Name Erik Kwakkel | Role Author | |
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Erik Kwakkel (born 28 May 1970, Meppel) is a Dutch scholar who specializes in medieval manuscripts, paleography, and codicology. He is a member of the Comité International de Paléographie Latine and, from 2012 through 2017, was a member of the Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
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- Lotions and potions medical books from the middle ages dr erik kwakkel
- Dr erik kwakkel leiden university nl
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Currently a professor at Leiden University (his alma mater) in the Netherlands, Kwakkel has worked at numerous international research institutions, including the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria in Canada. In December 2016 he was appointed Scaliger Chair at Leiden University, succeeding Prof. Harm Beukers, who held the position from 2007. The holder of the Chair, affiliated with the Scaliger Institute at Leiden University Libraries as well as with the Faculty of Humanities, is tasked with "promot[ing] teaching and research relating to the Special Collections held by the University library" through outreach activities directed towards academic and non-academic audiences.
In 2014, Kwakkel delivered the Triennial E. A. Lowe Lectures in Paleography at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, speaking on "The Birth of Gothic Script". That same year, his work on medieval doodles caught international attention. A year previous, while teaching a class at Leiden University, his class found notes, letters, and receipts from an unidentified court in the Rhine region hidden inside the binding of a book printed in 1577. He is the author of numerous books and articles for both scholarly and lay audiences.