Month: March 2026
Book workshop (Leiden, 4 June 2026) – deadline applications 1 May 2026
On 4 June 2026, the N.W. Posthumus Institute, organises a book workshop, to be led by initiator Viola Müller, postdoc researcher and lecturer within the Economic and Environmental History Group at Wageningen UR. Aim of the workshop This workshop aims…
Call for papers 2026 Special Issue Journal for the History of Environment and Society – deadline 31 August 2026
The editorial board of the Journal for the History of Environment and Society (JHES), among whom a large number of Posthumus fellows, invites submissions for its 2026 Special Issue, dedicated to exploring the role of the Low Countries as both…
Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Alessandra De Mulder
On 27 March 2026, Posthumus alumna Alessandra De Mulder (University of Antwerp) successfully defended the thesis ‘Embedding a consumer revolution: Shifting values in the language of London auction advertisements, c. 1730-1830’ at the FelixArchief in Antwerp. Supervisors were Professor Bruno…
Summer School ‘Tensions of Europe 2026’ (Dordrecht, 6-7 July 2026)
The Tensions of Europe Early Career Scholars Network welcomes applications from both PhDs and Postdocs for the Summer School ‘Tensions of Europe 2026’ on 6-7 July 2026, which is organised in connection to the XII Tensions of Europe Conference ‘The…
Conference ‘Households as Coercive Labour Regimes II’ (Bonn, 15-17 Jan 2027)
On 15 and 16 January 2027, the international coe ‘Households as Coercive Labour Regimes II’ will be jointly organised by the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS) of the University of Bonn and the International Institute of Social…
Valedictory lecture Professor Marlou Schrover
On 6 March 2026, Professor Marlou Schrover, who has been a member of the N.W. Posthumus Institute from the very start, delivered her valedictory lecture at Leiden University, titled Verleden, heden en toekomst: hoe we het verleden kunnen gebruiken om…
Lecture ‘A colonialism of good intentions’ by Professor Geertje Mak
On 1 April 2026, Geertje Mak, History Professor at the University of Amsterdam and senior researcher at KNAW-NL-Lab, will talk about the open access-book Geertje authored on Dutch missionary couples in Papua New Guinea, late 19th and early 20th centuries…
Book launch ‘Lives, Land, and Labour: A Social History of Eighteenth-Century Sri Lanka’ by Posthumus fellow Luc Bulten
On 15 April 2026, the Stichting Nederland-Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Research Network ‘Routes and Roots in Colonial and Global History’ of the N.W. Posthumus Institute will organise a book launch event for Lives, Land, and Labour. A Social…
Changes in General Board
Recently, there have been some changes in the General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute. Because of her retirement, Professor Marlou Schrover also retired from the General Board as well as from the Executive Committee of the N.W. Posthumus Institute.…
Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Yannis Skalli-Housseini
On 11 March 2026, Posthumus alumna Yannis Skalli-Housseini successfully defended the thesis ‘In the Name of Distributive Justice: Debating Fiscal Reform in 18th-Century Flanders’ at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Supervisor were is Professor Wouter Ryckbosch (Ghent University) and Dr Klaas…