HHB is glad to welcome Bruno Blondé - Full Professor of the History Department at the University of Antwerp - as a new HHB Researcher. 

Prof. Blondé holds a PhD in Economic History (KU Leuven) and his research interests include the history of economic growth and social inequality, transportation and urbanisation, material culture and consumption of the early modern Netherlands (15th-19th century). He also studies retail developments and pre-industrial consumption inequalities.

Bruno Blondé is the founder of the Centre for Urban History (CSG) at the University of Antwerp which analyses urban societies, structures and processes in historical perspective. In 2018, he co-authored and co-edited the book "City and Society in the Low Countries, 1100-1800” (CUP).