Femme Gaastra

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Femme Simon Gaastra (born in Leeuwarden on 23 July 1945) is Professor of maritime history at the University of Leiden and a leading expert on the history of the Dutch East India Company.

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[edit] Early Life and Education

Gaastra attended the Rijks Lyceum in Herrenveen and began his studies in history at the University of Leiden in 1965, receiving his doctorate in March 1972.

[edit] Academic career

In 1972-73, he began working as a researcher with the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Zuiver Wetenschappelijk Oonderzoek on Dutch-Asiatic Shipping. In 1973-74, he taught history in Haarlem, then in March 1974, the University of Leiden appointed him as a university docent. In 2004, he succeeded Jaap R. Bruijn, as Professor of Maritime History.

[edit] Published Works

  • Aangeboden aan Jan Bank bij zijn afscheid als hoogleraar Vaderlandse Geschiedenis aan de Universiteit van Leiden, 27 mei 2005 edited by Bart Erik van der Boom; Femme Simon Gaastra; and Jan Theodoor Maria Bank. [Amsterdam]: Balans, 2005.
  • Vragen over de koopvaardij: de 'Enquête omtrent den toestand van de Nederlandsche koopvaardijvloot' uit 1874 en de achteruitgang van de handelsvloot. Inaugurele rede Universiteit Leiden. Leiden, 2004.
  • Particuliere geldstromen binnen het VOC-bedrijf 1640-1795. Leiden: Rijksmuseum Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet, 2002.
  • On the eighteenth century as a category of Asian history: Van Leur in retrospect, edited by Leonard Blussé and Femme Gaastra. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998.
  • Ships, sailors and spices: East India companies and their shipping in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, ed. by Jaap R. Bruijn and Femme S. Gaastra. Amsterdam: NEHA, 1993.
  • De archieven van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie = The archives of the Dutch East India Company: (1602-1795), M.A.P. Meilink-Roelofsz (inventaris); R. Raben en H. Spijkerman ed. 's-Gravenhage: Sdu Uitgeverij, 1992.
  • Dutch-Asiatic shipping in the 17th and 18th centuries, by J. R. Bruijn, F.S. Gaastra and I. Schöffer; with assist. from A.C.J. Vermeulen. Three Volumes. Rijks geschiedkundige publicatiën, Grote serie, 165-167. The Hague: Nijhoff, 1979- 1987.
  • De geschiedenis van de VOC. Haarlem: Fibula-Van Dishoeck, 1982; Antwerpen: Standaard, 1982. Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 1991, 2002.
  • Companies and trade: essays on overseas trading companies during the Ancien Régime, by P. H. Boulle ... [et al.]; ed. by Leonard Blussé and Femme Gaastra. [The Hague]: Leiden University Press, 1981.
  • Bewind en Belied bij de VOC: De financiële politik van de bewindhebbers, 1672-1702. Zutphen: De Walburg Pers, 1968.

[edit] Sources

  • Biographical statement in Bewind en Beleid
  • Catalogue of the Royal Library, The Hague