Wim Blockmans#


Wim Blockmans
Membership Number:1745
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY
Elected:1996
Main Country of Residence:BELGIUM
Homepage(s):http://www.nias.knaw.nl




Present and Previous Positions
  • 2002 - 2010 Rector, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Wassenaar
  • Professor in Medieval History at Leiden University, 1987 - 2010, 1993 - 2000 also in charge of Contemporary European History in the Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Professor, 1980 - 1987 and Reader, 1975 - 1979 in Social and Political History, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • 1974 - 1988 Reader in History, Provincial Institute for Translators and Interpreters, Ghent
  • Research assistant, 1966 - 1973 and senior assistant, 1973 - 1975 at the University of Ghent

Fields of Scholarship
  • Medieval history
  • State formation
  • Economic and cultural dynamics

Honours and Awards
  • 1968 Laureate, Fondation universitaire, Brussels
  • 1973 Laureate, Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences
  • 1975 Laureate, Research Travel Scheme of the Belgian Government
  • 1980 Winkler Prins Prize
  • 1984 Ad Fontes Award, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • 1997 - 1998 Fellow, NIAS
  • 2000 Commander in the Order of Leopold II
  • 2002 Duke of Arenberg Prize for General History
  • 2008 Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion


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