Bert De Munck

• University of Antwerp, Belgium
  E-mail: bert.demunck@ua.ac.be
  Website: www.ua.ac.be/bert.demunck
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• Selected publications
  • Technologies of Learning. Apprenticeship in Antwerp from the 15th century to the end of the ancien régime (Turnhout, 2007)
  • [with S.L. Kaplan and H. Soly (eds.)], Learning on the Shop Floor. Historical Perspectives on Apprenticeship (London/New York, 2007)
  • [with W. Van Hoof (eds.)], De poppen aan het dansen. Honderd jaar Antwerps Volkskundemuseum. Nieuwe visies op erfgoed en musea (Nijmegen, 2007)
  • 'Skills, trust and changing consumer preferences. The decline of Antwerp's craft guilds from the perspective of the product market, ca. 1500 - ca. 1800', in: International Review of Social History 53 (2008) 2, 197-233
  • 'Musea en collecties in conflict. Reflecties over (etnografische) collecties in hedendaagse musea', in: Volkskunde 109 (2008) 2, 167-181
  • 'La qualité du corporatisme. Stratégies économiques et symboliques des corporations anversoises du XVe siècle à leur abolition', in: Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine 54 (2007) 1, 116-144
  • 'Construction and reproduction. The training and skills of Antwerp cabinetmakers in the 16th and 17th centuries', in: B. De Munck, S.L. Kaplan and H. Soly (eds.), Learning on the Shop Floor. Historical Perspectives on Apprenticeship (London/New York, 2007) 85-110
  • [with H. Soly], 'Introduction: "Learning on the Shop Floor" in Historical Perspective', in: B. De Munck, S.L. Kaplan and H. Soly (eds.), Learning on the Shop Floor. Historical Perspectives on Apprenticeship (London/New York, 2007) 3-32
  • 'Motieven en vertogen van het middenveld. (Vroeg)moderne sociabiliteit tussen civil society en sociaal kapitaal', in: De Achttiende Eeuw 39 (2007) 2, 3-20
  • [with P. Lourens and J. Lucassen], 'The establishment and distribution of craft guilds in the Low Countries, 1000-1800', in: C. Lis, J. Lucassen, M. Prak en H. Soly (eds.), Guilds in the early modern low countries. Work, power and representation (London, 2006) 32-73
  • 'Humanisme op de werkvloer? Beroepsgerichte en algemeen vormende vaardigheden, van de late Middeleeuwen tot heden', in: M. Depaepe, F. Simon and A. Van Gorp (eds.), Paradoxen van pedagogisering. Handboek pedagogische historiografie (Leuven, 2005) 85-108
  • 'Microtechnologieën van volkscultuur. Europese etnologie in Vlaanderen tussen sector en discipline', in: Volkskunde 106 (2005) 4, 341-370
  • 'In loco parentis? De disciplinering van leerlingen onder het dak van Antwerpse ambachtsmeesters (1579-1680)', in: Tijdschrift voor Sociale en economische geschiedenis 1 (2004) 3, 3-30
  • 'Erfgoed is van alle tijden. Ambachten en hun beeldcultuur in het Ancien Régime', in A. Vandewalle (ed.), Te wapen! Heraldiek, teken van gezag en identiteit (Bruges, 2004) 29-45
  • 'Free choice, modern love, and dependence: marriage of minors and Rapt de séduction in the Austrian Netherlands', in: Journal of Family History 29 (2004) 2, 183-205
  • 'Le produit du talent ou la production de talent? La formation des artistes à l'Académie des beaux-arts à Anvers aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles', in: Paedagogica Historica 37 (2001) 3, 569-607
  • 'Medische praktijken. Conflicten rond competentie in de Antwerpse medische sector, 17de en 18de eeuw', in: Tijdschrift voor Sociale Geschiedenis 27 (2001) 4, 459-484.
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• Projects
  • 'Circulation of knowledge in the Low Countries. Flows of technical knowledge in the western core-area of the Low Countries between c. 1400' (in co-operation with Karel Davids)
    The aim of this project is to examine how technical knowledge circulated in the Low countries between 1400 and 1700, how the volume and mode of this circulation changed, and what socio-economic, political, cultural and institutional circumstances effected this. The project involves four cities (Haarlem and Rotterdam in the North, and Antwerp and Ghent in the South) and three economic sectors (textile finishing, woodprocessing and silver and goldsmithing.
  • Social capital in Antwerp craft guilds, 16th century
    In this project, there will be explored how the 'civil society' of 16th century Antwerp reacted on the increasing tensions within the urban community. In the course of the 16th century Antwerp experienced major transformations, i.e. a further orientation towards a 'modern' (merchant) capitalism and a growing political impact of the central state on a local level. The consequences for the urban community were disturbing, i.e. proletarianisation, massive immigration etc. The question is how the 'middling sort of people' (through their corporative organizations) responded to these tensions politically and ideologically. Did they try to defend or create 'social capital', and if so, what strategies did they use?
  • The integration of artisan-immigrants into urban labour markets: the duchy of Brabant from c. 1450 to c. 1800 (case-studies: Antwerp and Brussels) (in co-operation with Hugo Soly, Catharina Lis, Erik Aerts and Hilde Greefs)
    The aim of this project is to conduct a comprehensive study of opportunities for immigration and integration of artisans in cities during the early modern period. We have opted to combine regional and local perspectives, addressing both interactions between cities and specific changes within cities, branches of industry, and occupations. The chief focus will be a review of several varieties of artisans who migrated to the main cities of the Duchy of Brabant between ca. 1450 and ca. 1800, with elaborate case studies of Antwerp and Brussels. This extended chronological perspective serves to transcend business cycles and gain insight into structural transitions of an economic, political-institutional and/or cultural nature.