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Elizabeth Hines is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on early modern European history with particular emphasis on Anglo-Dutch relations, imperialism, and religious dynamics during the 17th century.
She earned her PhD in Early Modern Europe in 2024, with her dissertation "Anglo-Dutch Commerce, Religion, and War, 1634-1652" examining the complex interplay between trade networks, religious identity, and military conflict in the mid-17th century.
Dr. Hines' scholarly work bridges economic history, political history, and religious studies, exploring how commercial interests intersected with confessional divides and state formation in Britain and the Netherlands. Her research illuminates broader themes of cross-cultural exchange and the economic foundations of early modern imperialism.
Her contributions have been recognized through numerous prestigious awards:
- Michael Kraus Research Grant in American Colonial History (American Historical Association)
- Henry Kaufman Financial History Research Fellowship (Business History Conference)
- Esther Ann McFarland Fellowship (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
- Research and Publication Bursary (Society for Court Studies)
- Postgraduate Research Grant (Cromwell Association)
- Florida Atlantic University-Huntington Library Collaborative Fellowship
- Lapidus-Omohundro Institute Fellowship for Early American Print Culture
- New England Regional Fellowship Consortium award
- PCCBS Graduate Student Prize for best conference paper
- American Trust for the British Library Transatlantic Fellowship
- Charles W. Wendell Research Grant (New Netherland Institute)
- Bell Library Short-Term Fellowship (University of Minnesota)
- Student Research Fellowship (Meeter Center for Calvin Studies)
- Ax:son Johnson Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship (Johns Hopkins University)
These fellowships have enabled extensive archival research across American and European institutions, supporting her investigation into transnational commercial networks and religious toleration practices. Her current postdoctoral position at the Kissinger Center facilitates further exploration of statecraft and diplomatic history within its global affairs framework.
