Research School for Economic and Social History

The N.W. Posthumus Institute (NWP), currently hosted by the Department of History & Art History of Utrecht University, is named after Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus (1880-1960), the first professor in economic and social history in the Netherlands.

The NWP promotes innovative and advanced interdisciplinary research in economic and social history by stimulating joint research programmes of participating institutes. To this purpose, the NWP provides a PhD training in economic and social history, as well as a four course-programme for Research Master students. Annually, the N.W. Posthumus Institute also organises its Annual Posthumus Conference.

The NWP is also participating in the European graduate School for Training in Economic and social historical Research (ESTER), a Europe-wide network of leading scholars in the field of social and economic history and as such co-organiser of Research Design Courses and Advanced Seminars within the ESTER programme.

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Posthumus Conference 2025 website launched – keynote lecture by Professor Tamara Herzog (Harvard University)

We are happy to announce the launch of the Posthumus Conference 2025 website! On 27 and 28 May 2025, the Posthumus Conference 2025 will be held in Nijmegen ...

NWO XS Grant awarded to Posthumus fellow Corinne Boter

In the 3rd round of the NWO Open Competition SSH XS, NWO has granted an XS Grant to Posthumus fellow and former Posthumus research network coordinator Dr ...

Bijzonder hoogleraar Global History of Sustainable Development (VU Amsterdam) – deadline 9 februari 2025

~ currently only available in Dutch ~ Het Unger-Van Brerofonds stelt aan de VU Amsterdam een bijzondere leerstoel in voor de geschiedenis van de ...

PhD Position ‘Financial Economics of Slavery’ (University of Groningen) – deadline 29 January 2025

The University of Groningen is looking for a PhD candidate on the topic of ‘Financial Economics of Slavery’ within the NWO-funded project ...

Module 2 Online Lecture Series ‘An Introduction to Inequalities in Health using Historical Causes of Death’ open for registration – deadline 28 February 2025

Registration has opened for Module 2 of the Online Lecture Series ‘An Introduction to Inequalities in Health using Historical Causes of Death’. This online ...

Change of Coordinator Research Network ‘Inclusion, Exclusion, and Mobility’

Recently, Liesbeth Rosen Jacobson concluded her valuable work as a coordinator of our Research Network ‘Inclusion, Exclusion, and Mobility’. We thank ...

Jaarcongres De Moderne Tijd 2025 – registreer uiterlijk 14 maart 2025

~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Op 21 maart 2025 vindt in Amsterdam het jaarcongres 2025 van Werkgroep de Moderne Tijd plaats. In dit jaarcongres van ...

Call for Papers – Conference ‘How did we lift the burden? Infectious Disease Mortality in the Western and Non-Western World (1800-now)’ – deadline 31 March 2025

On 28 and 29 August 2025, the COST-Action network GREATLEAP, in collaboration with the Radboud University Nijmegen, the HiDo network, and the IUSSP ...

Inaugural lecture Professor Arthur van Riel

The rector magnificus of the Erasmus University Rotterdam announces that Dr A. (Arthur) van Riel, appointed as endowed Professor of Historical Political ...

Valedictory lecture Professor Hein Klemann

On 7 February 2025, Professor Hein Klemann, Professor of Economic History and International Relations at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and ...

Janna Coomans new coordinator of Research Network ‘Economy and Society of the Pre-industrial Low Countries in Comparative Perspective’

Over the past years, Professor Pepijn Brandon, together with Dr Wout Saelens, coordinated the Research Network ‘Economy and Society of the ...

Symposium ‘Archeologie en de stad’ – registreer uiterlijk 28 maart 2025

~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Op vrijdag 4 april 2025 organiseert de werkgroep Stedengeschiedenis een bijeenkomst bij de Rijksdienst voor het ...

Call to support applications for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 (CISPAC)

The Centro de Investigación Interuniversitario das Paisaxes Atlánticas Culturais – Interuniversity Research Centre for Atlantic Cultural Landscapes ...

Successful Seminar I in Maastricht

On Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December the N.W. Posthumus Institute had the pleasure of time welcoming 35 new PhD students of cohort 2024 (the largest ...

2 Student-assistenten HisGIS (IISG) – deadline 20 januari 2025

~ because of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Met HisGIS wordt aan een nationale digitale infrastructuur gebouwd om het cultuur-historische landschap ...

Coördinator vrijwilligers en dienstverlening HisGIS (IISG) – deadline 20 januari 2025

~ because of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Met HisGIS wordt aan een nationale digitale infrastructuur gebouwd om het cultuur-historische landschap ...

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