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Summer Holidays: website and mailbox less frequently updated
During the months of July and August, the N.W. Posthumus Institute staff will be limited available because of the Summer Holidays. Please keep in mind that ...
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Posthumus account on X definitely cancelled, follow us on Mastodon!
Follow us on Mastodon Earlier this year, the N.W. Posthumus staff, supported by the General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute, has decided to stop ...
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Nominations KHMW Jan Brouwer Scriptieprijzen 2025 – deadline 4 October 2024
The Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW) annually awards the Jan Brouwer Scriptieprijzen (Jan Brouwer Thesis awards) to ...
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Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar 2025: ‘Finance in History’ (deadline abstracts 15 October 2024)
The Fondazione Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica “F. Datini” and the European School for Training in Economic and Social Historical Research ...
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Invitation to first National Sector Plan Conference ‘Cultural Heritage and Identity’
The Organising Committee on behalf of the Assistant Professors involved in the Sector plan theme ‘Cultural Heritage and Identity’ is cordially ...
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Posthumus PhD Seminar I to be held in Maastricht, 12-13 December 2024
The N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to announce that Seminar I, ‘My research in a nutshell’, to be attended by the PhDs enlisted in cohort ...
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Danielle van den Heuvel appointed Full Professor in Social and Economic History at Utrecht University
Danielle van den Heuvel, current board member of the N.W. Posthumus Institute on behalf of the University of Amsterdam, has been appointed as Full ...
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PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Ingrid Schepers (University of Antwerp)
On 11 June 2024, Posthumus alumna Ingrid Schepers successfully defended the thesis ‘Mobilising labour: A spatial analysis of railway infrastructure, ...
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PhD Course ‘The Versatile Interior’ (Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, 27-11 November 2024) – deadline abstracts 15 Sept. 2024
The PhD School of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts is offering the PhD course ‘The Versatile Interior’ on 27-29 November 2024. This PhD ...
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Successful 2024 edition Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar
On 12-18 May 2024, The Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar 2024 took place in Prato, Italy. This year’s edition focused on the theme of ‘Social and ...
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Call for contributions Moving Humanities Conference 2024 on ‘Resistance’- deadline abstracts 31 July 2024
The Moving Humanities Conference 2024, organised by Radboud University and Groningen University, will take place on 31 October and 1 November 2024. This ...
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NWO Summit Grant awarded to SOCION consortium
The SOCION-consortium, a consortium of scientists in Social Studies and Humanities (among whom Posthumus-affiliates Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk, Selin ...
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Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Aditi Dixit
On 17 May 2024, Posthumus alumna Aditi Dixit successfully defended her thesis ‘Asian Divergence in an Age of Globalisation: Textile Manufacturing, ...
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FWO Postdoc Grants awarded to Posthumus alumni
In the most recent round (May 2024), the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) has awarded Postdoc Grants to several Posthumus alumni. Both Amaury de Vicq ...
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PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Björn Quanjer
On 1 May 2024 Posthumus alumnus Björn Quanjer succesfully defended the thesis ‘A Tale Of Tallness. A household perspective on early life determinants ...
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Posthumus alumnus Sam Geens awarded Thirsk-Feinstein PhD Dissertation Prize 2024 by Economic History Society
Posthumus alumnus Dr Sam Geens (University of Antwerp) was one of the two laureates receiving the Thirsk-Feinstein PhD Dissertation Prize 2024 at the 2024 ...
Agenda
Historians’ Days / Historicidagen 2024 (Maastricht University)
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Workshop ‘The Histories of (Post-)Colonial Universities in the Netherlands’ (WUR)
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Jaarcongres Werkgroep Zeventiende Eeuw 2024: ‘Ambacht en ambachtelijkheid in de zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlanden’ – deadline voorstellen 15 mei 2024
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Call for papers Economic History Society PhD Thesis Workshop (September 2024, exact date tba; online)
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Invitation to first National Sector Plan Conference ‘Cultural Heritage and Identity’
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ESTER Research Design Course 2024
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First biennial symposium Environmental History in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries
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Call for contributions Moving Humanities Conference 2024 on ‘Resistance’- deadline abstracts 31 July 2024
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Conference ‘Commodities and Environments in Early Modern Global Asia, 1400 – 1800’
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Call for papers Workshop ‘A peek into the neighbour’s garden’ (University of Antwerp) – deadline abstracts 15 August 2024
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