Lezing 'New Perspectives on Early Modern Studies'

The Belvedere Lecture sheds its light on the early modern period from a multi-disciplinary perspective. ‘Belvedere’ suggests a bird-eye view on early modern history, which is indeed one of the aims of this annual lecture: to invite international scholars in the field of early modern studies to present their research in the light of bigger questions early modernists are dealing with today.

This year's lecture will be held by Frans-Willem Korsten (Leiden University). It will shed new light on decolonial reconsideration of history, talking about Dutch plantation culture in the early modern period. He will focus in his lecture on what Korsten cultural techniques, like the windmills that facilitated the dry milling of lakes and the machines that made the production of sugar possible.