden [Plattelandsvrouwen Doetinchem, January 26, 2016]. [lecture].
- Heijden M.P.C. van der (19 September 2015), Goede Mie: een uitzondering? [Nacht van Kunst en Kennis, Leiden, 19 September 2015]. [lecture].
- Heijden M.P.C. van der (26 September 2014), Inaugural lecture: Een stad vol criminele vrouwen? Vragen die Comparative Urban History kan beantwoorden. Instiuut voor Geschiedenis. [lecture].
- Heijden M.P.C. van der. Stadsgeschiedenis. [inaugural address].
- Heijden M.P.C. van der & et al. Crime, History & Societies. [inaugural address].
- Heijden M.P.C. van der (2 February 2014), Misdadige vrouwen. for Leids Universitair Weekblad Mare. [interview].
- Heijden M.P.C. van der (23 September 2014), Een stad vol criminele vrouwen? Vragen die Comparative Urban History kan beantwoorden. (Radio 1). [interview].
- Heijden M.P.C. van der (24 September 2014), Misdadige vrouwen. for Leidsch Dagblad. [interview].
- Heijden M.P.C. van der (10 December 2014), Interview over Misdadige vrouwen [Historisch café Amsterdam, December 10, 2014]. [lecture].
- Heijden M.P.C. van der (17 September 2013), Wetenschapsfraude: kwestie van integriteit of controle [KNAW Symposium 'Zorgvuldigheid en integriteit in onderzoeksopleidingen', September 17, 2013]. [lecture].
- Heijden M.P.C. van der (20 October 2013), Brieven boven water. Interviewed by Bolt D. for Brieven boven water (KRO). [interview].
- Heijden M.P.C. van der (21 February 2012), Vrouwen waren vroeger veel crimineler. (RTV Rijnmond). [interview].
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