Background
Riis, Thomas Christian Baagøe was born on July 27, 1941 in Copenhagen. Son of Poul Jørgen and Nanna Baagøe Riis.
Riis, Thomas Christian Baagøe was born on July 27, 1941 in Copenhagen. Son of Poul Jørgen and Nanna Baagøe Riis.
Student, Metropolitanskolen, Copenhagen, 1956—1959. Master of Arts in History, University Copenhagen, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University Odense, 1977.
Assistant professor University Copenhagen, 1969—1977, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 1977—1979, associate professor, 1979—1980. Research fellow, department Scottish history University St. Andrews, Scotland, 1981—1984. Editor Diplomatarium Danicum Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab, Copenhagen, 1985—1993.
Professor University Kiel, Germany, 1993—2008. Vice president International Commission History Towns, 1976—2001, president, 2001—2006.
Member of Northern European History Research Network (convenor 2003), Historians Northern Commonwealth (chairman 2007).
Married Rabia Coumine Riis, December 27, 1975. Children: Paul Christian Coumine, Robert Gabriel Coumine.