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Posthumus Conference 2026 (Amsterdam, 21-22 May 2026) – registration open now!
The N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to welcome you at the Posthumus Conference 2026, to be held on 21 and 22 May 2026 at the International Institute of Social History (IISG/IISH) in Amsterdam.
This year’s theme will be ‘Global Capitalism’. The conference will be hosted by the IISH team under the guidance of Professor Ulbe Bosma, in cooperation with the N.W. Posthumus Institute.
Next to paper presentations by Posthumus PhDs and other scholars, we are proud to announce a keynote lecture by Professor Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University.
The conference will include presentations by both PhD candidates and fellows; also, the PhDs of cohort 2025 will present of their research projects through a poster presentation on the first conference day. Registration is open now (see button below): we are looking forward to welcoming you at the conference!.
