## * SEPHARDIC WORLD MEETING, 8 AUGUST 2021*## * WITH DANIEL STRUM*## * TRADE AND THE SEPHARDIC DIASPORA: A REAPPRAISAL*The sugar trade linking Brazil, Portugal, and the Netherlands was a key feature of the early modern Atlantic Sephardic world. Brazil became the world's leading producer of sugar and the first great plantation colony. The sugar trade boosted the economy of Portugal and contributed to the upsurge of the Dutch market. Sephardim were integral to all of this.The increasing availability of sugar transformed the European diet. Sugar and sugar colonies became strategic elements in global politics. The sugar trade was important in the evolution of the financial and business world. Daniel Strum will discuss these developments, and how they influenced the modern world.*Daniel Strum*'s studies focus on trans-Atlantic trade during early modern times. He studied at the University of São Paulo and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a visiting scholar at Stanford and Yale universities. He is currently a professor in the History Department at the University of São Paulo and will be a Fellow at the Herbert Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania next year. His book The Sugar Trade: Brazil, Portugal and the Netherlands (1595–1630) was published by Stanford University Press in 2013.The meeting is on Sunday 8 August 2021 at 11am in LA, 2pm NYC, 7pm London, 8pm Amsterdam, and 9pm Jerusalem. Patrons can join us on Zoom. The link is shared at our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/sephardiEveryone is invited to join us for free at: https://www.youtube.com/SephardicGenealogyAndHistory/ Please subscribe to the YouTube channel. It helps us a lot and reminds you when we are going live!Over the last year, Sephardic World has become the leading forum for learning about Sephardic history and genealogy. We have no commercial sponsorship or public funding. There is no charge to attend our meetings or to view our content. If you are not a patron and can afford it, please consider supporting our work: https://www.patreon.com/sephardi*Best wishes,**Ton and David **Sephardic World **Image: "The Amsterdam four-masted Ship ""De Hollandse Tuyn"" and other Ships Return from Brazil under Command of Paulus van Caerden ", Hendrik Cornelisz. Vroom, c. 1605 - c. 1640 (Rijksstudio)*