Adriana E. van Zwieten

Education:

Ph.D., Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2001

     Dissertation: “‘A little land . . . to sow some seeds’: Real Property, Custom,

     and Law in the Community of New Amsterdam.”

B.A. in History, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1991

Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA, 1986-88

     Department of History/Social Sciences

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, 1964-66

     Department of Biology

Employment:

Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators

     2002 – present, Research Assistant

     2001-2002, Postdoctoral Research Associate

     1995-98, Editorial Assistant

Publications:

“Children and Work in New Netherland,” in Children Bound to Labor, Ruth W. Herndon and

     John E. Murray, eds. (Cornell University Press, forthcoming 2007).

“‘[O]n her woman’s troth’: Tolerance, Custom, and the Women of New Netherland,” de Halve  

     Maen, 72 (spring 1999):3-14.

"The Orphan Chamber of New Amsterdam,” The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Series, 53

     (April 1996):319-340.

Presentations:

“‘Within the jurisdiction of the city of New Amsterdam in New Netherland’: Local History and a view from New Amsterdam.”

      Rensselaerswyck Seminar, October 2001, New York, NY

“‘[O]n her woman’s troth’: Tolerance, Custom, and the Women of New Netherland.”

      Rensselaerswyck Seminar, September 1998, Albany, NY

“‘For a house and garden a couple of capons yearly’: Land Use in Seventeenth-Century New Amsterdam.”

      The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture Conference, June 1998,

      Worcester, MA

“‘For a house and garden a couple of capons yearly’: Land in Seventeenth-Century New Amsterdam.”

      Temple University History Forum, February 1998, Philadelphia, PA

Awards and Honors:

Hendricks Manuscript Award, 2001

Fellow of the New Netherland Project, 2001 to present

Alpha Upsilon, the Temple University Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta

Zeta Beta, the Temple University Chapter of Eta Sigma Phi