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Willem Klooster is a Professor of History at Clark University, where he has been since 2003. He holds a B.A. in Sociology (1983) and M.A. in History (1987) from the University of Groningen, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Leiden (1995). His research focuses on the Atlantic World (15th–19th centuries), including comparative colonialism, the Age of Revolutions (1776–1824), and Caribbean history. He has authored or co-authored major works such as The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions (2023) and Jewish Entanglements in the Atlantic World (2023). His recent scholarship explores topics like Dutch slave trade diplomacy, colonial failure in Cayenne, and the role of sailors in the Dutch Atlantic.
He has presented widely on themes ranging from Jewish agency in revolutions to the historiography of Atlantic empires. Klooster’s work bridges transnational and comparative approaches, emphasizing how imperial rivalries, economic networks, and social movements shaped the early modern Atlantic. His 2019 essay The Cost of Deprivation: Sailors in the Dutch Atlantic highlights labor conditions and their impact on colonial collapse.
His publications include book chapters, refereed journal articles, and reviews in venues like New England Quarterly and Colonial Latin American Review. Klooster is also the Robert H. and Virginia N. Scotland Endowed Chair in History and International Relations at Clark University.
