Assistant Professor of Economic History @ Radboud University | #petitions #AtlanticHistory #EarlyModernhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3mka7dhu5bk251. Support @stephvandam.bsky.social to run her first half marathon. 2. Become a stem cell donor! 3. Celebrate a birthday. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka7dhu5bk25https://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3melfs3jy6c2uThe CfP for the #Workshop “Trust, institutions, and capitalism in Early Modern Europe” with Craig Muldrew (Friday 24 April 2026 in Nijmegen) is now open. For more information see the image, or follow this link: https://posthumusinstitute.org/2026/02/11/ws-trust-institutions-capitalism-em-europe-ru/ #Deadline for applications is 6 March!11 Feb 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3melfs3jy6c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3mdnpxuur522kWith a refreshing swim I have concluded my first week as a visiting fellow at Stellenbosch University.30 Jan 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnpxuur522khttps://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3lo6rr5gqvk2tI have a fun fact that I can’t fit in my book. In 1651, the English Parliament sent two ambassadors to the Dutch Republic to establish a “Confederation of the two Commonwealths”. Both ambassadors, Walter Strickland and Oliver St John, were educated at @queenscam.bsky.social !02 May 2025 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo6rr5gqvk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3ln3lpnpmks2aHow it started -> how it's going18 Apr 2025 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln3lpnpmks2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3llqyghntfc2lI visited the publisher today and they told me our book is currently their #bestseller! Even though it is available Open Access as well.01 Apr 2025 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqyghntfc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3lks6i7hfk22cThe book is now available to download! https://doi.org/10.54195/QEXE8719 We also made a summary for a broader audience (with more pictures) that is available for free at libraries in Nijmegen. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2025 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3lks6i7hfk22chttps://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3lkkxzo57ps2gThis Wednesday evening, 19 March, we will present our research findings about historic ties between #slavery and #Nijmegen at De Vasim. The research will be available as a book published #OpenAccess by Radboud University Press: https://books.radbouduniversitypress.nl/index.php/rup/catalog/book/nijmegen-en-slavernij17 Mar 2025 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkkxzo57ps2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3lkbnqx6pt22gVandaag staakten we in Nijmegen om te demonstreren tegen de OLIEDOMME bezuinigingen op onderwijs en onderzoek 🟥✊ @woinactie.bsky.social @d66eerstekamer.bsky.social13 Mar 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbnqx6pt22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3lgaix6cdys2nIk noem het altijd “Menty B” maar blijkbaar is dat niet goed?21 Jan 2025 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgaix6cdys2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3laop5lwnv22sHey @roperlou.bsky.social turns out there was so much “insolence” in the Dutch Republic that the Nijmegen city council needed to forbid it explicitly (against “officers and domestics of the Prussian king”).11 Nov 2024 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3laop5lwnv22shttps://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3knyapega7w2wBack at Harvard today to celebrate the four-year anniversary (18 March 2020) of the all-staff email by the Harvard president that in times of crises "the world looks to Harvard for leadership" 🫶18 Mar 2024 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3knyapega7w2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3kgbleuiqsv24The English translation of our book that studies slavery in the history of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) is now available Open Acces! It can be downloaded here: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86016 @fatahblack.bsky.social and Lauren Lauret.11 Dec 2023 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgbleuiqsv24https://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3kfxduvdz4624The book I wrote with @fatahblack.bsky.social and Lauren Lauret about South Holland’s links to historical slavery can now be downloaded for free! I think the provincial scope is a valuable addition to national narratives of legacies of slavery. https://kennis.zuid-holland.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/9451-Boek_koloniaal-Slavernij-verleden_E_PDF_DEF.pdf07 Dec 2023 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfxduvdz4624https://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3kffy2wuw3526Friday 8 December, I am talking about Dutch credit and the Barbados sugar boom at the @ihr.bsky.social Economic and Social History Seminar of the Early Modern World. #Register through the link below to join in person or online! https://www.history.ac.uk/events/dutch-trade-and-credit-barbados-sugar-boom-17th-century30 Nov 2023 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3kffy2wuw3526https://bsky.app/profile/jorisvdt.bsky.social/post/3kdr3wvccly2zSetting up a new social media profile 1-0 grading exams.09 Nov 2023 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:s2pkdurp4cspyklewqix45um/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdr3wvccly2z