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Posthumus fellow Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge receives NWO XS Grant
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Dr Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and postdoc researcher with the Radboud Institute for Culture & History (RICH), an NWO XS Grant. These grants are awarded for ideas with a maximum budget of 50,000 euro that hold great promise and aim to enable proposals for curiosity-driven, innovative research in the research fields covered by the NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities.
Matthias is researching family ties among enslaved people in Surinam between 1848 and 1863. By drawing connections within the recently published slave registers, family ties through the mother’s side can be reconstructed of approximately 60,000 individuals. Moreover, together with two student assistants he researches paternal family networks on four plantations, based on missionary sources. The project offers unique insights into family networks and survival strategies, and helps descendants discover their family history.
The N.W. Posthumus Institute congratulates Matthias with this grant.
