Research Output per year
Personal profile
Personal information
Karel Davids is Full Professor of Economic and Social History in the Faculty of Humanities and the School of Business and Economics since March 1, 1994.
Email: c.a.davids@vu.nl
Telephone: + 31 20 598 6354
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Research
Global history; maritime history; history of technology, history of relations between humans and animals, c. 1500 - present.
- comparative history of the development of knowledge in Europe, Asia and the Atlantic world,c.700-1850
- losing knowledge: historical perspectives
- cities and knowledge, 17th-21th centuries
- urban transformations and capitalism, 17th-21th centuries
Current projects
Slaves, commodities and logistics. The economic impact of Dutch Republic transatlantic slave-based activities c.1700-1850. (with prof. dr. Marcel van der Linden, IISG, and prof.dr. Henk den Heijer, University of Leiden) (NWO-funded) (2013-2018)
Ocean of knowledge. Globalizing forces and the growth of knowledge in the Atlantic world, 1660-1860 (partly KNAW(NIAS)-funded) (2013-2018)
The Senate and the People in small power constitutional monarchies in the North Atlantic c.1800-present (with dr. Wybren Verstegen VU and dr. Nikolaj Bijleveld (RU Groningen) (KNAW-funded) (2017-2019)
Teaching
- The world and the Netherlands: Economic and social history
- The heart of capitalism (FGW/School of Business and Economics)
- Social history of the United States
- Commodity chains and consumption
- Development of macro-economic thought (School of Business and Economics)
- Globalizing knowledge (MA)
- Travelling ideas (MA)
Ancillary activities
No ancillary activities
Ancillary activities are updated daily
Research Output 1973 2018
[Book review of:] Helge Wendt (Editor). The Globalization of Knowledge in the Iberian Colonial World. (Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge: Proceedings, 10.) viii + 314 pp., figs. Berlin: Edition Open Access, 2016
Davids, K., Mar 2018, In : Isis. 109, 1, p. 151-152 2 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review › Academic › peer-review
[Book reviews:] Robert Halleux, Jan Vandersmissen en Philippe Tomsin (eds.), Histoire des techniques en Belgique. La période préindustrielle / Geschiedenis van de techniek in België. De pre-industriële periode.
Davids, K., 24 Sep 2018, In : BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review. 133, 2 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Building life histories of Cape Town's enslaved, 1700-1850: an archival and isotopic study
Mbeki, L., 2018, 198 p.Research output: PhD Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research VU, graduation VU › Academic
Open Access
File
Construction navale
Davids, K., 2018, Dictionnaire des Pays-Bas au Siècle d’or. Secretan, C. & Frijhoff, W. (eds.). Paris : CNRS Éditions, p. 162 165 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
In the shadow of the Reformation. Cathedrals as hubs of technological knowledge in late medieval and early modern Europe
Davids, K., 2018, (Unpublished) 14 p.Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper › Academic
Activities 1979 2018
Zeevaartonderwijs in Nederland van de zestiende tot de twintigste eeuw. Een stuk in vijf bedrijven.
Davids, C. A. (Speaker)26 May 2018 → …
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Professional
Vitruvius and mills in the Low Countries
Davids, C. A. (Speaker)5 Jul 2018
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
‘Cities, long-distance corporations and open air sciences: Antwerp, Amsterdam and Leiden in the early modern period’,
Davids, C. A. (Speaker)25 May 2017
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Ph.D. examination
Davids, C. A. (Examiner)9 Jun 2017
Activity: PhD thesis Examination › PhD thesis examination
Stevin Inside Out. New perspectives on Simon Stevin
Davids, C. A. (Organiser)16 Dec 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference › Academic
Prizes
Elected as Member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
C.A. Davids (Recipient), 2003
Prize: Prize / Award › Academic
Elected as Member of the Academia Europaea
C.A. Davids (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize / Award › Academic
Fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS)
C.A. Davids (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize / Award › Academic
Fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS)
C.A. Davids (Recipient), 1992
Prize: Prize / Award › Academic