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Amsterdam Centre for Urban History

Exploring the history of urban societies and built environments

Important rediscovery of sketches of early modern Edo in Japanese Library

Marie Yasunaga, ASH postdoctoral researcher, salvaged original sketches of early modern urban landscapes of Edo, Japan (present-day Tokyo) in the depot of the Sanko Library. This find brings out the precious ...
Call for Papers - Urban Lives: Amsterdam Diaries and Other Stories of the Self

In October 2025, Amsterdam will celebrate its 750th anniversary. In light of this upcoming celebration, two of the city’s institutes of higher education, the University of Amsterdam and the Vrije Universiteit ...
'Early modern streets' unites diverse strands of urban history scholarship

ACUH member Danielle van den Heuvel this month published a text book on street life in the Early Modern Themes series by Routledge which includes a chapter by herself on the past, present and future of the field, and ...
New book by ACUH member Laura van Hasselt

The Mennonite merchant-banker Piet van Eeghen (1816-1889) was a key figure in Amsterdam’s civil society. Laura van Hasselt wrote her dissertation about his role in the metamorphosis of Amsterdam during the 19th ...