Roundtable: the Changing Archive
Presentations and discussion about digitization, translation, and historical research on the early modern Indian Ocean World Date: Tuesday, 2 December 2025 Time: 10-12 CET Location: online
Webinar: from Scribe to Screen
Digital humanities and the digitisation of archives are ever-growing trends in academia. How will digitisation open up new opportunities and yet present new challenges to historical research? Co-organised with Leiden University’s COGLOSS series, the GLOBALISE project invites discussions on digitisation, accessibility, and new approaches to global history. Date: Tuesday, 18 March 2025 Time: 12-13.30 CET Please follow the link to the event page for more information and registration.
View of the Harbor of Sūrat (Gujarāt), anonymous, c. 1670
Rijkmuseum, SK-A-4778, CC0
GLOBALISE seminar: CAPASIA, The Asian Origins of Global Capitalism
Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Time: 15:00 - 16:00, drinks afterwards
Location: Room 2.18 of the Spinhuis, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 185, 1012 DK Amsterdam
Join us for a seminar featuring Maarten Draper and Sebastian Majstorovic, discussing the CAPASIA project's exploration of European 'factories' in maritime Asia and their role in the origins of global capitalism. Learn how CAPASIA and GLOBALISE projects are interconnected and how they enhance historical research.
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