Please find below the program of the Sixth Low Countries Conference.
The conference, taking place in Antwerp on 1-2 December 2011, is organizedannually by the Posthumus Research Program Economy and society of thepre-industrial Low Countries in comparative perspective, and focuses thisyear on the broad theme of Rich and poor in the pre-industrial world.
Note that while attendance is free of charge, we do ask you to register forthe conference before 18 November via mail to jord.hanus [at] ua.ac.be.
We hope to see you in Antwerp!
Jessica Dijkman & Jord Hanus
Program (brief)
THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER
Session 1: Economic and social change
Dan Curtis, Settlement in the Oldambt region of Groningen, 1500 - 1900. Froma farmers' republic to a polarised polder society
Ernesto López & Santiago Piquero, The legacy of Earl J. Hamilton. Anapproach to the evolution of real wages in early modern Spain
Stéphanie Collet, With or without the Rothschild? Sovereign bonds during theNetherlands-Belgium break-up
Session 2: Religion and economic growth
Auke Rijpma, Estimating and explaining public service provision by religiousorganisations in the late-medieval Low Countries
Thijs Lambrecht, Accommodating growth? Religious institutions, labour andeconomic change in pre-industrial Europe (1450-1820)
FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER 2011
Session 3: Rich and poor in VOC-territories
Johan Fourie & Jan Luiten van Zanden, Economic change in a slave economy, theCape Colony 1652-1800
Pim de Zwart, Rich and poor in the eighteenth century. A comparison of livingstandards in the Low Countries and in Ceylon
Matthias van Rossum, Asian maritime labour market
Session 4: Poverty, wealth and demographic change
Nina Boberg-Fazlic, Paul Sharp & Jacob Weisdorf, Nothing but a poor man withmoney? The changing fertility decisions of the rich before the Englishdemographic transition
David De la Croix, The life expectancy of famous people, 1000-1809
Session 5: Poverty, charity and coping strategies
Elise van Nederveen-Meerkerk, Property transfers from rich to poor? Legaciesto charity in the wider context of testamentary giving, the Dutch Republic,1600-1800
Henk Looijestein, 'Charity seems to be very national among them’. Donatorsand recipients of Dutch charity, the case of the Leiden
Heidi Deneweth, Oscar Gelderblom & Joost Jonker, Microfinance and the declineof poverty. Evidence from pre-industrial Europe
Annemarie Bouman, Jaco Zuijderduijn & Tine De Moor, Nuclear hardshiprevisited
DETAILED PROGRAM
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