Bijeenkomsten
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rMA and PhD workshop: Histories of taxation, (in)equality, and redistribution
13 February 2026
In this workshop, we will discuss how historians could benefit from the studies of taxation and how we should understand the changing political regimes on equality. Finally, we will learn how important taxation was for maintaining colonial power ‘relations’.
Speakers:
- Marc Buggeln (Flensburg), Tax regimes and equality: why study the history of taxation
- Marjolein ’t Hart (VU/Huygens (invited), Why Taxes Are Good for Democracy: State Formation and Political Culture in a World-Historical Perspective
- Maarten Manse (Linnaeus University), Compromise and adaptation in colonial taxation: fiscal ideology, policy, practice and inequality in colonial Indonesia, ca. 1870-1920’
Location: Amsterdam city centre (exact venue TBA)
Admission: Free, but please register by sending an email to: bureau@onderzoekschoolpolitiekegeschiedenis.nl before 6 February 2026. Please include in your registration a one-page statement reflecting on how the history of taxation could provide new perspectives on your research.
Credits: 1 EC
Organisation: Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam & Onderzoekschool Politieke Geschiedenis
Read more about this workshop (pdf).
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