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Posthumus Conference 2026 (Amsterdam, 21-22 May 2026) – registration open now!
The N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to welcome you at the Posthumus Conference 2026, to be held on 21 and 22 May 2026 at the International Institute of ...
Call for abstracts ESTER RDC 2026 (KU Leuven, Belgium, 26-28 October 2026) – deadline abstracts 15 June 2026
On 26 to 28 October 2026 the 2026 edition of the ESTER Research Design Course (RDC) will be held. This year’s edition will be hosted by the KU Leuven ...
Vacature: Fellowships voor recent (< 3 jaar) afgestudeerde MA voor onderzoek Koninklijke Nederlandsche Lloyd (Stadsarchief Rotterdam) – deadline 1 juli 2026
~ becasue of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Stadsarchief Rotterdam biedt 2 fellowships aan voor recent (< 3 jaar) afgestudeerde masterstudenten. ...
Voorjaarsbijeenkomst Stichting Bedrijfsgeschiedenis
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 29 mei 2026 organiseert de Stichting Bedrijfsgeschiedenis (SBG) de SBG Voorjaarsbijeenkomst. Deze bijeenkomst staat ...
Boekpresentatie Posthumus fellow Alberto Feenstra
~ announcement only available in Dutch ~ Op 28 mei 2026 zal de presentatie plaatsvinden van het onlangs verschenen boek Frontiers of Finance: The Political ...
Book launch Posthumus fellow Daniel Curtis
On 28 May 2026, the Antwerp Centre for Urban History and the EPIBEL-project jointly host the book launch of the new open access-book Epidemic Disease and ...
NWA funding granted to Research Consortium involving Posthumus fellows for research on knock-on effects of the Dutch slavery past
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) recently has granted funding to the research project ‘Slavery past present: Dutch slavery and colonialism and their ...
PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Bram Hilkens
On 22 May 2026, Posthumus alumnus Bram Hilkens will defend the PhD thesis ‘Living off the Land? Land Inequality in Early Modern Holland, ...
2 PhD vacatures Protest en Gender (Universiteit van Amsterdam & KU Leuven) – deadline 7 juni 2026
~ because of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Binnen het Open Competitie-project ‘In Search of Long-Term Political Change: Women and Popular ...
Vacatures: 2 junior-onderzoekers en postdoc onderzoeksproject Belastingdienst en Douane (16 maanden; KITLV) – deadline 31 mei 2026
~ because of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (KITLV) in Leiden gaat onderzoek doen naar de ...
Lancering initiatief voor vernieuwd Jaarboek voor de Geschiedenis van Arbeidersbewegingen en Socialisme in Nederland
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 29 mei vindt de lancering van een initiatief voor een vernieuwd Jaarboek voor de Geschiedenis van Arbeidersbewegingen ...
Student Competition: Nobel laureate Paul Krugman in Conversation with the Next Gen on Global Challenges and Local Solutions – deadline 25 May 2026
The Dutch Central Bank (DNB), in collaboration with Universiteit van Nederland, SSH-raad, EHERO-EUR, and The Regional Science Academy invites university ...
Vacature: Postdoc Historische materiaalstromen en circulariteit in de keramische industrie (9 maanden; Maastricht University) – deadline 20 mei 2026
~ because of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Maastricht University zoekt een postdoctoraal onderzoeker (9 maanden) die de historische ontwikkeling van ...
Conference ‘Growing Humanities: Flourishing Futures in Challenging Times’ – Call for Papers (deadline 15 May 2026)
On 29 June 2026, the Royal Historical Society organises the conference ‘Growing Humanities: Flourishing Futures in Challenging Times’, to be ...
Annual ESDH Meeting including book launch (University of Groningen, 27 May 2026)
On 27 May 2026, the 2026 Annual Economic, Social, Demographic, and Health (ESDH) Histories meeting will be organised in cooperation with the Intersecting ...
