Samuël Kruizinga

He is an associate professor of War Studies and Modern History at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). He pursued his studies in Leiden, Paris, and Oxford, and has held fellowships at Trinity College Dublin, Oxford University, and the European University Institute. Trained as a historian (PhD, 2011), his work is shaped by insights from political, social, and economic sciences, as well as war and strategic studies and digital humanities. Deeply interdisciplinary, his research explores conflict, conflict resolution, and resilience to shocks and crises in modern Europe and beyond with particular foci on occupations during the First and Second World Wars, the blurred boundaries of conflict, foreign fighting in the 20th and 21st centuries (including in Ukraine), and the impact of sanctions and economic blockades throughout the 20th century. Kruizinga (co-)authored numerous books and articles and has (co-)edited volumes and special journal issues. His work has been published in multiple languages, including English, French, German, Czech, and Chinese, and has appeared in leading academic journals such as European Review of History, War in History, European History Quarterly, Contemporary European History, and The International History Review.

BOOKS

PUBLICATIONS

Kruizinga, S. F., & De Schaepdrijver, S. (2025). Brussel. Beschermheren van de bezette hoofdstad, 1914-1918. In N. Bouras, J. H. Furnée, H. Greefs, J. Haemers, M. van der Heijden, & A.-L. Van Bruaene (Eds.), Wereldsteden van de Lage Landen. Stadsgeschiedenis van Nederland en België (pp. 321). Atlas Contact.

Kramer, A., Kruizinga, S., Piller, E., & Scherner, J. (2024). Introduction: The Blockade in the Era of the World Wars. The International History Review, 46(4), 383-392. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2024.2377419

Kruizinga, S. (2024). Neutral Protectors. The Comité Hispano-Néerlandais and the Fight for Belgium, 1917–1918. The International History Review, 46(4), 408-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2023.2300729

Kruizinga, S., & van der Veen, M. (2024). Sketches of Spain: The Role of the Left-Wing Press in Britain, the Netherlands, and amongst Exiled Germans in Recruiting Volunteers for Republican Spain during the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Contemporary European History, 33(2), 428-444. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960777322000376

Petram, L. O., & Kruizinga, S. F. (2024). War Dummies: Structured Data on Organised Armed Confrontations with Dutch Involvement, 1566–1812. Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 9. https://doi.org/10.1163/24523666-bja10035

Kruizinga, S. (2023). 'Het mag niet maar het is algemeen gebruik’: [Review of: J. Kemperman, E. Keizer, T. van den Berge (2022) Diplomatie en geweld : De internationale context van de Indonesische onafhankelijkheidsoorlog, 1945-1949; A. Harmanny (2023) Grof geschut : Artillerie en luchtstrijdkrachten in de Indonesische onafhankelijkheidsoorlog, 1945-1949; R. Limpach (2023) Tasten in het duister : Inlichtingenstrijd tijdens de Indonesische onafhankelijkheidsoorlog, 1945-1949]. Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, 136(4), 376-380. https://doi.org/10.5117/TvG2023.4.007.KRUI

Kruizinga, S. (2023). Slavernijverleden, dekolonisatieoorlog, en ‘wij’. Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, 136(3), 189-191. https://doi.org/10.5117/TvG2023.3.001.KRUI

Kruizinga, S. (2023). [Review of: M. Abbenhuis, I. Tames (2022) Global War, Global Catastrophe: Neutrals, Belligerents and the Transformations of the First World War]. European History Quarterly, 53(4), 697-698. https://doi.org/10.1177/02656914231199945

Brolsma, M., & Kruizinga, S. (2022). ‘Poor Little Belgium’. Food aid and the image of Belgian victimhood in the United States. In S. Kruizinga (Ed.), The Politics of Smallness in Modern Europe: Size, Identity and International Relations since 1800 (pp. 73-96). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350168916.ch-004

