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Vacancy: Postdoc ERC Synergy project TASTADE (IISH; 2 years) – deadline 29 June 2026
The research team of the ERC-funded project The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Development of Europe (TASTADE) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher. TASTADE aims to build the…
Call for book proposals new book series on Historical Demography
Central European University Press (CEU Press) and Amsterdam University Press (AUP) are announcing the launch of a new book series on Historical Demography, published under the auspices of…
Moving Humanities Conference 2026 – Call for Proposals – deadline 31 July 2026
The organisers of the Moving Humanities Conference 2026 welcome proposals for presentations and expositions. On 26 and 27 November 2026, the Moving Humanities Conference 2026 will be hosted…
PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Cécile Bruyet
On 26 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Cécile Bruyet will defend the PhD thesis ‘A Taste for Land: How Access to Land Shaped Access to Food in Late Medieval…
Vacature: 2 Junior Onderzoekers in project TASTADE over investeerders slavenhandel (VU Amsterdam) – deadline 22 juni 2026
~ because of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Het onderzoeksteam van het ERC-gefinancierde project TASTADE (The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Development of Europe) zoekt twee junior…
Call for papers Jaarboek De Achttiende Eeuw 2027 – deadline abstracts 31 juli 2026
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Werkgroep Achttiende Eeuw publiceert sinds 2017 jaarlijks in het najaar het jaarboek De Achttiende Eeuw als opvolger van het…
Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Max-Quentin Bischoff
On 10 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Max-Quentin Bischoff successfully defended the PhD thesis ‘Merchants’ Futures: Plans and expectations in the Tucher family company, c.1520-c.1550′ at the FelixArchief. Supervisor…
Posthumus website ‘frozen’ from 18 June
Please note that, because of the transfer of the N.W. Posthumus Institute to the new penholder Leiden University in July 2026, this website of the N.W. Posthumus Institute…
Vacancy: Professor of Europe in a Global Context (University of Amsterdam) – deadline 12 August 2026
The Department of History, European Studies, Religious Studies, and CEDLA-Latin American Studies of the University of Amsterdam is looking to appoint a full Professor of Europe in a…
Valedictory lecture Professor Leo Lucassen
On 28 September 2026, Professor Leo Lucassen, Professor of Global Labour and Migration History at the Leiden University Institute for History, director of the International Institute of Social…
Vacancy: Historical Data Specialist for research infrastructure ‘Chains of the Past’ (Radboud University) – deadline 21 June 2026
The Faculty of Arts of Radboud University is looking for a Historical Data Specialist for the project ‘Chains of the Past’. ‘Chains of the Past’ sits at the…
Posthumus alumnus Rosa Kösters winner Instituut Gak-KNAW Award 2026
On 1 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Rosa Kösters, postdoc researcher at the Interantional Institute of Social History, was awarded the Instituut Gak-KNAW Award 2026 for her research proposal…
Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Bram Hilkens
On 22 May 2026, Posthumus alumnus Bram Hilkens successfully defended the PhD thesis ‘Living off the Land? Land Inequality in Early Modern Holland, 1543–1708’ at Erasmus University Rotterdam.…
Call for proposals to organise ICRIH Conference in 2028 or 2029
The Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Risk and Insurance in History (ICRIH) invites proposals to organise and host the next ICRIH in the summer of 2028…
Call for sessions WEHC 2028 (Montevideo, Uruguay, 24-28 July 2028) – deadline 14 September 2026
The 21st World Economic History Congress will convene from 24 to 28 July 2028 in Montevideo, Uruguay. The theme of the 2028 edition is ‘World Powers and Conflicts’,…
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. De fellowships bestaan uit een financiële…
Agenda
Call for applications Postgraduate Summer School Fondazione 1563 (Turin, Italy, 17-19 Sep 2026) – EXTENDED deadline 16 June 2026
Valedictory lecture Professor Leo Lucassen
Call for papers and panels: MarxismNL Conference 2026: ‘Pulling the Emergency Brake’ – EXTENDED deadline 5 June 2026
Graduate Seminar ‘Early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation’
Workshop ‘Reinterpreting the Caribbean age of revolutions’
Call for abstracts ESTER RDC 2026 (KU Leuven, Belgium, 26-28 October 2026) – deadline abstracts 15 June 2026
Workshop and Conference ‘Sowing the Seeds VIII’ (London, UK, 5-6 Nov 2026) – deadline 31 March 2026
Moving Humanities Conference 2026 – Call for Proposals – deadline 31 July 2026
Conference ‘Bridging Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environmental History of the Low Countries’ – deadline 30 Apr 2026
Conference ‘Households as Coercive Labour Regimes II’ (Bonn, 15-17 Jan 2027)
Calls
- Call for applications Postgraduate Summer School Fondazione 1563 (Turin, Italy, 17-19 Sep 2026) – EXTENDED deadline 16 June 2026
- Call for book proposals new book series on Historical Demography
- Moving Humanities Conference 2026 – Call for Proposals – deadline 31 July 2026
- Call for papers Jaarboek De Achttiende Eeuw 2027 – deadline abstracts 31 juli 2026
- Call for proposals to organise ICRIH Conference in 2028 or 2029
