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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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)

• 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)

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