Jan Romein

Jan Marius Nicolas Romein
Romein (Amsterdam, 1947)
Born(1893-10-30)30 October 1893
Died16 July 1962(1962-07-16) (aged 68)
Spouse
(m. 1920)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Leiden
ThesisDostojewski in de Westersche Kritiek. Een hoofdstuk uit de geschiedenis van de literaire roem (1924)
Doctoral advisorNicolaas van Wijk
InfluencesJohan Huizinga,, Arnold J. Toynbee
Academic work
School or traditionMarxist historiography
InstitutionsUniversity of Amsterdam
Doctoral studentsBernard Slicher van Bath
Main interestsCultural history, social history, literature
Notable worksDe Lage Landen bij de Zee, Erflaters van onze beschaving (both with Annie Romein-Verschoor), The Watershed of Two Eras. Europe in 1900.

Jan Marius Nicolas Romein (30 October 1893 16 July 1962) was a Dutch historian, journalist, literary scholar and professor of history at the University of Amsterdam. A Marxist and a student of Huizinga, Romein is remembered for his popularizing books of Dutch national history, jointly authored with his wife Annie Romein-Verschoor. His work has been translated into English, German, French, Italian, Polish, Indonesian and Japanese.