Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis - Volume 129, Issue 2, 2016

Abstract The ‘Eternal Edict’ and the Entries of Don Juan in 1577. Or the difficult mise-en-œuvre and mise-en-scène of a peace treaty during the Dutch Revolt The Treaty of Marche-en-Famenne – the Eternal Edict of 12 February 1577 – was a peace treaty signed by the new Governor-General of the Netherlands, Don Juan de Austria, and the insurgent States-General of the region, dissatisfied under Spanish Habsburg rule. This c Read More

Abstract The production of a political urban space. Antwerp city council and the construction and development of the Leopoldlei and its neighbourhood, 1857-1876 This paper examines nineteenth-century urban space from a political perspective. Local governments, institutions, and organisations used and produced (im)material urban spaces to express, legitimate, and expand their ideologies and power. In the ninete Read More

Abstract Din as modern evil. The portable radio and controlled modernization, 1955-1969 This article analyzes public opinion on the introduction and diffusion of portable radios in the Netherlands, in particular the discourse on the ubiquitous din the devices allegedly caused. This discourse, mainly comprising the digitized newspapers of the National Archive, shows that contemporaries deemed the portable and especially its Read More

Abstract Why we do not tell our students that Greek culture originates in ‘Black Africa’ The present contribution is an offshoot of a public debate on Afrocentric criticisms of the teaching of Ancient History, held at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in June 2015 (for a video recording of this event see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMu5IncT8OU). We argue that the central tenets of the Afrocentric view of Ancient History, viz. Read More

Abstract The ideology of white supremacy Professor Boter and Dr. Flinterman read ancient history at VU Amsterdam, but in reality they do not practice genuine scholarship, but white supremacy. This can be seen in their endorsement of books that can be regarded as white supremacist: Een kennismaking met de Oude Wereld by L. de Blois and R. van der Spek and Not out of Africa: how afrocentrism became an excuse to tea Read More

AbstractThe scientific meaning of the archaeology of the Second World WarThe archaeology of the Second World War is an emerging discipline. For example, it is becoming increasingly common to consider soil archive remains from the Second World War, although the scientific output is debated. This article aims to give a short overview of this development and illustrates how archaeological research can contribute to his Read More

Abstract The scientific emancipation of World War II-related archaeology and the importance ofsocietal commitment: a response to Ivar Schute In his response to Ivar Schute’s paper on Second World War-related archaeology in the Netherlands, Martijn Eickhoff criticizes Schute’s predominantly positivist approach that focuses exclusively on material traces of ‘what actually happened’. In addition Eickhoff stresses the importance Read More