Gijs Dreijer
Postdoc
- Name
- Dr.mult. G.P. Dreijer
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 8065
- g.p.dreijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-0012-9336
Gijs Dreijer (1992) completed his MA at Leiden University in 2017 and subsequently started a joint PhD degree at the University of Exeter (History) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Law). In 2021 he returned to Leiden University to work as a postdoc in the VICI project of Catia Antunes.
More information about Gijs Dreijer
Gijs Dreijer (1992) completed his MA at Leiden University in 2017 and subsequently started a joint PhD degree at the University of Exeter (History) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Law). In 2021 he returned to Leiden University to work as a postdoc in the VICI project of Catia Antunes.
Fields of interest
- Economic History
- History of Empire
- Legal History
- Maritime History
Postdoc
- Faculty of Humanities
- Institute for History
- Economische en Sociale geschiedenis
- Dreijer G.P. (2024), Dutch-African Trade Database (1847-1918) (data file). DANS: Data archiving and networked services. [dataset].
- Dreijer G.P. (2024), Review of: Parmentier J. & Damme K. van (2023), Een ontdekking van de wereld in de achttiende eeuw: Walburg. Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis 43(1): 135-137.
- Dreijer G.P. (2024), Review of: Stern P.J. (2023), Empire, incorporated: the corporations that built British colonialism: Harvard University Press. International Journal of Maritime History : 1-3.
- Dreijer G.P. (2024), Nederlandse handel en scheepvaart op West-Afrika 1830-1914, Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis 43(2): 38-55.
- Dreijer G.P. (2024), Review of: Todzi K.S. (2023), Unternehmen Weltaneignung: Der Woermann-Konzern und der deutsche Kolonialismus 1837-1916. Hamburger Beiträge zur Geschichte der kolonialen Globalisierung no. 2. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag. Africa 6(1): 160-162.
- Dreijer G.P. & Samuelson J. 17 August 2023, Maritime trade, averages, and institutional development in the Low Countries with Dr. Gijs Dreijer. Sea Control 454. CIMSEC [podcast].
- Dreijer G.P. (2023), Review of: Haubner D., Der Seewurf: Studien zur lex Rhodia de iactu. International Journal of Maritime History 35(3): 508-510.
- Dreijer G.P. (2023), Dutch-African Shipping Dataset (1830-1918) (data file). DANS: Data archiving and networked services. [dataset].
- Dreijer G.P. (2023), Review of: Scheltjens W., North Eurasian trade in world history. Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis 42(2): 102-104.
- Dreijer G.P. (2023), General average, compulsory contributions and Castilian normative practice in the Southern Low Countries (sixteenth century). In: Fusaro M., Addobbati A. & Piccinno L. (Eds.), General average and risk management in medieval and Early Modern maritime business. Cham: Palgrave MacMillan. 193-214.
- Dreijer G.P. (2023), Review of: Prak M. & Zanden J.L. van (2022), Pioneers of capitalism: The Netherlands, 1000-1800. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Business History Review 96(4): 884-886.
- Dreijer G.P. (2023), The power and pains of polysemy: maritime trade, averages, and institutional development in the Low Countries (15th–16th centuries). Brill's Studies in Maritime History no. 15. Leiden & Boston: Brill.
- Wade L., Dreijer G.P. & Hope M. (2023), Introduction: risk and uncertainty in the early modern world, International Journal of Maritime History 35(3): 309-316.
- Hope M., Wade L. & Dreijer G.P. (2023), Coda: risk and uncertainty in the past and present, International Journal of Maritime History 35(3): 389-392.
- Dreijer G.P. (2022), Review of: Hellwege P. (2020), Professional guilds and the history of insurance: a comparative analysis. Comparative Studies in the History of Insurance Law no. 7. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. Comparative Legal History 10(1): 87-90.
- Dreijer G.P. (2022), Review of: Frijhoff W.T.M., De vergeten Republiek. Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis 41(1): 125.
- Dreijer G.P. (2022), The Power and Pains of Polysemy: Maritime Averages and the Language of Risk and Uncertainty in the Low Countries (15th-16th Centuries). . London: Institute for Historical Research, IHR Partnership Seminar Series ‘Risk and Uncertainty in the Premodern World'.
- Dreijer G.P. (2022), From Antwerp to Amsterdam: Conflict Resolution of Insurance and General Average (1530-1630). 8th IMHA International Congress of Maritime History 28 June 2022 - 2 July 2022. Porto: International Maritime History Association Conference.
- Dreijer G.P., Münch Miranda S. & Salvado J.P. (2022), The C-Connection: Colonial Business, Maritime Investment and Entrepreneurship. 8th IMHA International Congress of Maritime History 28 June 2022 - 2 July 2022. Porto: International Maritime History Association Conference.
- Dreijer G.P. (2022), Transnational Influences in Risk Management in the Low Countries: Bruges and Antwerp (15th-16th Centuries). XIX World Economic History Congress 25 July 2022 - 29 July 2022. Paris: World Economic History Congress.
- Dreijer G.P. (2022), From lex maritima to iura maritimae: Maritime Law and Economic Development in the Low Countries (15th-16th Centuries). XIX World Economic History Congress 25 July 2022 - 29 July 2022. Paris: World Economic History Congress.
- Dreijer G.P. (2022), Dutch Imperialism Revisited: Rotterdam Entrepreneurs in the Scramble for Africa (1850s-1910s). Historicidagen 25 August 2022 - 27 August 2022. Rotterdam: Historicidagen 2022.
