Live From New Amsterdam: The Sounds of New Netherland

Jacob Steendam was one of the first poets of Colonial America. Join Deborah Hamer as she talks to Dr. Danny Noorlander about Steendam's poetry, his experiences in Africa before he arrived in New Netherland, and how studying music, poetry, and sound can add to our knowledge of the Dutch Atlantic World.

Danny Noorlander is an associate professor of history at SUNY Oneonta. He teaches and writes about colonial America and the Dutch Empire. His first book, Heaven's Wrath, was about the Reformed Church and the Dutch West India Company. In his current project he is studying the poet and colonist Jacob Steendam.

Deborah Hamer is Director of the New Netherland Institute, where she is responsible for initiatives aimed at identifying, preserving, digitizing, and translating Dutch language documents in repositories around the world. She is a historian of the Dutch Atlantic world and received her Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Live From New Amsterdam is an ongoing series hosted by the New Netherland Institute and the New Amsterdam Project at The New York Historical. Through vibrant conversations with scholars and historians, each program will investigate new and exciting research related to New Amsterdam, New Netherland, and the lasting legacies of Dutch rule in New York.