The Zaan region can be regarded as the cradle of Dutch industry. Beginning in the seventeenth century, this area became the center of Dutch shipbuilding and various other manufacturing sectors.
A coalition of Amsterdam based Archives, Museums and Historical institutes* with the generous support of the Insinger Foundation has taken the initiative for a five-year programme that offers two-month long fellowships per year for curators, archivists and historians in the field of slavery history, starting in the Fall of 2024. The call for October-November 2025 is now closed.
How important was Atlantic slavery for the Dutch economy in the eighteenth century?
The research will center around three main regions that are pivotal to improving our understanding of slavery and slave trade east of the Cape of Good Hope, namely the trade from and to South and Eastern Africa, the South China Sea, and the Indonesian archipelago.
Grant: € 218,500 by Gerda Henkel Stiftung
