Angelique Janssens and Björn Quanjer receive ESHD awards

Two Posthumus affiliates, both members of the Radboud Group for Historical Demography and Family History, were awarded a prize by the European Society of Historical Demography (ESHD) at the 6th ESHD conference in Bologna on 12 September 2025.

Emeritus Professor Angélique Janssens, former Scientific Director and long-standing board member of the N.W.Posthumus Institute was awarded the Massimo Livi Bacci Award, which recognises the life-time achievements of outstanding ESHD members.

Posthumus alumnus Björn Quanjer was awarded the Tamara Hareven Award for the best PhD thesis defended between ESHD conferences.

The N.W. Posthumus Institute congratulates both laureates with these awards!