Blogs

During the project we aim to developed blogs that reflect on the narratives and voices in the Dutch colonial court records.

• DH2025 Lisbon: Accessibility and CitizenshipAugust 13, 2025
  Bethany Warner, Junior Researcher, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam. On 14th to 18th July, the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations (ADHO) hosted its annual Digital Humanities conference at NOVA, Lisbon. The conference, with the theme of “Building Access and Accessibility, Open Science to all Citizens” explored a wide range of digital humanities themes, methodologies,… Read more: DH2025 Lisbon: Accessibility and Citizenship
• Depok: A Story of (Im)material Heritage of SlaveryJuly 23, 2025
  Britt van Duijvenvoorde, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam Pascal Konings, PhD Researcher and ESTA Project Coordinator, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam Upon Cornelis Chastelein’s death in 1714, the 200 individuals who had lived their lives in slavery on the pepper plantation of Depok (West Java) begot their freedom, as well as… Read more: Depok: A Story of (Im)material Heritage of Slavery
• Vitória Dias: A Good Christian?July 8, 2025
  Philipp Huber, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam On 30 December 1607, the Lisbon Inquisition questioned Vitória Dias. It had already questioned many others about her. Vitória was part of the merchant Henrique Dias de Milão’s household. This household consisted of “New Christians”, former Jews converted to Christianity but often suspected of secretly… Read more: Vitória Dias: A Good Christian?
• DH BeneluxJuly 2, 2025
  Bethany Warner, Junior Researcher, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam. The 12th edition of the Digital Humanities Benelux conference took place last week at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) in Amsterdam.  The DH Benelux conference is one of the main venues for disseminating research and exchanging ideas within the community of interdisciplinary Digital Humanities research. As… Read more: DH Benelux
• Congress on the History of Families in Albacete, SpainJune 23, 2025
  Nicholas Sy, assistant professor at the Department of History, University of the Philippines Diliman and External PhD candidate, Radboud University. Nicholas C. Sy and Eva Maria Lehner broke off from the group who went from Amsterdam to Bonn and, ironically, went from Bonn to Spain for a Congress on the History of the Family. The… Read more: Congress on the History of Families in Albacete, Spain