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Dissertation Prize of the International Economic History Association
Dr Danielle van den Heuvel, an associate of the Centre for Quantitative Economic History and Research Fellow at Girton College, has just been awarded the Dissertation Prize of the International Economic History Association. The prize, for the best dissertation in pre-1800 economic history, was awarded at the closing session of the XVth World Economic History Congress, held from 3-7 August 2009 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The jury was Beverly Lemire (Alberta), Philippe Minard (Paris) and Om Prakash (Delhi).
The title of Danielle's dissertation was "Women and Entrepreneurship: Female Traders in the Northern Netherlands c.1580-1815".
Danielle was also awarded the Thirsk-Feinstein Dissertation Prize by the Economic History Society of the UK in 2008 and has now published her dissertation as a book with Aksant Academic Publishers.
Danielle's current research project focuses on the role of commercial institutions and the informal sector in the economic development of pre-industrial Europe.
New ESRC Research Project
Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie, Principal
Investigator - 'Human Well-Being and the "Industrious Revolution":
Consumption, Gender and Social Capital in a German Developing Economy,
1600-1900' Five-year project: 2008-2012 Start-date: 1 January 2008 About
the Project (English) | About the Project (German)
18th century British Official Parliamentary Publications Online
Supported by the JISC digitisation programme,
the University of Southampton has digitised a comprehensive
collection of 18th century British Official Parliamentary Publications. details... |
