Matthijs Tieleman
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Biography
Matthijs Tieleman is Assistant Professor of Early American History at Illinois State University. In 2021, he received his Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prior to his position at Illinois State, he was a postdoctoral scholar at Arizona State. He originally hails from the Netherlands.
Matthijs is currently working on a book manuscript, entitled The Patriot Atlantic: The Dawn of the Age of Revolution, that examines the transatlantic connections between the revolutionary Patriot movements in North America, Ireland, and the Netherlands during the mid to late eighteenth century.
Matthijs's research has attracted support from various institutions, including the American Historical Association, the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, the American Philosophical Society, the Huntington Library, and the Omohundro Institute. His award-winning writings have appeared in academic publications as well as American and Dutch national media, including The Washington Post and the History News Network.
Current Courses
HIS 241.001 Colonial Life And Institutions
HIS 135.005 History Of The United States To 1865
HIS 135.006 History Of The United States To 1865
HIS 309.001 Selected Topics In United States History
HIS 135.007 History Of The United States To 1865
HIS 135.008 History Of The United States To 1865
Teaching Interests & Areas
Early American History; Atlantic History; American Revolution; U.S. Constitution; Early Modern Europe; the Enlightenment; Political history
Research Interests & Areas
Atlantic Revolutions; Early American history; Dutch history; Irish history