Month: July 2023
Masterclass with Thomas Safley: ‘Actors and institutions in the pre-Modern Economy’
VUB research group HOST (Historical Research into Urban Transformation Processes) in collaboration with the N.W. Posthumus Institute is hosting the masterclass ‘Actors and institutions in the pre-Modern Economy’ with Professor Thomas Safley on 2 October 2023. About the speaker Thomas…
Save the date: Posthumus Writing Retreat 2024 scheduled for 24-29 June 2024!
The annual Posthumus Writing Retreat 2023 took place from 12 – 17 June, this year in the beautiful Abbey of Berne in Heeswijk-Dinther in the province of North Brabant. Eught PhD-students worked undisturbed for a week on writing an article…
In Memoriam: Professor Peter Hertner (1942-2023)
Recently, we were informed that Professor Peter Hertner, member of the ESTER network, passed away on 26 April 2023. Born in 1942 in Ulm, Southern Germany, he studied in Heidelberg, Besançon, Basel, Strasbourg, Paris, and Marburg where he was awarded…
Tweets not showing due to changes Twitter
As you may have noticed, the Twitter feed on our homepage shows the message ‘Nothing to see here – yet’. It appears that recent changes in Twitters management and policy are the cause of this; many other websites experience the…
NEW: New version of PhD brochure out now!
The staff of the N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to inform you that an updated and revised version of the PhD Training Programme oF the N.W. Posthumus Institute has just been released. In this brochure, (prospective) PhD participants will find…