Image: Jacobus Pelgrom, De gasfabriek van de Amsterdamsche Pijp-gaz Compagnie aan de Schans, 1840 – 1850. Amsterdam. Depot Amsterdam Museum.
Please be welcome at the second lunch lecture of our lunch lecture series to learn more about the spatial dimension of the urban transition from coal to gas in the 19th century!
In this meeting, expert in architectural history and theory of the twentieth century Dr. Iris Burgers will lecture on the spatial component of an impactful energy transition in Dutch history.
The lecture takes place on Thursday the 17th of October from 12:45 until 13:30 in the Environmental Humanities Library Room, which is located in the VU main building on the 13th floor (HG-13B-04).
To ensure there is enough lunch, please sign up through this link: https://forms.office.com/e/QrmQup8ejV
The state of matter: gas in the 19th century urban environment
Gas manufactured from coal was introduced as an energy source in the nineteenth century. Across Europe, gas factories were built marking the beginning of a very polluting, and sometimes dangerous entanglement of gas with the living environment. In the Netherlands the coal gas industry would physically pave the way for the eventual switch to natural gas, after the discovery of one of the world’s largest natural gas fields in Slochteren in 1959. This lunch lecture will focus on one of the more under highlighted aspects of Dutch history, namely the relationship between gas and the 19th century living environment.
N.B. This lecture will take place in person in Amsterdam and will not be streamed or recorded.
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