dhr. prof. dr. H. F. K. Henk van NieropHenk van Nierop took his MA in History cum laude at the University of Amsterdam inand his doctorate at Leiden University in, He has been teaching and researching at the University of Amsterdam since, Inhe was appointed to the Chair of Early Modern History, He was a visiting professor at Boston University inand at the University of Minnesota in, Fromtohe served as Director of the Amsterdam Centre for the Study of the Dutch Golden Age, He is an editor of the series Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age at Amsterdam University Press, Sincehe is Chair of the Department of History, Archaeology and Area Studies, .