Research School for Economic and Social History

Month: January 2025

3rd Conference on Frisian Humanities

The Fryske Akademy, the Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, the Professorship Multilingualism and Literacy of NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, the department of Frisian Studies of the University of Groningen, and the department Language, Technology…

10th International Conference on the Middle Ages

The Institute of Medieval Studies (FCSH; Nova University, Lisbon) and the City Council of Castelo de Vide will host the X International Conference on the Middle Ages which will be held from 2nd to 4th October 2025 under the theme…

PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Jasper Segerink

On 14 February 2025, Posthumus alumnus Jasper Segerink (cohort 2020) successfully defended his thesis ‘The Lodging House and the City. Accommodating Migrants in Urban Space, Antwerp, 1850-1914’ to obtain his PhD from the University of Antwerp at the Felixarchief in…

KHMW Brouwer Vertrouwensprijs awarded to Team Collectieve Kracht

The jury of the KHMW Brouwer Vertrouwensprijs [KHMW Brouwer Trust Award] has awarded the Brouwer Vertrouwensprijs 2025 to the knowledge platform CollectieveKracht, initiated by Posthumus fellow Tine De Moor, Professor Social Enterprises and Institutions for Collective Action at the research…

NWO XS Grant awarded to Posthumus fellow Corinne Boter

In the 3rd round of the NWO Open Competition SSH XS, NWO has granted an XS Grant to Posthumus fellow and former Posthumus research network coordinator Dr Corinne Boter for her research proposal, entitled ‘Technological change and gender inequality: A…

Inaugural lecture Professor Arthur van Riel

The rector magnificus of the Erasmus University Rotterdam announces that Dr A. (Arthur) van Riel, appointed as endowed Professor of Historical Political Economy at Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, on behalf of Stichting Erasmus Trustfonds, will publicly accept…