Department - van Bochove, Christiaan

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van Bochove, Christiaan

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Academic Title

Dr.

Full Name

Christiaan van Bochove

Date of Birth

Position

Postdoc researcher

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Christiaan van Bochove (1980) studied history in Utrecht, where he graduated in 2003 on a thesis on the quantitative aspects of the early modern Dutch herring fisheries. After that he has worked on his PhD thesis at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. The resulting dissertation – titled The economic consequences of the Dutch. Economic integration around the North Sea, 1500-1800 – was defended at Utrecht University in 2008. After a temporary appointment as lecturer he currently works at Utrecht University as postdoc researcher within the project The evolution of financial markets in pre-industrial Europe. His interest is mainly in the economic history of The Netherlands / Northern Europe during the early modern period.

E-Mail

c.j.vanBochove@uu.nl

Telephone

+31 (0) 30 2531823

Fax

+31 (0) 30 2536391

Secretariat

Working Days

Mo-Fr

Office Hours

On appointment

Visiting Address

Drift 8, room 2.03

Post Address

History Institute, Utrecht University, Drift 10, 3512 BS Utrecht, The Netherlands

Curriculum Vitae

Studied history at Utrecht University and the University of California at Berkeley (MA 2003, cum laude)
PhD in history (1 February 2008), The economic consequences of the Dutch. Economic integration around the North Sea, 1500-1800 (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. A.F. Heerma van Voss)

Publications

The economic consequences of the Dutch. Economic integration around the North Sea, 1500-1800 (Amsterdam, 2008). Download as PDF here or buy your hardcover copy for only €29,90 here.
‘The “golden mountain”: an economic analysis of Holland's early modern herring fisheries’, in: Louis Sicking and Darlene Abreu-Ferreira (eds.), Beyond the Catch. Fisheries of the North Atlantic, the North Sea and the Baltic, 900-1850 (Leiden, 2009), 209-243.
‘Market integration and the North Sea system (1600-1800)’, in: Hanno Brand and Leos Müller (eds.), The dynamics of economic culture in the North Sea- and Baltic region in the late middle ages and early modern period (Hilversum, 2007), 155-169.
with Jan Luiten van Zanden, ‘Two engines of early modern economic growth? Herring fisheries and whaling during the Dutch Golden Age (1600-1800)’, in: Simonetta Cavaciocchi (ed.), Ricchezza del mare, ricchezza dal mare. Secoli XIII-XVIII (in: Atti delle “Settimane di Studi” e altri Convegni 37) (Prato, 2006), 557-574.
‘De Hollandse haringvisserij tijdens de vroegmoderne tijd’, in: Tijdschrift voor sociale en economische geschiedenis 1:1 (2004), 3-27.

Themes of Education

Introduction course Early Modern History
Introduction course World History
Introduction course Social Economic History
Historiography of Economic History

Current Education Activities

Sideline Activities

Editor Historisch Tijdschrift Holland (2008-...).
Board member Nederlandse Vereniging voor Zeegeschiedenis (2007-...).
Editor NETwerk, Jaarboek Visserijmuseum (2006-...).

Interesting Links

Keywords

Financial markets, Northern Europe, Fisheries, Economic and social history, Preindustrial period

Working Papers

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Research Projects

	Title
	The evolution of financial markets in pre-industrial Europe

Expertise

	Field
	Economic and social history
	Financial markets
	Fisheries
	Northern Europe
	Preindustrial period

Attachments

Golden mountain.pdf

Research