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Krijn Thijs holds the special chair 'German Historical Cultures in a European and Global Context'. He is a historian of contemporary Germany and Berlin, with a research focus on political cultures in the 20th century, memory, historiography, and Dutch-German relationships.
Besides his appointment at the VU, he regularly works as senior staff at the Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam. For more information, see also his profile at the DIA: https://duitslandinstituut.nl/nl/medewerkers-onderzoek/18/krijn-thijs
