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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In memoriam: Harry Lintsen (1949-2025)

Recentelijk ontving het N.W. Posthumus Instituut het droeve bericht dat emeritus hoogleraar prof.dr.ir. Harry Lintsen op dinsdag 12 augustus 2025 op ...

Najaarsbijeenkomst 2025 SGvdO in teken 80-jarig bestaan FIOD

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 4 november 2025 organiseert de Stichting Geschiedenis van de Overheidsfinanciën (SGvdO) de Najaarsbijeenkomst 2025, ...

Call for papers – Session on cross-disciplinary approaches to domestic cultures (17th EAUH Conference) – deadline 22 October 2025

The organisers of Session 19 on “Cross disciplinary approaches to domestic cultures in premodern cities in Europe and beyond, 13th-17th ...

PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Philip Post

On 23 October 2025, Posthumus alumnus Philip Post will defend the thesis ‘Constructing Colonial Legitimacy in the Moluccas, 1750-1870’ at ...

Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Sander Berghmans

Recently we were informed that earlier this year, 21 March 2025, Posthumus alumnus Sander Berghmans successfully defended the thesis ‘Dukes and ...

NEHA Symposium ‘Naar een meer inclusieve economische- en bedrijfsgeschiedenis’

Op 28 november 2025 organiseert het Nederlands Economisch-Historisch Archief (NEHA), in samenwerking met de Stichting Bedrijfsgeschiedenis (BSG), een ...

Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Joris Kok

On 18 September 2025, Posthumus alumnus Joris Kok succesfully defended the thesis ‘Social Mobility and Integration of Amsterdam Jews: The Ethnic ...

PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Alexander van der Meer

On 23 October 2025, Posthumus alumnus Alexander van der Meer will defend the thesis ‘Colonial Calvinism: Colonial Ideologies of Dutch Clergymen in ...

Call for papers: Workshop ‘Human Development and Its Outliers’ – deadline abstracts 15 November 2025

The organisers of the Workshop ‘Human Development and Its Outliers’ welcome abstract for papers to be presented at this workshop, to be held on ...

Water Pasts and Futures Symposium – register before 23 September 2025

On 30 September 2025, the organisers behind the VU Amsterdam projects Coping with Drought and PerfectSTORM, in collaboration with the Amsterdam ...

PhD defence Posthumus alumnus Alberto Concina

On 29 September 2025, Posthumus alumnus Alberto Concina will defend the thesis ‘Tilting the scale of life: A multidimensional study of living ...

Lindert-Williamson Prize awarded to Posthumus fellow Maanik Nath

At the 85th Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association, held in Philadelphia, PA (USA) on 5-7 September 2025 the biannual Peter Lindert-Jeffrey ...

Phd Defence Posthumus alumnus Jurriaan Wink

On 22 September 2025, Posthumus alumnus Jurriaan Wink will defend the PhD thesis ‘Het thuisfront springt bij: Stad, gewest en vorst op de bres voor ...

‘Dievenland’ van Janna Coomans op shortlist Libris Geschiedenis Prijs 2025!

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 7 september 2025 is de shortlist met de vijf genomineerden voor de Libris Geschiedenis Prijs 2025 bekend gemaakt in ...

Promovendus ‘Een Sociale Geschiedenis van Hiv en Aids in Nederland’ (Universiteit van Amsterdam) – deadline 13 oktober 2025

~ because of scope and required proficiency in Dutch only ~ De Universiteit van Amsterdamn zoeken een promovendus die de sociale effecten van de ...

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 ...

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