Month: September 2024
Najaarsbijeenkomst SGvdO: ‘Blijvend belast. Openbare financiën, roof en rechtsherstel in en na de oorlog’
~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ De SGvdO (Stichting Geschiedenis van de Overheidsfinanciën) organiseert op 8 november 2024 haar najaarsbijeenkomst. Het thema van deze bijeenkomst luidt ‘Blijvend belast. Openbare financiën, roof en rechtsherstel in en na de oorlog’.…
NWO Veni Grant awarded to Tim Riswick
In July 2024, Dr Tim Riswick, Posthumus fellow and member of the Educational Committee of the N.W. Posthumus Institute, was granted a Veni Grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for his project ‘Unravelling Health Inequalities: The Historical Roots of…
Conference ‘The Netherlands a Tax Paradise? Complexities of Corporate Tax Avoidance’ (Rotterdam, 29 Nov. 2024)
The local organising committee invites you to the international conference on corporate taxation and its avoidance at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam on 29 November 2024: ‘The Netherlands a Tax Paradise? Complexities of Corporate Tax Avoidance’. This conference is part…
New PhD Representatives
At the General Board meeting of the N.W. Posthumus Institute of 24 September 2024 two new PhD representatives were welcomed. Silke Baas will take the place of her namesake Silke Geven. Silke Geven is now focusing on the completing of…
Environmental History PhD Seminar (Roosevelt Institute, Middelburg)
Opportunities for pursuing research in environmental history are expanding in the Netherlands and beyond. In the wake of accelerating climate change, many environmental historians are reflecting on how the environment changes their research practices and the implications of doing environmental…
Moving Humanities Conference 2024 on ‘Resistance’
The Moving Humanities Conference 2024, organised by Radboud University and Groningen University, will take place on 31 October and 1 November 2024. This year’s theme is ‘Resistance’ taken in its broadest sense, both within subjects of research and the humanities…
Conference ‘Back to the Future: Thinking about Futures in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe and Beyond’
On 14 and 15 November 2024 the conference ‘Back to the Future: Thinking about Futures in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe and Beyond’ will be held in Antwerp and online. This conference is directly related to the ERC-funded project…
Mini-conference ’40 years of abortion legislation in the Netherlands’
Organisers Yuliya Hilevych, Karen Hollewand and Hanneke de Boer (all University of Groningen) will organise a mini-conference on the topic ’40 years of abortion legislation in the Netherlands’ Legal abortion access and provision cannot be taken for granted. While some…
New: Online Lecture Series ‘An Introduction to Inequalities in Health using Historical Causes of Death’
This online lecture series is scheduled as part of the COST Project CA22116 – The Great Leapand is organised in co-operation with the N.W. Posthumus Institute. It is targeted at students and scholars at all levels interested in exploring major…
GIS Tutorial and Project Presentation ‘(Re)Counting the Uncounted’ (IISH)
The researchers involved in the recently completed project ‘(Re)counting the Uncounted’ welcome you at the project presentation on 16 October 2024 at the International Institute of Social History. In this project, funded by the Dutch Research Council NWO, the researchers…