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Jessica Dijkman is an associate professor in economic history at Utrecht University. Her research primarily focuses on the medieval and early modern eras, examining crucial aspects of food provisioning and food markets in northwestern Europe, with a particular emphasis on the grain trade and how societies coped with food crises and famines. Dijkman has been involved in various research projects that investigated the commodity market institutions in medieval Holland and compared the organization of labor, notably craftsmanship, in Europe and the Islamic world during the Middle Ages. Through her work, she contributes to a deeper understanding of economic practices and social structures in historical contexts.
Utrecht University • Utrecht
Teaching and researching economic history, focusing on medieval and early modern periods.
Department of Psychology