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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 ...

Book workshop (Leiden, 4 June 2026) – deadline applications 1 May 2026
On 4 June 2026, the N.W. Posthumus Institute, organises a book workshop, to be led by initiator Viola Müller, postdoc researcher and lecturer within the ...

Posthumus Writing Retreat 2026 – sign up deadline 10 April 2026
From 22 tot 27 June 2026, the N.W. Posthumus Institute offers PhDs enrolled in its PhD Training Programme the opportunity to enjoy a Writing Retreat in the ...

Symposium ‘Facing Crisis: Interdisciplinary Symposium in the Humanities ‘ (Nijmegen, 16 April 2026)
Continuing a tradition that started only last year, the students of Radboud University’s Research Master in Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies will ...

TSEG Special Edition in honor of Marlou Schrover and Leo Lucassen out now
The TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History recently published a special issue on the theme ‘Pioneers in Migration ...

Valedictory lecture Professor Jan Kok
On 25 June 2026, Jan Kok, Professor of Economical, Social and Demographic History at the Faculty of Arts, Radboud University, and longstanding member of ...

Call for papers 2026 Special Issue Journal for the History of Environment and Society – deadline 31 August 2026
The editorial board of the Journal for the History of Environment and Society (JHES), among whom a large number of Posthumus fellows, invites submissions ...

Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Alessandra De Mulder
On 27 March 2026, Posthumus alumna Alessandra De Mulder (University of Antwerp) successfully defended the thesis ‘Embedding a consumer revolution: ...

Call for participants Summer School ‘Tensions of Europe 2026’ (Dordrecht, 6-7 July 2026) – deadline 15 April 2026
The Tensions of Europe Early Career Scholars Network welcomes applications from both PhDs and Postdocs for the Summer School ‘Tensions of Europe ...

PhD position DISMANTLE research project on medieval representations of disability (Leiden University) – deadline 15 April 2026
Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the ...

Call for papers Conference ‘Households as Coercive Labour Regimes II’ (Bonn, 15-17 Jan 2027) – deadline 15 April 2026
On 15 and 16 January 2027, the international coe ‘Households as Coercive Labour Regimes II’ will be jointly organised by the Bonn Center for ...

Valedictory lecture Professor Marlou Schrover
On 6 March 2026, Professor Marlou Schrover, who has been a member of the N.W. Posthumus Institute from the very start, delivered her valedictory lecture at ...
Junior Onderzoeker / Inventarisator online kenniscentrum (Nationaal Slavernijmuseum; 3 maanden) – deadline 6 april 2026
~ because of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Het Nationaal Slavernijmuseum bouwt aan een digitaal kennis platform dat mensen in staat stelt om dat ...

Lecture ‘A colonialism of good intentions’ by Professor Geertje Mak
On 1 April 2026, Geertje Mak, History Pofessor at the University of Amsterdam and senior researcher at KNAW-NL-Lab, will talk about the open access-book ...

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 ...

Changes in General Board
Recently, there have been some changes in the General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute. Because of her retirement, Professor Marlou Schrover also ...

Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Yannis Skalli-Housseini
On 11 March 2026, Posthumus alumna Yannis Skalli-Housseini successfully defended the thesis ‘In the Name of Distributive Justice: Debating Fiscal Reform in ...

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
~ because of scope an required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Het Departement Erfgoedstudies van de Faculteit Ontwerpwetenschappen aan de Universiteit van ...
Agenda
Lecture ‘A colonialism of good intentions’ by Professor Geertje Mak

Book launch ‘Lives, Land, and Labour: A Social History of Eighteenth-Century Sri Lanka’ by Posthumus fellow Luc Bulten

Symposium ‘Facing Crisis: Interdisciplinary Symposium in the Humanities ‘ (Nijmegen, 16 April 2026)

Seminar and Workshop ‘Trust, institutions and capitalism in early modern Europe’ – keynote Prof. Craig Muldrew

Dag van de Nieuwste Geschiedenis – Journée de l’Histoire Contemporaine 2026 – deadline 1 Feb 2026

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’

Posthumus Conference 2026 (Amsterdam, 21-22 May 2026) – registration open now!

Call for abstracts Workshop ‘From Matrimonial Ads to Dating Apps: Unraveling the Partnering Market’ – deadline 15 April 2026

Book workshop (Leiden, 4 June 2026) – deadline applications 1 May 2026


























