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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Masterclass Professor Carl Nightingale at ESHCC (Rotterdam)

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Assistant Professor (tenure track) Global Economic and Social History 1800-present (VU Amsterdam) – deadline 25 September 2022

The Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam is looking for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) Global Economic and Social History of the period 1800-present, ...

Postdoc Geschiedenis Arbeidsinspectie (IISG) – deadline 5 september 2022

~ because of required proficiency, in Dutch only ~ In het kader van een nieuw te starten onderzoek naar de geschiedenis van arbeid in Nederland en de ...

Inaugural lecture Professor Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk

On 8 September 2022, Professor Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk will deliver her inaugural lecture ‘Where did all the workers go? Women, ...

Applied History Conferentie 2022

~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Dankzij de Toegepaste Geschiedenis kunnen we hedendaagse gebeurtenissen en ontwikkelingen beter begrijpen. Om dit ...

Kate Frederick awarded Dissertation Award at WEHC2022

Dr Katherine Frederick, one of both Research Directors of the Posthumus Research Network ‘Societies in Context: Interactions between humans and rural-urban ...

Adviseur Chief Science Officer (Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid) – deadline 22 augustus 2022

~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Het ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid heeft momenteel een vacature voor Adviseur Chief Science Officer ...

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