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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John Komlos (University of Munich) The Rise of Trumpism
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Felix Meier zu Selhausen (Rural and Environmental History Group, WUR) The Economics of Christian Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development
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Vesall Nourani (MIT’s Department of Economics) Learning to Teach by Learning to Learn
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Frederic Ang (Business Economics group, Wageningen University) An adjustment-cost framework for analyzing dynamic profits and productivity
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Juliette Crespin-Boucaud (Paris School of Economics) Land reform 50 years on: Evidence from Kenya’s settlement schemes
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New research and education assistant
We would like to introduce our new research and education assistant, Helmi Moret. -
Veni grant awarded to Ingrid de Zwarte
Ingrid de Zwarte from the Rural and Environmental History Group has been awarded a NWO Veni grant for her project: 'Food, Famine, and the End of... -
Veni grant awarded to Daniel Gallardo Albarrán
Daniel Gallardo Albarrán from the Rural and Environmental History Group has been awarded a NWO Veni grant for his project: 'Global health... -
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... -
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.
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Latest publications
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Heritages of hunger : European famine legacies in current academic debates
International Journal of Heritage Studies (2021). - ISSN 1352-7258 -
This is the covid classroom: some but not all first-years get to be on campus
Zo werkt corona-onderwijs : Eerstejaars kunnen terecht op de campus, maar niet allemaal, Resource jrg. 15 nr. 1 p. 10-11, 2020-09-04, https://edepot.wur.nl/530336;This is the covid classroom: some but not all first-years get to be on campus, Resource jrg. 15 nr. 1 p. 10-11, 2020-09-03, https://edepot.wur.nl/541550 -
Michitake Aso. Rubber and the Making of Vietnam. An Ecological History, 1897–1975. [Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges.] University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill (NC) 2018
International Review of Social History 65 (2020)2. - ISSN 0020-8590 - p. 354 - 356. -
De laatste oorlogsgetuigen doen hun verhaal, maar is hun geheugen nog wel zo betrouwbaar?
De laatste oorlogsgetuigen doen hun verhaal, maar is hun geheugen nog wel zo betrouwbaar?, de Volkskrant, 2020-04-10, https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/de-laatste-oorlogsgetuigen-doen-hun-verhaal-maar-is-hun-geheugen-nog-wel-zo-betrouwbaar~bb29621a/ -
Hongerwinter 2020: Interview met Ingrid de Zwarte
Hongerwinter 2020: Interview met Ingrid de Zwarte, De Seizoensarbeider, 2020-03-09, https://www.deseizoensarbeider.nl/stories/2020/3/9/hongerwinter-2020-ingrid-de-zwarte