Research Workshop ‘Mortality, Morbidity, and Medicine: Historical Health and Demography across the Atlantic’ – deadline 30 April 2026
On 8 June 2026, preceding the PhD Defence by Posthumus alumnus Dinos Sevdalakis, Dinos will organise the Research Workshop ‘Research Workshop ...
RIAS-POSTHUMUS PhD Workshop: From Research to Publication (Middelburg, 8 May 2026) – deadline 1 May 2026
The Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) and the research network ‘Societies in Context’ of the Posthumus Institute (research ...
Agenda
RIAS-POSTHUMUS PhD Workshop: From Research to Publication (Middelburg, 8 May 2026) – deadline 1 May 2026
Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar 2026: ‘From craft guilds to unions’
Prof. F. de Vries-lecture 2026 delivered by Nobel laureate Joel Mokyr
Posthumus Conference 2026 (Amsterdam, 21-22 May 2026) – registration open now!
PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Bram Hilkens
Annual ESDH Meeting including book launch (University of Groningen, 27 May 2026)
Book launch Posthumus fellow Daniel Curtis
Boekpresentatie Posthumus fellow Alberto Feenstra
Lancering initiatief voor vernieuwd Jaarboek voor de Geschiedenis van Arbeidersbewegingen en Socialisme in Nederland
Voorjaarsbijeenkomst Stichting Bedrijfsgeschiedenis
Calls
- Posthumus Conference 2026 (Amsterdam, 21-22 May 2026) – registration open now!
- Student Competition: Nobel laureate Paul Krugman in Conversation with the Next Gen on Global Challenges and Local Solutions – deadline 25 May 2026
- Conference ‘Growing Humanities: Flourishing Futures in Challenging Times’ – Call for Papers (deadline 15 May 2026)
- RIAS-POSTHUMUS PhD Workshop: From Research to Publication (Middelburg, 8 May 2026) – deadline 1 May 2026
- Call for papers and panels: MarxismNL Conference 2026: ‘Pulling the Emergency Brake’ – deadline 29 May 2026
- Twee Elisabeth H. Korvezee Fellowships voor recent (< 3 jaar) BA/MA-afgestudeerden (BHIC) – deadline 14 juni 2026
- Call for papers 2026 Special Issue Journal for the History of Environment and Society – deadline 31 August 2026
- Call for abstracts ESTER RDC 2026 (KU Leuven, Belgium, 26-28 October 2026) – deadline abstracts 15 June 2026
- Posthumus Summer School 2026 ‘Crises and History’: Theme and dates announced – deadline registration 1 June 2026
- Jubilee competition Royal Frisian Society for History and Culture (KFG) 2027 – deadline 31 December 2026
Positions
- Vacature: Fellowships voor recent (< 3 jaar) afgestudeerde MA voor onderzoek Koninklijke Nederlandsche Lloyd (Stadsarchief Rotterdam) – deadline 1 juli 2026
- Vacancy: Postdoc in Economic History (2-3 yr; Linköping University, Sweden) – deadline 25 May 2026
- 2 PhD vacatures Protest en Gender (Universiteit van Amsterdam & KU Leuven) – deadline 7 juni 2026
- Vacatures: 2 junior-onderzoekers en postdoc onderzoeksproject Belastingdienst en Douane (16 maanden; KITLV) – deadline 31 mei 2026
- Vacancy: Web editor/Board member History Health & Healing network – deadline 31 May 2026
- Vacature: Senior onderzoeker historische wetenschappen / programmacoördinator (Fryske Akademy) – deadline 22 mei 2026
- Vacature: Postdoc Historische materiaalstromen en circulariteit in de keramische industrie (9 maanden; Maastricht University) – deadline 20 mei 2026
- PhD Candidate in Environmental History 19th–20th Centuries (Université Lumière Lyon 2) – deadline 25 May 2026
- PhD positie FWO Project ‘Labore et Constantia. Continuïteit en verandering in de werkritmes in de Plantijnse drukkerij (ca. 1580-1840)’ (UA) – deadline 1 juli 2026
