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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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Research Output 2007 2019
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. T., Jun 2019, In : Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis. 16, 2, p. 5-46 + i-xxxResearch output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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
Free and Unfree Labor in Atlantic and Indian Ocean Port Cities (Seventeenth–Nineteenth Centuries)
Brandon, P., Frykman, N. & Røge, P., Apr 2019, In : International Review of Social History. 64, S, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Activities 2014 2020
Harvard University
Pepijn Brandon (Visiting researcher)Jan 2020 → Jun 2020
Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
Elsevier/Johan de Witt Scriptieprijs 2018 (Event)
Pepijn Brandon (Member)25 Jan 2019
Activity: Membership › Academic
Naval Shipyards as Vessels for Industrial Organization: A Global Survey for the Long Nineteenth Century
Pepijn Brandon (Invited speaker)24 May 2019
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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
Amsterdam Radical History Walking Tour: From the Docks to the Squats
Pepijn Brandon (Other)12 May 2019
Activity: Other
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‘Geschiedenis moet ook erkennen wat niet zo prettig was’
29/06/19
1 media contribution
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Door slavernij bleef Holland een handelsnatie van belang
26/06/19
1 media contribution
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Nederlandse economie teerde meer op slavernij dan gedacht
26/06/19
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