GLOBALISE seminar: Writing Global Histories with the VOC Archives

What kind of information do the VOC archives contain, how do we use them to write histories and what difficulties do we face in the process?

By GLOBALISE

Date and time

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:00 - 16:30 CEST

Huygens Institute & Zoom

Oudezijds Achterburgwal 185 [Spinhuis room 2.18] 1012 DK Amsterdam Netherlands

NB: THE SEMINAR IS ON MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2022

During this seminar, we will look at the VOC archives from a researcher's point of view in light of different projects.

With presentations by:

Hanna te Velde (Researcher | VU Amsterdam)

"Women and their strategies for socio-economic mobility in VOC and WIC settlements"

Maarten Manse (Researcher | VU Amsterdam)

"The VOC archives as a lens on early modern globalisation"

Manjusha Kuruppath (Researcher | GLOBALISE)

"From VOC archives to datasets and back"

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