Kruizinga, S. (2022). Introduction. In S. Kruizinga (Ed.), The Politics of Smallness in Modern Europe: Size, Identity and International Relations since 1800 (pp. 1-14). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350168916.ch-00I [details]

Kruizinga, S. (Ed.) (2022). The Politics of Smallness in Modern Europe: Size, Identity and International Relations since 1800. Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350168916

Kruizinga, S., & Gram-Skjoldager, K. (2022). Conclusions. In S. Kruizinga (Ed.), The Politics of Smallness in Modern Europe: Size, Identity and International Relations since 1800 (pp. 205-213). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350168916.ch-00C

Kruizinga, S. (2020). Fear and Loathing in Spain. Dutch Foreign Fighters in the Spanish Civil War. European review of history, 27(1-2), 134-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2019.1699505

Kruizinga, S. (2020). The First Resisters: Tracing Three Dutchmen from the Spanish Trenches to the Second World War, 1936–1945. War in History, 27(3), 368–386. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968344519831030

Kruizinga, S. (2020). Wachten op het vliegtuig: [Bespreking van: M.J. Riemens (2019) "Majesteit, U kent het werkelĳke leven niet" : De oorlogsdagboeken van minister van Buitenlandse Zaken mr. E.N. van Kleffens]. Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis , 133(1), 160-162. https://doi.org/10.5117/TVGESCH2020.1.029.KRUI

Kruizinga, S., Diac, C., Acciai, E., Zaugg, F., Bikše, G. I., Manojlović Pintar , O., & Falkov, Y. (2020). 'For your freedom and ours!': transnational experiences in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39. In R. Gildea, & I. Tames (Eds.), Fighters across frontiers: Transnational resistance in Europe, 1936-48 (pp. 12-30). Manchester University Press. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=2659567&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_12

Kruizinga, S. (2018). Struggling to Fit In. The Dutch in a Transnational Army, 1936-1939. Journal of Modern European History, 16(2), 183-202. https://doi.org/10.17104/1611-8944-2018-2-183

Kruizinga, S. (2018). [Review of: B. Heuser (2017) Strategy before Clausewitz. Linking Warfare and Statecraft]. BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, 133, Article 70. https://doi.org/10.18352/bmgn-lchr.10578

Kruizinga, S., & Lewis, P. (2018). How High is High Enough? Dutch Flood Defences and the Politics of Security. BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, 133(4), 4-27. https://doi.org/10.18352/bmgn-lchr.10365

van Dijk, R., Kruizinga, S., Kuitenbrouwer, V., & van der Maar, R. (2018). Conclusions and outlook: Small states on the global scene. In R. van Dijk, S. Kruizinga, V. Kuitenbrouwer, & R. van der Maar (Eds.), Shaping the International Relations of the Netherlands, 1815-2000: A small country on the global scene (pp. 240-244). (Routledge Studies in Modern European History; Vol. 55). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315228440

van Dijk, R., Kruizinga, S., Kuitenbrouwer, V., & van der Maar, R. (2018). Introduction: A small state on the global scene. In R. van Dijk, S. Kruizinga, V. Kuitenbrouwer, & R. van der Maar (Eds.), Shaping the International Relations of the Netherlands, 1815-2000: A small country on the global scene (pp. 1-12). (Routledge Studies in Modern European History; Vol. 55). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315228440

Kruizinga, S. (2017). Belgiës Grote Oorlog: [Bespreking van: L. De Vos (2014) '14-'18? Oorlog in België; S. De Schaepdrijver (2014) Bolwerk Brugge : bezette stad in 14-18]. Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, 130(1), 131-133. https://doi.org/10.5117/TVGESCH2017.1.BOEK

Kruizinga, S. (2016). A Small State? The Size of the Netherlands as a Focal Point in Foreign Policy Debates, 1900–1940. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 27(3), 420-436. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2016.1196062

Kruizinga, S. (2016). Inleiding: Neutraal in een totale wereldoorlog. Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis, 35(1), 3-11.

