Maarten van Rossem (born 24 October 1943) is a Dutch historian, presenter and social commentator.

[1] He continued to be intrigued by the United States, collecting newspaper clippings on Martin Luther King Jr., President Kennedy and the Chicago riots.

[1] His PhD thesis on the Partisan Review was also counseled by Von der Dunk, who allowed him to change the subject twice.

Due to the acclaim and success of the book, he became a regular guest on various Dutch television channels to comment on American presidential elections.

Since 2012 Van Rossem has been the sole jury member on the Dutch version of De Slimste Mens quiz.

[9][10] During the 2012 Dutch general elections he was a lijstduwer for the Labour Party,[12] which earned them 5,929 votes, ranking him the 16th most popular candidate.

[13] Although having disavowed Labour because of its role in the second Rutte cabinet and having voted for D66 in 2017, he was lijstduwer in his home city of Utrecht for the 2022 Dutch municipal elections, claiming local was different than national.

Initially a one time addition to the Historic Newspaper (Dutch: Historisch Nieuwsblad), the glossy magazine has since grown into its own, circulating on a bimonthly basis.

Even though the format parodies personality magazines like that of Linda de Mol, its content is serious, running editorials on current events and putting them against a historic background.