Thomas C.B. Riis

Background

Riis, Thomas C.B. was born on July 27, 1941 in Copenhagen. Son of P.J. and Nanna Riis.

Education

Master of Arts, U. Copenhagen, 1968; Doctor of Philisophy, U. Odense, Denmark, 1977.

Career

Research assistant, U. Copenhagen, 1969-1977; assistant professor of history, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 1977-1979; associate professor, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 1979-1980; Carlsberg scholar, researcher, Vienna, Paris, Syria, 1980-1981; honorary research fellow, U. St. Andrews, Scotland, 1981-1984; science editor, Dansk Sprog-Litteraturselskab, Copenhagen, 1985-1994; professor of history, U. Kiel, Germany, since 1994. Vice president International Common for the History of Towns, since 1976. President Danish Committee for Urban History, Copenhagen, 1985-1994.

Achievements

• Thomas C.B. Riis has been listed as a noteworthy Historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Les Institutions Politiques Centrales du Danemark 1199-1332, 1977, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, Scottish-Danish Relations c. 1450-1707, 2 vovls., 1989. Editor: Aspects of Poverty in Early Modern Europe I-III (1386-1388), 1993, Studien zur Geschichte des Ostseeraumes I, 1995, 1000 Jahre Verkehrswege in Schleswig-Holstein, 1996.

Membership

Member The Scottish Medievalists.

Interests

• Avocations: music, art.

Connections

Married Rabia Coumine, December 27, 1975. Children: Paul Christian, Robert Gabriel.

Father:

P.J. Riis

Mother:

Nanna Riis

Spouse:

Rabia Coumine

child:

Robert Gabriel Riis

child:

Paul Christian Riis