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Joris van den Tol is an Assistant Professor in Economic History at Radboud University, specializing in Early Modern Economic and Social History, with a focus on the Dutch Republic in a globalized context. His significant work includes the book 'Lobbying Company' (Brill, 2020), which analyzes how ordinary individuals influenced historical events through advocacy and lobbying during the period of Dutch colonization in Brazil (1630-1654). His ongoing research encompasses the role of Dutch merchants in the English Atlantic during the seventeenth century and a project funded by the Dutch Research Council investigating the processing industry from 1600 to 1800. Van den Tol has also supervised PhD candidates focused on informal institutions in Early Modern Europe. He has previously held postdoctoral positions at Harvard University and the University of Cambridge, and he obtained his PhD from Leiden University in 2018.
Radboud University • Nijmegen, Netherlands
Teaching and researching Economic History, supervising PhD candidates.
Applies to Research Master's in Linguistics and Communication Sciences (Centre for Language Studies/Department of Language and Communication).