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EXTENDED DEADLINE: Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar 2026: ‘From craft guilds to unions’ (deadline 31 October 2025)
The Fondazione Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica “F. Datini” and the European School for Training in Economic and Social Historical Research ...

Annual report 2024 N.W. Posthumus Institute available online
The General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to present you the N.W. Posthumus Institute Annual Report 2024. The report provides you with an ...

Call for applications PhD position Professor Van Winter Fund – deadline 28 November 2026
The Professor Van Winter Fund calls for proposals for one PhD position, to be funded by thids fund. This funding aims to allow PhDs in History to obtain an ...

Book presentation new open access publication, edited by Posthumus fellow Davide Cristoferi
Posthumus fellow Dr Davide Cristoferi (Ghent University) is the editor of the recently published open access publication Socio-Economic Inequalities during ...

Posthumus affiliates received Honourable Mentions Roger Schofield Award 2025
At the 2025 Conference of the European Society of Historical Demography, held in Bologna, 10-13 September 2025, Posthumus affiliates received an Honourable ...

Jong KNHG zoekt twee nieuwe bestuursleden (onbezoldigd) – deadline 26 oktober 2025
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De tak Jong KNHG van het Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap (KNHG) zoekt twee nieuwe bestuursleden: een ...

Oratie professor Danielle van den Heuvel – aanmelden s.v.p. voor 3 november 2025
~ because of scope only in Dutch ~ Op 20 november 2025 zal professor Danielle van den Heuvel, hoogleraar Vroegmoderne economische en sociale geschiedenis ...

PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Vicky Vanruysseveldt
On 21 October 2025, Posthumus alumna Vicky Vanruysseveldt will defend the thesis ‘Onderweg met amusement. Inkomensstrategieën en mobiliteit bij ambulante ...

Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk installed as new KNAW Member
On 29 September 2025, seventeen new members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) were officially installed. Among these new members ...

PhD vacancy ‘The historical development of sports in Belgian seaside resorts’ (VLIZ) – deadline 9 November 2025
The VLIZ (Flanders Marine Institute) has a vacancy for a PhD fellowship on ‘The historical development of sports in Belgian seaside resorts: ...

PhD Geschiedenis ‘Dynamieken van historische narratieven in tijden van crisis’ (Universiteit Utrecht) – deadline 26 oktober 2025
~ because of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Het Adapt!-project over de dynamiek van historische narratieven in tijden van crisis en conflict zoekt, ...

Angelique Janssens and Björn Quanjer receive ESHD awards
Two Posthumus affiliates, both members of the Radboud Group for Historical Demography and Family History, were awarded a prize by the European Society of ...

Posthumus affiliates runners-up in Dutch / Flemish Paleography contest
On 4 October, the Dutch / Flemish Paleography Contest 2025 was held at the Academiezaal in Sint-Truiden (Belgium). This contest is organised every second ...

Five Posthumus PhDs awarded FWO PhD Fellowships
On 3 October 2025, the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen (FWO; Fund Scientific Research Flanders) announced the awarding of the annual ...

PhD positie project ‘Beschuldigingen en smaad op de dorpsvergadering’ (VUB/UGent) – deadline 20 oktober 2025
~ because of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ De onderzoeksgroep Social History of Capitalism aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel en de Vakgroep ...

Module 3 Online Lecture Series ‘An Introduction to Inequalities in Health using Historical Causes of Death’ – start 3 October 2025
On 3 October 2025, Module 3 of the Online Lecture Series ‘An Introduction to Inequalities in Health using Historical Causes of Death’ started. This online ...

PhD Career Day 2025 – register before 1 November 2025
The Research School Political History, the N.W. Posthumus Institute, the Huizinga Institute, and the Research School for Medieval Studies warmly invite PhD ...
Agenda
PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Vicky Vanruysseveldt

PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Alexander van der Meer

PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Philip Post

Book presentation new open access publication, edited by Posthumus fellow Davide Cristoferi

Jaarsymposium Vereniging Gelre ‘Maakbare boeren en boerinnen?’ – deadline aanmelding 22 oktober 2025

10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise

ESTER RDC (University of Seville, 3-5 November 2025)

Najaarsbijeenkomst 2025 SGvdO in teken 80-jarig bestaan FIOD

Conference ‘Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade’

3rd Conference on Frisian Humanities
