Descripción del proyecto
Un estudio más detallado del ejército colonial neerlandés
A lo largo de la historia, los Países Bajos dependieron de recursos y mano de obra de fuera de Europa para construir y dirigir su remoto imperio insular en el sudeste asiático. Los soldados que no eran oriundos del país constituían casi la mitad de los europeos empleados por el ejército colonial neerlandés en los siglos XIX y XX. En el proyecto EuMeDE, financiado con fondos europeos, se estudiará cómo los neerlandeses consiguieron reclutar a unos setenta mil extranjeros europeos en su ejército colonial. Con ello, se arrojará luz sobre cómo estos hombres ayudaron a construir el Imperio neerlandés. Mediante el estudio de las biografías de 175 000 soldados y mercenarios europeos del ejército colonial neerlandés, el equipo del proyecto desvelará detalles «olvidados» sobre las conexiones históricas entre Indonesia (colonia neerlandesa hasta 1945) y amplias zonas de Europa occidental y central.
Objetivo
Being one of the smallest 19th century European powers, however with one of the largest overseas empires, the Netherlands continuously depended on non-European services, resources and man-power to build and run their far-flung island empire in Southeast Asia. Unsurprisingly, around 40% of the European soldiers employed by the Dutch Colonial Army between 1816 and c. 1914 were non-Dutch, hailing mostly from Belgium, Germany, France, and Switzerland. How did the Dutch manage to recruit ca. 70.000 European foreigners into their colonial army? And how did these men not only help build the Dutch Empire, but through their imperial careers also affect the histories of those European regions they came from? Using a database with biographic information on all 175.000 European soldiers and mercenaries in the Dutch Colonial Army, this project will be the first to tell the 'forgotten' story of deep historical connections between Indonesia, which today is the largest Muslim-majority and the overall third largest democracy in the World, and vast parts of Western- and Central Europe. Uncovering this largely unknown connected history will impact European Global History, Dutch Colonial History and the national histories of the mentioned countries. Carrying out this project under the supervision of Prof. Roland Wenzlhuemer at the Munich Centre for Global History will deepen my conceptual understanding of Global History, widen my methodological skill set, and improve my leadership skills. This will significantly increase my chances of getting a tenured position for European and Global History.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinador
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