Author: René van Weeren

A map can be an excellent way to visualize your research, but only a small percentage of people know how to make them. Have you been wanting to learn more about digital mapping for your research, but do not know where to start? Or struggle to make time to teach yourself? This workshop may be for you!

In this workshop, which is made possible by the N.W. Posthumus Institute, the HiDo Scientific Network for Historical Demography, and the Quetelet Center, attendees will be taught the essentials of digital mapping using the world’s most popular open source application QGIS. By the end of this two half-day hands-on workshop, you will be able to combine different types of data to create your own historical maps for use in papers, presentations and other sessions.

Attendance is free of charge. We can host a maximum of 15 participants for this hands-on workshop, so signing up is necessary. Preference will be given to Posthumus-students and fellows, a wait list will be used in case interest exceeds the number of spaces available. Applicants should provide a brief motivation (a few sentences in English or Dutch) on how the workshop might be useful or interesting for your research.

Applicants should provide a brief motivation (a few sentences in English or Dutch) on how the workshop might be useful or interesting for your research ultimately 15 July 2022 via e-mail to the organisers (see button below). Please make sure to include information on 1) your institutional affiliation, 2) your position (which year of the PhD or (for ECR) role within university), and 3) brief motivation of the reasons why you are interested in attending.

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On Wednesday 15 June at 15:00 Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten van Zanden both will deliver a valedictory speech on the occasion of their retirement and as a conclusion of their thirty years of joint professorship in Social and Economic History at Utrecht University. Both valedictory speeches will be delivered at the same event in the Dom Church, followed by a reception in the adjacent Universtity Hall (Academiegebouw).

If you wish to attend these valedictory speeches, please do register ultimately by 1 June 2022 via the button displayed underneath.

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For additional questions and information, please do contact Helena Čordašev.

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Op woensdag 15 juni om 15:00 uur houden Maarten Prak en Jan Luiten van Zanden beiden een afscheidscollege ter gelegenheid van hun pensionering, na dertig jaar gezamenlijk hoogleraarschap Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis aan de Universiteit Utrecht. Deze afscheidscolleges vinden aaneengesloten plaats in de Domkerk te Utrecht, gevolgd door een receptie in het aangrenzende Academiegebouw.

Indien u deze afscheidscolleges bij wilt wonen, registreert u zich dan voor 1 juni 2022 via onderstaande button.

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Voor vragen en informatie kunt u desgewenst contact opnemen met Helena Čordašev.

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The Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS), the Section Economics of WUR and the N.W. Posthumus Institute jointly and cordially invite you to a lecture by Professor Deepak Nayyar (Emeritus Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi), entitled ‘The Asian Miracle: Learning from a Half-Century of Transformations’. This lecture is made possible by inter alia financial support through the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

The lecture

The lecture analyses the phenomenal transformation of Asia, which would have been difficult to imagine, let alone predict, fifty years ago. In doing so, it provides an analytical narrative of this remarkable story of economic development, situated in the wider context of historical, political and social factors, and an economic analysis of the underlying factors, with a focus on critical issues in the process of, and outcomes in, development. The analytical conclusions drawn contribute to contemporary debates on development, and highlight some lessons from the Asian experience for countries elsewhere.

In 1970, Asia was the poorest continent in the world, marginal except for its large population. Since then, it has been transformed beyond recognition, in the development of nations and living standards of people. This transformation has been uneven across countries and unequal among people. Yet, Asia’s economic progress in this short time span has been remarkable and almost unprecedented in history. It is beginning to shift the balance of economic power in the world. At this juncture, however, the world is also confronted with mounting economic problems and political challenges, so that the uncertain future is a challenge.

About the speaker

Professor Nayyar is one of the leading thinkers on Asian development and has had a distinguished career in both academia and public service. He is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He is Chair of the Board of Trustees, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. He previously served as Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi, and Distinguished University Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research, New York. Earlier, he taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Sussex, and the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Professor Nayyar has also been engaged with public policy as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. His latest books are Resurgent Asia: Diversity in Development and Asian Transformations: An Inquiry into the Development of Nations.

How to participate

The lecture will be at Wageningen University; there will be no livestream. If you want to join for this lecture, please send an email ultimately by 13 June 2022 to the organiser, Dr Pim de Zwart.

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