Bram Mellink (1985) is assistant professor of Dutch History at the University of Amsterdam and postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University. His research focues on the history of neoliberalism in the Netherlands since 1945, with a particular emphasis on the postwar reconstruction of the Netherlands and the establishment of the welfare state. His research is part of the NWO research program Market Makers. A political history of neoliberalism in the Netherlands (1945-2002). An elaborate description of his research project can be found here.
Bram’s research interests further include the (political) history of individualization and the history of multiculturalism.
Publications (selection)
- Bram Mellink, ‘Politici zonder partij. Sociale zekerheid en de geboorte van het neoliberalisme in Nederland (1945-1958)’, BMGN – Low Countries Historical Review 132:4 (2017) 25-52.
- (with Hieke Huistra) ‘Phrasing History. Selecting Sources in Digital Repositories’, Historical Methods. A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History 49:4 (2016) 220-229.
- Worden zoals wij. Onderwijs en de opkomst van de geïndividualiseerde samenleving sinds 1945 (dissertation; Amsterdam 2014).
- (with Peter van Dam en Jouke Turpijn, eds.), Onbehagen in de polder. Nederland in conflict sinds 1795 (Amsterdam 2014).
- ‘Tweedracht maakt macht. De PvdA, de doorbraak en de ontluikende polarisatiestrategie (1946-1966)’, BMGN. The Low Countries Historical Review 126:2 (2011) 30-53.
Contact
By e-mail: a.g.m.mellink@uu.nl.