The Newspaper in the Golden Age: Symposium, 11-12 May 2017, University of Amsterdam
Doelenzaal, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam

Thursday 11 May: 16:00-17:00
Launch and presentation of Dutch and Flemish Newspapers of the Seventeenth Century, 1618-1700 (Leiden: Brill, 2017)

17:00-18:30: Borrel

Friday 12 May

9:00 entry

9:30-11:00
Welcome and chair: Andrew Pettegree
Michiel van Groesen, ‘Reading Newspapers in the Golden Age’
Helmer Helmers, ‘Dutch Newspapers and the Thirty Years War (1618-1648)’

11:00-11:15
Coffee break

11:15-12:45
Chair: Djoeke van Netten
Andrew Pettegree, ‘News, Neighbours and Commerce. Newspaper advertising in the information culture of the Dutch Republic’
Steven van Impe, ‘How to get rich quick by publishing a newspaper in the Habsburg Netherlands’

12:45-14:00
Lunch

14:00-15:30
Chair: Joop Koopmans
Nina Lamal, ‘An Italian newspaper in Vienna. The publication and distribution of Il corriere ordinario (1671-1700)’
Jan Hillgaertner, ‘Dutch News in the German News Network’

15:30-16:00
Coffee break

16:00-17:00
Chair: Anton van der Lem
Arthur der Weduwen, ‘Competition, choice and diversity in the newspaper trade’
Closing remarks – Andrew Pettegree

Borrel