Sephardic Diplomatic Power

Under Dutch rule in Brazil (1630-1654), the local and Amsterdam Sephardic communities tried to convince Dutch authorities to intervene and protect their interests. When asking for help, they emphasised their value as international merchants, as well as other areas in which Jews contributed to the Dutch colony. Hans Wallage will discuss some of these arguments and will provide new insights into how Jews valued their own contributions in the Dutch colonies.

Hans Wallage is a young historian specialising in Jewish Migration History. Since February 2019, Hans has been affiliated with the University of Amsterdam as a PhD candidate. He works within the VICI Project: 'The Invention of the Refugee in Early Modern Europe’. In his dissertation, he examines the organisation and forms of Jewish charity in the Dutch Republic during various early modern Jewish refugee crises. In his studies, he has mainly focused on Jewish history, transnationalism within Jewish societies and Jewish migration patterns. Hans also studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and worked as a student assistant at the University of Manchester.

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