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PhD candidate in Governance and Legal History of Water Quality (Tilburg University) – deadline 27 February 2026
The Department of Public Law and Governance of Tilburg University is looking for a PhD candidate in Governance and Legal History of Water Quality. The PhD ...
KNHG publishes updated version ‘Professional standards for historians’
The KNHG (Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap [transl. Royal Dutch Historical Society]) recently updated the already existing Dutch version of the ...
Call for papers Dag van de Nieuwste Geschiedenis – Journée de l’Histoire Contemporaine 2026 – deadline 1 Feb 2026
The Belgische Vereniging voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis – Association belge d’Histoire contemporaine BVNG-ABHC and the University of Antwerp call for papers ...
Change of Coordinator Research Network ‘Life-Courses, Family and Labour
Because Evelien Walhout has accepted another position, her place as coordinator of the Research Network ‘Life-courses, Family, and Labour’ will ...
New edition TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History out now!
Issue 3 of TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History is out now! In this issue, you will find a variety of themes: JaapJan van ...
TSEG -The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History Essay Prize – deadline 1 February 2026
Through the Essay Prize, worth 500 euros, the TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History challenges young researchers to ...
National Meeting ‘Towards New Horizons of Scholarly Publishing’
On 5 and 6 February 2026, Radboud University will host the National Meeting ‘Towards New Horizons of Scholarly Publishing’. Goal of this event ...
Workshop ‘Writing New Urban History’ (Brussels, 16 January 2026) – deadline registration 10 January 2026
The Centre for Urban History and the Centre of Excellence of the Antwerp Interdisciplinary Platform for Research into Inequality (AIPRIL) at Antwerp ...
STONEM Workshop: Connected by/with/to the Dutch (1900-2025) – prior registration requested
On 23 January 2026, the Research Team of the project ‘Sustainability Trade-offs in the Netherlands’ Entangled Modernization (STONEM) 1900-2020’ ...
Launch new ESTA data & TIDES / documentary screening Slave Island
The International Institute of Social History invites you to join the Exploring Slave Trade in Asia (ESTA) Database’s second data launch on 12 December ...
Postdoc ‘Social History of Capitalism (12th-20th centuries)’ (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) – deadline 31 January 2026
The Faculty of Languages and Humanities, Research Group SHOC (Social History of Capitalism) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is looking for a postdoctoral ...
Fellowships Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde – deadline 7 januari 2026
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde (MNL) stelt jaarlijks twee fellowships beschikbaar aan onderzoekers aan het ...
Publication ‘Frontiers of Finance’ from Posthumus fellow Alberto Feenstra to be published
On 18 December 2025, Brill Publishers will publish Frontiers of Finance: The Political Economy of Public Debt in the Dutch Republic, authored by Posthumus ...
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 ...
Agenda
Workshop ‘Writing New Urban History’ (Brussels, 16 January 2026) – deadline registration 10 January 2026
Workshop ‘Networks in History’ (Huizinga Institute & N.W. Posthumus Institute)
STONEM Workshop: Connected by/with/to the Dutch (1900-2025) – prior registration requested
National Meeting ‘Towards New Horizons of Scholarly Publishing’
Workshop ‘Socio-economic inequalities in mortality over time’
Jaarcongres Werkgroep ‘De Nieuwe Tijd’ 2026
Workshop ‘Human Development and Its Outliers’
2nd Workshop The Economic and Financial History of Colonialism
Call for papers Dag van de Nieuwste Geschiedenis – Journée de l’Histoire Contemporaine 2026 – deadline 1 Feb 2026
Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar 2026: ‘From craft guilds to unions’
Calls
- Call for papers Dag van de Nieuwste Geschiedenis – Journée de l’Histoire Contemporaine 2026 – deadline 1 Feb 2026
- TSEG -The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History Essay Prize – deadline 1 February 2026
- Fellowships Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde – deadline 7 januari 2026
- Call for papers Workshop ‘Channeling Middle-Class Savings, 1850-1940’ (Antwerp, 29-30 June 2026) – deadline 5 January 2026
- Institute Gak-KNAW Award: Postdoc position ‘Social security and the labour market’ – deadline 5 January 2026
- 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 candidate in Governance and Legal History of Water Quality (Tilburg University) – deadline 27 February 2026
- 4 Fellowships ‘After the Enlightenment: Histories, Debates, and Reinterpretations’ (Fondazione 1563, Turin) – deadline 16 February 2026
- Stagevacature Communicatie en webredactie KNHG en Historici.nl – deadline 4 januari 2026
- Vacature Bijzonder Hoogleraar ‘Geschiedenis van Rotterdam’ (5 jaar) – deadline 9 januari 2026
- Postdoc ‘Social History of Capitalism (12th-20th centuries)’ (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) – deadline 31 January 2026
- 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
- 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
- Collaborative Studentship PhD (LSE ESRC and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) – deadline 14 January 2026
