Next week, 22 April, our new book is published. Pre-order below 👇🏼
The Private Slave Trade in Eighteenth-Century Amsterdam. On Jochem Matthijs and Coenraad Smitt.
www.routledge.com/The-Private-...
*Nieuw in @onsamsterdam.bsky.social*
Een bevredigend schouwspel
Bussiness as usual voor burgemeester Joan Huydecoper op een winterse zaterdag in 1694. Tussen bezoek in de ochtend en een wijnproeverij met vrienden, woont hij nog even de executie van vier mannen bij.
onsamsterdam.nl/artikelen/ee...
✍️ Happy to share the publication of this article. It examines the relief policies implemented in Cuba for Spanish subjects from Santo Domingo and former French colonists from Saint-Domingue who remained loyal to Spain, after Santo Domingo's cession to France (1795)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Are you a historian working on slave revolts/resistance?
There is only one week left to submit your abstract for the workshop Reinterpreting the Caribbean Age of Revolutions on 23 October 2026 at the KITLV, Leiden.
👇 Deadline for abstracts (1 page): 30 March 2026, please send to: negron@kitlv.nl
Also see: bsky.app/profile/ramo...
Also see: bsky.app/profile/ramo...
Are you a historian working on slave revolts/resistance?
There is only one week left to submit your abstract for the workshop Reinterpreting the Caribbean Age of Revolutions on 23 October 2026 at the KITLV, Leiden.
👇 Deadline for abstracts (1 page): 30 March 2026, please send to: negron@kitlv.nl
Are you a PhD student working on slavery and/or emancipation?
There is only one week left to submit your abstract to participate in the PhD/Graduate Seminar on 22 October 2026 at KITLV, Leiden.
Deadline for abstracts (1 page): 30 March 2026, please send to: negron@kitlv.nl 👇
* Call for papers * PhD Workshop at @kitlv.bsky.social organized by @fatahblack.bsky.social and I: Early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation👇
We welcome PhDs working on early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation to participate.
www.kitlv.nl/cfp/early-mo...
Young black woman in turquoise silk gown, with lace sleeves, lace cap, and fichu, double strands of pearls around her neck and her wrists. She is holding a white flower. in one hand, and a ribbon in the other. A tropical looking tree is behind her. She looks right at the viewer with an assessing look.
It is lovely that the Art Gallery of Ontario can now name the Black woman in the gorgeous #18thc portrait they acquired 6 yrs ago & also date the painting. It's from 1775. She is Eleonora Susette, enslaved by the Dutch governor of Guyana, accompanying his widow on her return to the Netherlands.
Dit blijft toch wel het meest favoriete verhaal uit mijn proefschrift: de oneindige ruzie tussen burgemeester Joan Huydecoper en zijn schoonmoeder (én tante!) Sophia Trip.
Nieuwe column bij @onsamsterdam.bsky.social 👇
onsamsterdam.nl/artikelen/sc...
There's still time to register for the ONLINE Interuniversity Course Caribbean Studies at KITLV (free of charge!):
www.kitlv.nl/join-us/cari...
I think either emailing the archive or, if you know how to, write a script is the only way!
"De vervangbare werkbijen van de wetenschap".
Interessant artikel door Welmoed Visser over de kwetsbare positie van postdocs in de academische wereld.
advalvas.vu.nl/wetenschap-o...
Mapathon: Kaarten als bron voor Surinaamse geschiedenis bij het @huygensknaw.bsky.social 👇
www.huygens.knaw.nl/evenementen/...
1/ Important new article by Dr. Tara Inniss that discusses the "chronic underfunding, aging infrastructure, and climatic threats" of Caribbean archives, compounded by vulnerabilities and policy gaps.
Thread w recent examples of destruction of collections by fire:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Oh no! It seems the problem is the actual document, not the scan, right?
Call for Papers: Jaarcongres ‘Vroegmoderne ecologieën’ (Deadline: 1 april 2026) 👇
achttiendeeeuw.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/c...
* Call for research papers * Conference at @kitlv.bsky.social organized by @fatahblack.bsky.social and I: Reinterpreting the Caribbean age of revolutions.
Why were so many of the leaders and participants in so-called slave revolts were not enslaved themselves?
www.kitlv.nl/cfrp/reinter...
* Call for papers * PhD Workshop at @kitlv.bsky.social organized by @fatahblack.bsky.social and I: Early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation👇
We welcome PhDs working on early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation to participate.
www.kitlv.nl/cfp/early-mo...
Last chance to enter the @tseglowcountries.bsky.social Essay contest!
Pitch a draft historical essay (max. 750 words, English or Dutch) that addresses these questions by 1 February 2026.
More info: iisg.amsterdam/en/blog/tseg...
Call for applications | Visiting fellowships 2025-2026 | Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Leiden 🇳🇱
Deadline: 21 March 2025
www.kitlv.nl/news/call-fo...
Did you already find someone, @thiagokrause.bsky.social?
Wat leuk, dankjewel Ad 😊
Geweldig! Zou mooi zijn!
Dankjewel! Wat leuk, die roman kende ik niet.
