Posthumus board member Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk appointed as KHMW member

On 9 February 2026, the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW; The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities) has appointed its new members, among whom Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk, Professor of Economic and Social History at Utrecht University and member of the General Board and Executive Committee of the N.W. Posthumus Institute.

The KHMW, considered to be the olders ‘Learned Society’ in the Netherlands, was founded as Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen in 1752 (with the predicat Royal awarded in 2002 at the occasion of its 250th anniversary. The KHMW’s goal is to promote and foster science in the broadest sense. The KHMW aims to do this by connecting science and society, by organising scientific competitions, by awarding scientific achievements, and organising lectures.

New members to the KHMW are selected annually and are based on nominations by fellow-scientists. The N.W. Posthumus Institute congratulates Elise with this appointment!