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This project explores the cultural and historical significance of maritime perspectives in understanding Dutch colonialism and empire. It aims to develop a new interdisciplinary approach that emphasizes the ocean's role in shaping societal and legal frameworks.
In 1609, Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius, commissioned by the VOC, published Mare Liberum.
The book argued for a juridical distinction between land-based sovereignties and the ""free sea,"" heralding a new maritime imagination and international legal order that still persists today.
Grotius is not just an exemplary figure for early deliberations on maritime worlds, his work carries particular resonance for Dutch articulations of empire and colonialism rooted in oceanic spaces that have shaped its hist…
UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
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Canada, Vancouver
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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