Description du projet
Une étude détaillée de l’armée coloniale néerlandaise
Tout au long de l’histoire, les Pays-Bas ont dépendu de ressources et d’une main-d’œuvre non européennes pour construire et gérer leur vaste empire insulaire en Asie du Sud-Est. Les soldats non néerlandais représentaient près de la moitié des Européens employés par l’armée coloniale néerlandaise aux XIXe et XXe siècles. Le projet EuMeDE, financé par l’UE, étudiera comment les Néerlandais ont réussi à recruter quelque 70 000 étrangers européens dans leur armée coloniale. Il permettra de comprendre comment ces hommes ont contribué à la construction de l’Empire néerlandais. L’étude des biographies de 175 000 soldats et mercenaires européens de l’armée coloniale néerlandaise permettra de mettre en évidence des détails «oubliés» sur les liens historiques entre l’Indonésie (colonie néerlandaise jusqu’en 1945) et de vastes régions d’Europe occidentale et centrale.
Objectif
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)Coordinateur
80539 MUNCHEN
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