От интеллектуалов – к интеллигенции – и обратно?

Oratie uitgesproken bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van bijzonder hoogleraar Overzeese en koloniale geschiedenis aan de Universiteit Utrecht, vanwege het Huygens ING, 10 november 201

De sacra militia contra iconomachos : civic strategies to counter iconoclasm in the Low Countries (1566)

Although the iconoclastic scare must have been enormous and the actual impact of the attacks of summer and autumn 1566 can hardly be exaggerated, the Beeldenstorm was not as comprehensive as it seemed to contemporaries and subsequent historians. Indeed, a considerable number of important cities in the Habsburg Netherlands actually managed to ward off destruction, but until now their role has hardly been studied. The aim of this article is twofold: first, it seeks to chart the cities in question. Second, it analyses the preventive measures that they took against the violence. In so doing, it nuances the idea of the Beeldenstorm as an all-destructive wave, and provides insights into the dynamics of the Iconoclastic Fury. More specifically, the cliché that the passivity of magistrates was the main reason for all losses seems in need of considerable revision

De Middelnederlandse Brut-kroniek: Propaganda uit de Engelse Rozenoorlogen voor een Nederlandstalig publiek

Translated title of the contribution: The Middle Dutch Brut Chronicle: Propaganda from the English Rose Wars for a Dutch-speaking audience. In 1480 rolde in Utrecht de Middelnederlandse vertaling van de Fasciculus temporum [Een bundel van tijden] van de drukpers van Johan Veldener. Al twee keer eerder was de drukker betrokken geweest bij de uitgave van de Latijnse tekst. In deze wereldkroniek werd de geschiedenis vanaf de Schepping tot (min of meer) de eigen tijd behandeld. Veldener voegde aan de Middelnederlandse vertaling andere kronieken toe, bijvoorbeeld van de hertogen van Brabant en de bisschoppen van Utrecht. Tussen deze toevoegingen vinden we ook een kroniek van Engeland. Bijzonder is dat deze Brut-kroniek partij kiest voor een van de partijen in de zogenaamde Rozenoorlogen

WP 2 - Substitution or segregation: explaining the gender composition in Dutch manufacturing industry 1899-1998

This paper focuses on the role of substitution or segregation in the demand for female labour. Based on an extensive overview of detailed studies, fluctuations in the gender composition of the labour force in four major sectors of Dutch manufacturing industry have been examined over the past hundred years. Women’s share in employment has been stable in clothing industry, fluctuated in textiles, increased in food production and decreased in Philips Electronics. Changes in the share of women were primarily explained by segregation that is by fluctuations in employment in the male respectively female domains. Only few examples of substitution were traced, primarily driven by labour market shortages, but the numbers of workers involved were small. Overwhelmingly, employers preferred to act within gender boundaries.

The Flemish movement and Flemish nationalism: instruments, historiography and debates

This article gives a concise overview of the historiography of the Flemish movement and the Belgian nationality conflict. It addresses the main working instruments and scientific infrastructure. Furthermore it provides an overview of the basic works and the most significant literature in English, French and German. It detects the theoretical frameworks and gives a brief overview of the smouldering historiographical debates: the social players of the Flemish movement in the 19th century; the impact of World War I on Flemish nation building; the Flemish movement during the interwar years and World War II; the ideological developments of the Flemish movement and the Belgian state reform after World War II

The Spectatorial press in Dutch

The present paper outlines the main periods and tendencies in Dutch moral weekly publishing. Although academic research has, for a long time, been focussed on Justus van Effen, who published spectatorial magazines in both French and Dutch, many other writers between 1718 and the 1790s also took part in the endeavour of moral weekly writing or reacted to it by producing ‘anti-spectators’