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Huizinga, Johan
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1872–1945
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Born in 1872 in Groningen, Netherlands, Johan Huizinga grew up as the son of a professor of physiology. He went on to study Dutch literature, geography, history, as well as Sanskrit at the University of Groningen in 1891. He also studied abroad in Leipzig, Germany, before graduating with a PhD in 1897. Afterwards, he returned to the Netherlands to become a history teacher in Haarlem, then, from 1903 he lectured on Indian literature at the University of Amsterdam. From 1905 until 1915 he was professor of history at Groningen and in 1915 he became professor of history at Leiden, Netherlands, a post that he held until 1942. In response to his opposition to Nazism, he was interned by German occupation forces and lived under open arrest near Arnhem until his death in 1945.
A public intellectual, Huizinga was a member of the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation (ICIC) from 1936 until 1939.
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Created by Jan Stöckmann 10-08-2015. French translation by Alexandre Coutelle, 19-11-2015.
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- J.-J. Renoliet, L’UNESCO oubliée: la Société des Nations et la coopération intellectuelle, 1919–1946 (Paris, 1999).
- https://dictionaryofarthistorians.org/huizingaj.htm
- http://global.britannica.com/biography/Johan-Huizinga