Kruizinga, S. (2016). Neutrality. In U. Daniel, P. Gatrell, O. Janz, H. Jones, J. Keene, A. Kramer, & B. Nasson (Eds.), 1914-1918 Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War Freie Universität Berlin. https://doi.org/10.15463/ie1418.10844 [

Kruizinga, S. (2015). A Mobilisation to Remember: Some Reflections on Memory, Neutrality and the Afterimages of the First World War in the Netherlands, 1918-1939. In J-L. Ruiz Sánchez, I. Cordero Olivero, & C. García Sanz (Eds.), Shaping Neutrality throughout the First World War (pp. 401-422). (Colección Historia y geografía; No. 304). Editorial Universidad de Sevilla.

Kruizinga, S. (2015). Sailing in uncharted waters: Dutch steamship companies during the First World War, 1914-1918. International Journal of Maritime History, 27(2), 227-249. https://doi.org/10.1177/0843871415571044

Kruizinga, S. (2014). Les Neutres. In J. Winter, & A. Becker (Eds.), La Première Guerre Mondiale - Tome 2: États (pp. 585-616, 771-778, 855-857). (Divers Histoire). Fayard. [details]

Kruizinga, S. (2014). Netherlands Overseas Trust (NOT). In U. Daniel, P. Gatrell, O. Janz, H. Jones, J. Keene, A. Kramer, & B. Nasson (Eds.), 1914-1918 Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War Freie Universität Berlin. https://doi.org/10.15463/ie1418.10014

Kruizinga, S. (2014). Neutrality. In J. Winter (Ed.), The Cambridge History of the First World War. - Volume 2: The State (pp. 542-575, 712-714). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CHO9780511675676.025 [details]

Kruizinga, S. (2014). Profeten links en rechts, de wereldoorlog in het midden: het politieke gedachtegoed van M.W.F. Treub tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Tijdschrift voor Biografie, 3(2), 35-45.

Kruizinga, S. (2014). Voorbij de Pacificatie: het vechtkabinet van oorlogspremier Cort van der Linden (1913-1918) en de strijd om de volkswil. In P. van Dam, B. Mellink, & J. Turpijn (Eds.), Onbehagen in de polder: Nederland in conflict sinds 1795 (pp. 185-206, 314-318). Amsterdam University Press.

Kruizinga, S. (2012). 'Wie varen wil, zij onvervaard, doch wake voor gevaar': het beleid van de Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland' en de Rotterdamsche Lloyd tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog (1914-1918). Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, 9(4), 31-63. http://www.tseg.nl/2012-4/summaries.php#kruizinga

Kruizinga, S. (2012). Overlegeconomie in oorlogstijd: de Nederlandsche Overzee Trustmaatschappij en de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Walburg Pers.

Kruizinga, S. (2012). Van internationaal distributiecentrum naar 'Top van de Randstad': de Zaanse economie, 1914-2010. In E. Beukers, & C. van Sijl (Eds.), Geschiedenis van de Zaanstreek. - 2 (pp. 605-634). WBooks.

Kruizinga, S. (2011). Government by committee: Dutch economic neutrality and the First World War. In J. E. Kitchen, A. Miller, & L. Rowe (Eds.), Other combatants, other fronts: competing histories of the First World War (pp. 99-124). Cambridge Scholars. http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Other-Combatants--Other-Fronts--Competing-Histories-of-the-First-World-War1-4438-2737-1.htm

Kruizinga, S. (2011). NOT neutrality: the Dutch government, the Netherlands Oversea Trust Company and the Entente blockade of Germany, 1914-1918. In J. den Hertog, & S. Kruizinga (Eds.), Caught in the middle: neutrals, neutrality, and the First World War (pp. 85-103). (Studies of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation; No. 3). Aksant.

den Hertog, J., & Kruizinga, S. (2011). Introduction. In J. den Hertog, & S. Kruizinga (Eds.), Caught in the middle: neutrals, neutrality, and the First World War (pp. 1-14). (Studies of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation; No. 3). Aksant.

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