Month: October 2024
VIDI Grant awarded to Pim de Zwart
Dr Pim de Zwart, Posthumus fellow and research director of our research network ‘Globalisation, Inequality and Sustainability in Long-Run Perspective’, received a Vidi Grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for his project entitled: ‘Tragedy of the Tropics: Colonialism, Commodities,…
Publicatie boek ‘Energie, emigratie en ecologie’ bij emeritaat professor Eric Vanhaute
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Vanwege het emeritaat van emeritus professor Eric Vanhaute (Universiteit Gent), in het verleden vele jaren tevens betrokken bij het N.W. Posthumus Instituut, hebben redacteuren Robrecht Declercq and Hanne Cottyn, beiden voormalige promovendi…
Save the date: 4TU History of Technology kick-off event ‘Environmental Histories of Technology in a Digital Age’
On Friday 6 December, the establishment of the new 4TU Centre History of Technology will be celebrated with a kick-off event on Environmental Histories of Technology in a Digital Age. The 4TU Centre History of Technology aims to identify and…
Annual Report N.W. Posthumus Institute 2023 available
The General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to present you the N.W. Posthumus Institute Annual Report 2023. The report provides you with an overview of activities, results and developments regarding the N.W. Posthumus Institute in 2023. DOWNLOAD…
Conference of Young Demographers (Charles University, Prague)
The 2025 annual International Conference of Young Demographers will be held at the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague on 5-7 February 2025. The conference organisers aim to create a relaxed and welcoming environment where especially early career researchers…
International Conference ‘Old wealth uncovered’
Organisers Matteo Pompermaier (Universitá degli Studi di Brescia and Martin Dackling (Lund University) call for papers for the International Conference ‘Old wealth uncovered. Inequalities and intergenerational transfer in the long run (15th to 20th centuries)’, to be held at Lund…
Belgian SHARE Users Workshop
The researchers involved in the project Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) would like to invite researchers in Belgium who work with SHARE data to submit their abstracts for the Belgian SHARE Users Workshop, scheduled to take…
Workshop ‘Since 1624: Studying the Impact of the VOC in Taiwan’
As follow-up of the publication ‘Since 1624: Taiwanese-Dutch Relations’ (2024), this workshop will delve into the historical influence of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) on Taiwan, focusing on how this period continues to shape academic inquiry. Scholars will engage…
Workshop ‘The Financial History of (De)Colonisation in the 19th and 20th Centuries’ (U. of Antwerp)
On 16 and 17 May 2025, the University of Antwerp and the University of Groningen will jointly organise a workshop dedicated to exploring the financial dimensions of colonisation and decolonisation. This event is the first in a series of workshops,…
Important changes curriculum PhD Training Programme
In the most recent board meeting, the General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute agreed to implement some changes in the PhD Training Programme. The most significant changes are: Instead of a Basic Training and an Advanced Training, the Posthumus…