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Workshop ‘Networks in History’ (Huizinga Institute & N.W. Posthumus Institute) – deadline 10 December 2025
The Huizinga Institute and the N.W. Posthumus Institute are offering a 3-day workshop on ‘Networks in History’, to be held on 21-23 January ...
Posthumus fellow Janna Coomans wins Libris Geschiedenis Prijs for book ‘Dievenland’
The Libris Geschiedenis Prijs 2025 has been awarded to Janna Coomans, Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and ...
Recent changes PhD Representatives N.W. Posthumus Institute
Recently, there have been some changes in the group of PhD Representatives of the N.W. Posthumus Institute. Hannelore Braeken will take the place of Dinos ...
PhD ‘Women in the Early Modern Language Sector’ (Leiden University) – deadline 15 February 2026
The Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University is offering a PhD position within the project LangPro: Professional Opportunities in the Early Modern ...
PhD position ‘Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry’ (Leiden University) – deadline 15 February 2026
The Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University is offering a PhD position within the project LangPro: Professional Opportunities in the Early Modern ...
PhD ‘Waarden, zorg en samenleven in historisch perspectief’ (Erasmus MC) – deadline 3 december 2025
~ because of required proficiency and scope in Dutch only ~ Voor het NWO-project CARE VISiON zoekt het Erasmus MC een PhD ‘Waarden, zorg en ...
Two PhDs ‘History of Migrant Women’s Labour in Postwar Europe’ (Maastricht University) – deadline 30 November 2025
The Department of History of Maastricht University is looking for two PhD candidates to undertake archival and oral history research on women’s migration ...
Yearbook of Women’s History 2025 ‘Women and Ports’
Amsterdam University Press has just announced the upcoming publication of the 34th edition of the Yearbook of Women’s History. This year’s edition ...
LeidenGlobal course ‘Methodologies in the Social Sciences and Humanities’ (Feb-June 2026) – deadline 15 January 2026
The Leiden University Institute for Area Studies in collaboration with LeidenGlobal offers a twelve-week course ‘Methodologies in the Social Sciences ...
Blog ‘Historisch eten en koken’ van Posthumus fellows Patricia Van den Eeckhout en Peter Scholliers online
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Posthumus-fellows Patricia Van den Eeckhout en Peter Scholliers (emeriti hoogleraren Vrije Universiteit Brussel) zijn ...
Nieuwe publicatie Posthumus fellow Dries Lyna : ‘Slavernij en de koloniale ketens van ‘s-Hertogenbosch’
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Posthumus-fellow en -bestuurslid Dries Lyna schreef samen met co-auteurs Kim Lempereur en Joris Martens het boek ...
Call for papers Workshop ‘Channeling Middle-Class Savings, 1850-1940’ (Antwerp, 29-30 June 2026) – deadline 5 January 2026
On 29 and 30 June 2026 the University of Antwerp and the Paris School of Economics will host the workshop ‘Channeling Middle-Class Savings, ...
Institute Gak-KNAW Award: Postdoc position ‘Social security and the labour market’ – deadline 5 January 2026
The Institute Gak and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW) invite talented early-career researchers to apply for a three-year appointment as a ...
Call for papers – 2nd Workshop The Economic and Financial History of Colonialism – deadline 15 Dec 2025
On 26 and 27 March 20-26, the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Groningen and the University of Antwerp will jointly organise the ...
Conference ‘Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities Across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-1850’ – keynotes by Professors Sue Peabody and Jennifer L. Gaynor
On 10 and 11 December 2025, the international conference ‘Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities Across the Indian Ocean World, ...
Call for papers Special Issue ‘Blue Papers’ on Netherlands and the Caribbean – deadline 15 January 2026
The editors of the academic journal Blue Papers invite contributions for a special issue focusing on the Netherlands (low and high regions) and the ...
Voordrachten KHMW Interdisplinariteitsprijs 2026 – deadline 15 januari 2026
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW) nodigt hoogleraren van Nederlandse universiteiten uit ...
Agenda
Lezing Posthumus PhD Chris Vlam over opkomst Kruisverenigingen Noord-Holland en Utrecht, 1875-1945
Conference ‘Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-1850’
Conference ‘Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities Across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-1850’ – keynotes by Professors Sue Peabody and Jennifer L. Gaynor
Workshop ‘Networks in History’ (Huizinga Institute & N.W. Posthumus Institute) – deadline 10 December 2025
Workshop ‘Socio-economic inequalities in mortality over time’
Jaarcongres Werkgroep ‘De Nieuwe Tijd’ 2026
Workshop ‘Human Development and Its Outliers’
Call for papers – 2nd Workshop The Economic and Financial History of Colonialism – deadline 15 Dec 2025
Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar 2026: ‘From craft guilds to unions’
Call for papers Workshop ‘Channeling Middle-Class Savings, 1850-1940’ (Antwerp, 29-30 June 2026) – deadline 5 January 2026
Calls
- Call for papers Workshop ‘Channeling Middle-Class Savings, 1850-1940’ (Antwerp, 29-30 June 2026) – deadline 5 January 2026
- Workshop ‘Networks in History’ (Huizinga Institute & N.W. Posthumus Institute) – deadline 10 December 2025
- Institute Gak-KNAW Award: Postdoc position ‘Social security and the labour market’ – deadline 5 January 2026
- Call for papers – 2nd Workshop The Economic and Financial History of Colonialism – deadline 15 Dec 2025
- Call for papers Special Issue ‘Blue Papers’ on Netherlands and the Caribbean – deadline 15 January 2026
- Voordrachten KHMW Interdisplinariteitsprijs 2026 – deadline 15 januari 2026
- Voordrachten D.J. Veekensprijs 2026 open – deadline 15 januari 2026
- Call for papers Historicidagen 2026 (Leiden, 27-29 August 2026) – deadline abstracts 31 January 2026
- Call for proposals 12th Tensions of Europe Conference (Eindhoven, 8-10 July 2026) – deadline 4 January 2026
Positions
- PhD ‘Women in the Early Modern Language Sector’ (Leiden University) – deadline 15 February 2026
- PhD position ‘Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry’ (Leiden University) – deadline 15 February 2026
- PhD ‘Waarden, zorg en samenleven in historisch perspectief’ (Erasmus MC) – deadline 3 december 2025
- Two PhDs ‘History of Migrant Women’s Labour in Postwar Europe’ (Maastricht University) – deadline 30 November 2025
- Call for applications Rijksmuseum Fellowship Programme 2026-2027 – deadline 4 January 2026
- Fellowships BHIC voor recent afgestudeerde BA- en MA-studenten – deadline 12 januari 2026
- Institute Gak-KNAW Award: Postdoc position ‘Social security and the labour market’ – deadline 5 January 2026
- Vacature Redactie-assistent tijdschrift ‘Early Modern Low Countries’ (werkervaringsplek) – deadline 1 december 2025
- Vacature Directeur Knooppunt Oral History ‘Sprekende geschiedenis’/ Stichting BMP – deadline 1 december 2025
- Vacature Bureauredacteur Geschiedenis Magazine – deadline 1 december 2025
- Collaborative Studentship PhD (LSE ESRC and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) – deadline 14 January 2026
- Call for applications PhD position Professor Van Winter Fund – deadline 28 November 2026
