Rural and Environmental History Group
The mission of the Rural and Environmental History Group (RHI) is to offer temporal depth to societal debates and social theories on sustainable and equitable welfare development.
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Maria Abreu (University of Cambridge) The Shadow of the Pithead: Understanding Social and Political Attitudes in Former Coal Mining Communities in the UK
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Paul Ferraro (Johns Hopkins University)
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John Komlos (University of Munich) Covert Racism in Economics
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Ben Vollaard (Tilburg University) Protecting juvenile fish. Violations of mesh size regulation
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Philip Roessler & Yannick Pengl - The Cash Crop Revolution, Colonialism and Legacies of Spatial Inequality: Evidence from Africa
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Thomas de Graaff (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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Kristina Czura (University of Groningen) Flexible Microcredit: Effects on Loan Repayment and Social Pressure
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Winner WASS Publication Award 2020
Michiel de Haas has won the award for his paper entitled ‘Moving Beyond Colonial Control? Economic Forces and Shifting Migration from... -
Boekpresentatie '10 miljard monden'
Op 16 oktober vindt tijdens de Dutch Food Week de boekpresentatie plaats van het boek '10 miljard monden', een initiatief van Ingrid de Zwarte en... -
Announcing updated course content and new lecturer
The course content of African History (RHI-51806) is updated and we welcome new lecturer Dr. Doreen Kembabazi -
Nomination for the 2020 Stephen Ellis Prize
Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg are nominated for the 2020 Stephen Ellis Prize with their article: Africa rising? A historical perspective -
Covid-19 in Africa: Navigating Short and Long Term Strategies
Article by Marlous van Waijenburg & Ewout Frankema -
Science Talks: Pandemics in the past
Historian Ewout Frankema talks about what history can teach us about pandemics. -
NOS special over de Hongerwinter
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Ewout Frankema nominated for the Elinor Ostrom Prize
The Elinor Ostrom Prize has been established in honour of the late Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012), who was an enormously creative scholar... -
New Assistant Professor dr. Ingrid de Zwarte
Ingrid de Zwarte studied History and Slavic Languages and Cultures at the University of Amsterdam. In February 2018, she completed her PhD in History...
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Latest publications
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Tien miljard monden
Amsterdam : Prometheus - ISBN 9789044646009 - p. -
Het wereldvoedselvraagstuk is een veelkoppig monster
Het wereldvoedselvraagstuk is een veelkoppig monster, Wageningen University & Research - Uitgelicht, 2020-10-09, https://weblog.wur.nl/uitgelicht/tien-miljard-monden/ -
Globalisation, Inequality and Institutions in West Sumatra and West Java, 1800–1940
Journal of Contemporary Asia (2020). - ISSN 0047-2336 - 27 p. -
Stefano Bellucci and Andreas Eckert, eds., General labour history of Africa: workers, employers and governments, 20th–21st centuries : (International Labour Organization: Boydell & Brewer, 2019. Pp. v+761. 3 maps. 4 figs. 6 tabs. ISBN 9781847012180 Hbk. £95)
Economic History Review 73 (2020)2. - ISSN 0013-0117 - p. 616 - 618. -
The economics of poverty traps, National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report : (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2019. Pp. x+413. 51 figs. 33 tabs. ISBN 9780226574301 Hbk. $130; 9780226574448 E‐book $130)
Economic History Review 73 (2020)2. - ISSN 0013-0117 - p. 619 - 620.