De Zaanstreek kan gezien worden als de bakermat van de Nederlandse industrie. Vanaf de zeventiende eeuw was dit gebied het centrum van de Nederlandse scheepsbouw en andere takken van de maakindustrie.
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 door Gerda Henkel Stiftung
