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Pierson Medal for Jan Luiten van Zanden
Prof Dr. Jan Luiten van Zanden (UU) will be awarded the Pierson Medal. On October 17th the foundation Mr. N.G. Pierson, in cooperation with the Erasmus University Rotterdam, organize a symposium on... [News]
Asian versus Caribbean Sugar
'The Sugar Plantation in India and Indonesia; Industrial Production, 1770–2010', the latest book of IISH staff member and professor of 'International Comparative Social History' at Amsterdam Free... [News]
Businessman in the Golden Age
A television series, an exhibition in Amsterdam Museum: In the Netherlands the Golden Age is everywhere.One brilliant character from the Dutch Golden Age is well represented in the collections of... [News]
Research Funds Granted
The research project 'Plants, People & Work: the Social History of Cash Crops in Asia' received a 500,000 euro grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (N.W.O.) It fits... [News]
Aanbieding eerste BINT boek
Op 17 november heeft de minister van Economische Zaken Maria van der Hoeven uit handen van A. Rinnooy Kan bij de SER in Den Haag het eerste exemplaar ontvangen van: Jacques van Gerwen en Ferry de... [News]
Thirsk-Feinstein Prize
Danielle van den Heuvel was awarded the Thirsk-Feinstein Dissertation Prize at the annual conference of the British Economic History Society (28 - 30 March 2008).She received the prize, 1000 pound,... [News]
Spinoza Prize for IISH researcher
Jan Luiten van Zanden is one of the winners of the NWO/Spinoza Award for 2003, as announced today by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). The award is the highest honour for... [News]
Labour in the Iranian Oil Industry
The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) awarded a grant of € 530.000 to launch a grand project on the social history of Labour in the Iranian Oil Industry. The NWO award enables a... [News]
Figuerola Prize 2007
The Figuerola Prize 2007 for the best paper published in 'European Review of Economic History' 2005-2006 was awarded to Jan Luiten van Zanden (IISH) and Maarten Prak (Utrecht University) for their... [News]
Boekenweek 2005
De stichting CPNB organiseert de boekenweek 2005 met verschillende organisaties, waaronder het IISG. Het Instituut is mede-organisator op dinsdag 15 maart 2005. Het thema van die dag is Handel en... [News]

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