Hein A.M. Klemann (1957) is professor emeritus of economic history and international relations at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication.
As an economic historian specializing in Dutch-German economic relations, Hein Klemann analyzed the position of the port of Rotterdam, the relationship between the port and the German hinterland, and Rhine shipping. The large NWO-funded project Outport and Hinterland. Rotterdam economy and the Ruhr, 1870-2000 was one of his core activities, including co-organizing a series of Transnational Rhine Conferences on the history of this river as a major European waterway. Since 2014, his research has focused on the history of modern Dutch shipbuilding 1870-2000, supervising a growing number of PhD students.
Major publications are:
- Hoge golven diepe dalen. De Nederlandse scheepsbouw 1870-2020 (Waanders: Zwolle 2025).
- with Joep Schenk, ‘The Rhine in the long 19th century: creating the lower Rhine region’ in: Transnational Regions in historical Perspective. M. Boon, H.A.M. Klemann and B. Wubs ed. (Routledge: 2021).
- ‘The Yangtze and the Rhine. Two major river systems. An introduction’, TSEG 21 no 1 (2024): 5-20.
- ‘Competition between Dutch Skippers, German ship-owners, and the Transition to Steam,’ TSEG 21 no 1 (2024): 81–108.
Contact
Email address: klemann@eshcc.eur.nl
Phone: +31 23 531 0141