- Dreijer G.P., Reijnierse W., Rademakers E.R. & Burke G. (2022), History Matters, oftewel geschiedenis doet ertoe! Naar een inclusieve Rotterdamse geschiedenis. Historicidagen 25 August 2022 - 27 August 2022. Rotterdam: Historicidagen 2022.
- Dreijer G.P. (2022), 1879: Rotterdams aandeel in kolonisering Afrika. In: Heerma van Voss L., Bouras N., Hart M. 't, Heijden M. Van der & Lucassen L. (Eds.), Nog meer wereldgeschiedenis van Nederland. Amsterdam: AMBO/Anthos. 417-422.
- Dreijer G.P. (2022), Concessions in the Congos: A Dutch Firm at the Crossroads of Imperialism in West Central Africa (1879-1914). . Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: African Economic History Network Conference 2022.
- Dreijer G.P. (2022), Exploiting the (Natural) Resources of Others: The Case of Dutch Investors in the Scramble for Africa (1870s-1910s). Gothenburg, Sweden: Frontier Research in Economic and Social History (FRESH) Conference: Colonialism and Natural Resources.
- Dreijer G.P. (2022), Review of: Tang D.J., Met Hollandse bedaardheid. Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis 41(2): 88.
- Dreijer G.P. (2022), Review of: Haasis L. (2022), The power of persuasion: becoming a merchant in the 18th century: Verlag. International Journal of Maritime History 34(4): 684-685.
- Dreijer G.P. (2022), Rotterdam Entrepreneurs in the Scramble for Africa. . Museum Volkenkunde: West Central Africa Workshop.
- Baars R.M., Brand A.J., Brand R.J.W.M., Daalder R., Dissel A.M.C. van, Dreijer G.P., Heijveld W., Netten D.H. van & Wildeman D. (Eds.) (2022), Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Zeegeschiedenis.
- Baars R.M., Brand A.J., Brand R.J.W.M., Daalder R., Dissel A.M.C. van, Dreijer G.P., Heijveld W., Netten D.H. van & Wildeman D. (Eds.) (2022), Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Zeegeschiedenis.
- Dreijer G.P. (2021), Identity, conflict and commercial law: legal strategies of Castilian merchants in the Low Countries (fifteenth–sixteenth centuries). In: Ruysscher D. de, Cordes A., Dauchy S., Gialdroni S. & Pihlajamäki H. (Eds.), Commerce, citizenship, and identity in legal history. Legal History Library no. 54. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 118-138.
- Dreijer G.P. (22 April 2021), Averij-grosse, de Suezblokkade en de Ever Given: enkele maritiem-historische reflecties. Maritiem Portal. [blog entry].
- Dreijer G.P. (29 July 2021), Goederen op Ever Given ophalen? Het kan eigenaars flinke som geld kosten door eeuwenoud scheepsrecht Interviewed by Saar van Olmen for VRT nws [interview].
- Dreijer G.P. (7 April 2021), General average and maritime risk management in the Southern Low Countries between the Fifteenth and Sixteenth centuries. Economic History Society Blog. London: Economic History Society. [blog entry].
- Dreijer G.P. (10 June 2021), The Power and Pains of Polysemy: General Average, Maritime Trade and Normative Practice in the Southern Low Countries (Fifteenth-Sixteenth Centuries) (Dissertatie, Faculty of Humanities (Exeter) & Faculty of Law (VUB), University of Exeter & Vrije Universiteit Brussel). Supervisor(s): Fusaro M. & De ruysscher D.
- Dreijer G.P. (Ed.) (2021), . Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis: Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis.
- Hope M., Wade L. & Dreijer G.P. (2021), Organisation of Online Seminar Series: Risk and Uncertainty in the Premodern World (Institute for Historical Research). [other].
- Dreijer G.P. (2021), Organisation of "History Matters 010", Educational Programme on Rotterdam's Colonial and Slavery Past. Rotterdam, (Stichting Gedeeld Verleden Gezamenlijke Toekomst). [other].
- Dreijer G.P. (2020), Maritime averages and the complexity of risk management in sixteenth-century Antwerp, Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis = The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History 17(2): 31-54.
- Dreijer G.P. (2020), Review of: Bruijn J.R. & Hacquebord L. (2019), Een zee van traan: vier eeuwen Nederlandse walvisvaart 1612–1964: Walburg Pers. The Mariner's Mirror 106(1): 96-97.
- Dreijer G.P. & Vervaart O. (2019), Een Tractaet van Avarien – 1617: Quintyn Weytsen (1517-1564), Pro Memorie: bijdragen tot de rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden 21(2): 38-41.
- Dreijer G.P. (2019), The afterlife of the Ostend Company, 1727–1745, The Mariner's Mirror 105(3): 275-287.
- Dreijer G.P. (2019) Andrew Brown, Jan Dumolyn (eds.), Medieval Bruges, c. 850-1550. Review of: Andrew Brown & Jan Dumolyn (eds.) (2018), Medieval Bruges, c. 850-1550. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis = The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History 15(4): 145-147.
- Ruysscher D. de & Dreijer G.P. (2019), Review of: Zijlmans R. (2017), Troebele Betrekkingen: Grens, scheepvaart- en waterstaatskwesties in de Nederlanden tot 1800. Hilversum: Verloren. Pro Memorie: bijdragen tot de rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden 21(1): 118-120.
- Dreijer G.P. (2018), Een strijd om erkenning : de onderhandelingen over de Oostendse Compagnie (1713–1723), Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis 37(2): 42-58.
- Dreijer G.P. (2018), Review of: Dyke P.A. van (2016), Merchants of Canton and Macao: success and failure in eighteenth-century Chinese trade. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Itinerario 42(2): 302-304.