Daniel Strum

Daniel Strum

University of Sao Paulo

Early Modern Atlantic, Social & Economic History

Statement: Daniel Strum’s research analyzes the mechanisms that promoted honesty and diligence in overseas commercial relations in the early modern sugar trade linking Iberia, Brazil and the Netherlands. He is currently working on a book project that highlights the coevolution of plural legal systems, transnational professional reputation mechanisms, and social constraints within diasporas (Sephardim in particular) against the backdrop of the Atlantic imperial rivalries and religious confessionalization. It explains how and why merchants chose different mechanisms to govern distinct types of transactions.

dstrum@ias.edu

While at IAS: Office: W-107 Phone: 609-734-8164

Member in Residence for: Second Term