Research Output per year
Personal profile
Personal information
Pepijn Brandon is assistant professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and senior researcher at the International Institute of Social History. His work focuses on the history of capitalism, war and economic development, and slavery.
Brandon obtained his MA in history in 2007 (cum laude) at the University of Amsterdam, and his PhD in history (cum laude) in 2013 at the same institution. His dissertation, published in 2015 as War, Capital, and the Dutch State (1588-1795) (Leiden: Brill 2015; paperback edition Chicago: Haymarket Books 2017) was awarded 'Best dissertation of the year 2013' by the University of Amsterdam's Institute for Culture and History and won the D.J. Veegens Award of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities. From September 2014 until January 2016, Brandon has worked at the University of Pittsburgh on an NWO-Rubicon fellowship. In 2016, he obtained an NWO Veni-scholarship. Brandon is a member of the Editorial Committee of the International Review of Social History He is Harvard University's Spring 2020 Erasmus Lecturer on the History and Civilization of the Netherlands and Flanders, and is a Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University.
http://www.brill.com/products/book/war-capital-and-dutch-state-1588-1795
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1022-war-capital-and-the-dutch-state-1588-1795
https://socialhistory.org/en/staff/pepijn-brandon
Ancillary activities
- Convict Leasing and Labor Project | Sugarland, TX | Adviseur | 2019-09-01 - present
- SOC21 | Amsterdam | Bestuurder | 2019-09-01 - present
- Stichting In Mijn Buurt | Amsterdam | Adviseur | 2019-09-01 - present
Ancillary activities are updated daily
Keywords
- DH Netherlands (The Low Countries)
- Capitalism
- War
- Slavery
- State formation
- Colonialism
- HC Economic History and Conditions
- Labour History
- History of Social Movements
- Global History
- HB Economic Theory
- Heterodox economics
- Classical political economy
- Marx and Marxism
- Financial history
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Pepijn Brandon is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
- 3 Similar Profiles
election result
Social Sciences
slavery
Social Sciences
slave
Social Sciences
colonial age
Social Sciences
eighteenth century
Social Sciences
labor
Social Sciences
nicotine
Social Sciences
import
Social Sciences
Network
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Research Output 2007 2020
War in the history of economic thought. Economists and the question of war and Economists and war. A heterodox perspective
Brandon, P., Jan 2020, In : The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 27, 1Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review › Academic › peer-review
Between the Plantation and the Port: Racialization and Social Control in Eighteenth-Century Paramaribo
Brandon, P., Apr 2019, In : International Review of Social History. 64, S, 30 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
De betekenis van de Atlantische slavernij voor de Nederlandse economie in de tweede helft van de achttiende eeuw
Brandon, P. & Bosma, U., Jun 2019, In : Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis. 16, 2, p. 5-46, i-xxx 72 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
slavery
slave
eighteenth century
nicotine
import
De naamgever van het Mauritshuis deed wél zelf mee aan slavenhandel
Brandon, P., 6 May 2019, In : De Volkskrant.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Popular
Free and Unfree Labor in Atlantic and Indian Ocean Port Cities (1700-1850)
Brandon, P. (Guest ed.), Frykman, N. (Guest ed.) & Røge, P. (Guest ed.), Apr 2019, In : International Review of Social History. 64, SResearch output: Contribution to Journal › Special issue (editing) › Academic › peer-review
Activities 2014 2020
Harvard University
Pepijn Brandon (Visiting researcher)Jan 2020 → Jun 2020
Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
Brown University
Pepijn Brandon (Visiting researcher)Feb 2020 → Feb 2021
Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
Walcherse ketens: De trans-Atlantische slavenhandel en de economie van Walcheren, 1755-1780
Pepijn Brandon (Examiner)5 Jun 2019
Activity: PhD thesis Examination › PhD thesis examination
Slotdebat: Kijken in de ziel van...
Pepijn Brandon (Speaker)24 Aug 2019
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
In dialoog over slavernijverleden
Pepijn Brandon (Speaker)29 Apr 2019
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Popular
Prizes
Press / Media
‘Geschiedenis moet ook erkennen wat niet zo prettig was’
29/06/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Door slavernij bleef Holland een handelsnatie van belang
26/06/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Amsterdam was spil in omvangrijke Nederlandse slaveneconomie
26/06/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment