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Pepijn Brandon is assistant professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and senior researcher at the International Institute of Social History. His work focuses on three connected themes: 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 for his project Naval shipyards: Laboratories of capitalism.
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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
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Military
Business & Economics
18th century
Business & Economics
Fiscal
Business & Economics
Costs
Arts & Humanities
Capitalism
Business & Economics
India
Business & Economics
Entrepreneurs
Business & Economics
Warfare
Business & Economics
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Research Output 2007 2018
[Book reviews of:] Kocka Jürgen Capitalism. A Short History. Transl. [from the German] by Jeremiah Riemer. Princeton University Press, Princeton (NJ) [etc.] 2016 (2014). viii, 198 pp. $26.95; £19.95. - Capitalism. The Reemergence of a Historical Concept. Ed. by Jürgen Kocka and Marcel van der Linden. Bloomsbury, London [etc.] 2016. ix, 281 pp. $102.60 (Paper: $35.96; E-Book: $82.79).
Brandon, P., Apr 2018, In : International Review of Social History. 63, 1, p. 143-146 4 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review › Academic › peer-review
Business of War
Brandon, P., 't Hart, M. C. & Torres-Sánchez, R., Jan 2018, In : Business History. 60, 1, 125 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Special issue (editing) › Academic › peer-review
Das materielle Erbe von Karl Marx
Brandon, P., 2018, Karl Marx 1818-1883: Leben. Werk. Zeit. Bouvier, B. & Auts, R. (eds.). Trier: Theiss, p. 36-55 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Professional
Golden Age
Brandon, P., Jul 2018, In : Krisis. 38, 2, p. 67-69 3 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Introduction: Maximising revenues, minimising political costs - Challenges in the history of public finance of the early modern period
t'Hart, M., Brandon, P. & Sánchez, R. T., Apr 2018, In : Financial History Review. 25, Special Issue 1, p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Public finance
Revenue
Political costs
Fiscal
Obligation
Activities 2014 2018
Harvard University
Brandon, P. (Visiting researcher)Jan 2018 → Jun 2018
Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
Gained in translation: The significance of the French edition of Marx's Capital, Volume I (1872-1875)
Brandon, P. (Speaker)18 Jun 2018
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Popular
Forced Labor, Waged Labor and Industrialization: Naval Shipyards as Laboratories of Capitalism, 1750-1870
Brandon, P. (Speaker)29 Jan 2018
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Dutch Capitalism and Slavery in the Longer Run: A reorientation
Brandon, P. (Speaker)23 Mar 2018
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Workplace wars: Rebellious shipwrights and rationalizing managers in naval shipyards in the Age of Revolution and initial stages of the Industrial Revolution
Brandon, P. (Speaker)7 Apr 2018
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Press / Media
Een land als zovele: Nieuw Realisme in de Nederlandse geschiedwetenschap
27/06/18
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Delving deep into manuscripts of Marx and Engels - Chinese version
24/02/18
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Delving deep into manuscripts of Marx and Engels
24/02/18
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment