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Workshop Nodegoat (IISH, 20 March 2026) – registration required
The IISH is hosting a workshop ‘Introduction to Nodegoat’ on Friday 20 March 2026, given by its developers, Pim van Bree and Geert Kessels. The workshop ...
Phd Defence Posthumus alumna Rosa Kösters
On 26 March 2026, Posthumus alumna Rosa Kösters will defend the thesis ‘How to Self-Organise? Insight from Workers at Albert Heijn (Ahold) and Unox ...
Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Junhao Cao
On 25 February 2026, Posthumus alumnus Junhao Cao sucessfully defended the PhD thesis ‘Property Rights and Agricultural Growth in Northwestern ...
Book launch ‘Lives, Land, and Labour: A Social History of Eighteenth-Century Sri Lanka’ by Posthumus fellow Luc Bulten
On 15 April 2026, the Stichting Nederland-Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Research Network ‘Routes and Roots in Colonial and Global ...
Call for abstracts ESTER RDC 2026 (KU Leuven, Belgium, 24-28 October 2026) – deadline abstracts
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 ...
Call for papers and sessions ESSHC 2027 (Lyon, France, 21-24 April 2027) – deadline 15 April 2026
The International Institute of Social History (IISH), in cooperation with the École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS Lyon), welcomes paper and session ...
KNAW Trailblazers Fund for early-career first-generation academics – deadline 29 April 2026
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has launched a call for applications for the KNAW Trailblazers Fund. The purpose of the Fund is ...
Two postdoc positions ‘URBAN-DELTA: Metropolises in the Mud’ (3 years; KU Leuven) – deadline 16 March 2026
The Department of Architecture (Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Heverlee Campus, KU Leuven) has vacancies for two postdoctoral researchers (36 months) for ...
Posthumus Summer School 2026 ‘Crises and History’: Theme and dates announced – deadline registration 1 June 2026
After two successful previous editions, the N.W. Posthumus Institute will once more offer the Posthumus Summer School on ‘Crises and History’ on 6-10 July ...
Posthumus fellow Pepijn Brandon receives ERC Synergy grant
Professor Pepijn Brandon, fellow and also subsitute member of the General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute, recently was awarded, together with three ...
Posthumus fellow Alicia Schrikker appointed Professor of Dutch History in the World at Leiden University
The Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed Dr Alicia Schrikker, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute, as Professor of Dutch History in the ...
Seminar and Workshop ‘Trust, institutions and capitalism in early modern Europe’ – keynote Prof. Craig Muldrew – deadline abstracts 6 March 2026
On Thursday 23 April and Friday 24 April 2026, the section Economic, Social and Demographic History of Radboud University, supported by the N.W. Posthumus ...
Workshop and Conference ‘Sowing the Seeds VIII’ (London, UK, 5-6 Nov 2026) – deadline 31 March 2026
On 5 and 6 November, the Department of Economic History of the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies will ...
Vacancy: Endowed Professor of Business History/Financial History (0.2 fte – 5 years) – deadline 2 April 2026
The Unger Van Brero Foundation has established an endowed chair in Business History/Financial History at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The Chair aims to ...
International conference ‘Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus’ – register before 11 March 2026
The SHOC Research Group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in association with the Medieval Caucasus Network and the National Association for Armenian Studies ...
Agenda
Workshop ‘Socio-economic inequalities in mortality over time’
Save the date: Valedictory lecture Professor Marlou Schrover
International conference ‘Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus’ – register before 11 March 2026
Verwacht: Boekpresentatie ter gelegenheid van 100 jaar UHSK
Research Day 2026 organised by IOS Platform ‘Bottom-Up Institutions for Societal Change’ – registration requested
Jaarcongres Werkgroep ‘De Nieuwe Tijd’ 2026
Workshop Nodegoat (IISH, 20 March 2026) – registration required
Workshop ‘Human Development and Its Outliers’
2nd Workshop The Economic and Financial History of Colonialism
Phd Defence Posthumus alumna Rosa Kösters
Calls
- Call for Papers and Panels 2026 NNI Conference ‘New Netherland and the World’ (Albany, USA, 7-8 November 2026) – deadline 1 April 2026)
- Workshop Nodegoat (IISH, 20 March 2026) – registration required
- Call for abstracts ESTER RDC 2026 (KU Leuven, Belgium, 24-28 October 2026) – deadline abstracts
- Call for papers and sessions ESSHC 2027 (Lyon, France, 21-24 April 2027) – deadline 15 April 2026
- KNAW Trailblazers Fund for early-career first-generation academics – deadline 29 April 2026
- Call for papers 5th Doctoral School in Medieval Economic History – deadline 30 April 2026
- Posthumus Summer School 2026 ‘Crises and History’: Theme and dates announced – deadline registration 1 June 2026
- Seminar and Workshop ‘Trust, institutions and capitalism in early modern Europe’ – keynote Prof. Craig Muldrew – deadline abstracts 6 March 2026
- Workshop and Conference ‘Sowing the Seeds VIII’ (London, UK, 5-6 Nov 2026) – deadline 31 March 2026
- Call for Proposals to organise 2026 ESEH Summer School in Environmental History – deadline 15 March 2026
- Call for abstracts Workshop ‘From Matrimonial Ads to Dating Apps: Unraveling the Partnering Market’ – deadline 15 April 2026
- Jubilee competition Royal Frisian Society for History and Culture (KFG) 2027 – deadline 31 December 2026
- Call for abstracts 20th Annual MEMSA Conference (Durham University, UK) – deadline 9 March 2026
- Scriptieprijs Brabantse Geschiedenis 2026 – deadline 1 maart 2026
Positions
- Two postdoc positions ‘URBAN-DELTA: Metropolises in the Mud’ (3 years; KU Leuven) – deadline 16 March 2026
- Vacancy: Endowed Professor of Business History/Financial History (0.2 fte – 5 years) – deadline 2 April 2026
- Opening for a Research Network Coordinator ‘Societies in Context: Interactions between humans and rural-urban environments’ – deadline 28 February 2026
- PhD candidate in Governance and Legal History of Water Quality (Tilburg University) – deadline 27 February 2026
