Erik Kwakkel (born 28 May 1970, Meppel) is a Dutch scholar who specializes in medieval manuscripts, paleography, and codicology.
[2] Returning to the Netherlands in 2010, he became a professor at his alma mater where, in December 2016, he was appointed Scaliger Chair, succeeding Prof.
The holder of the chair, affiliated with the Scaliger Institute at Leiden University Libraries as well as with the Faculty of Humanities, is tasked with "promot[ing] teaching and research relating to the Special Collections held by the University library" through outreach activities directed towards academic and non-academic audiences.
[1] Kwakkel returned to the University of British Columbia in 2018 after accepting an appointment at the latter institution's iSchool (effective 1 August 2018).
[4][5] A year previously, while teaching a class at Leiden University, his class found notes, letters, and receipts from an unidentified court in the Rhine region hidden inside the binding of a book printed in 1577.