Month: May 2026
Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Bram Hilkens
On 22 May 2026, Posthumus alumnus Bram Hilkens successfully defended the PhD thesis ‘Living off the Land? Land Inequality in Early Modern Holland, 1543–1708’ at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Supervisors were Dr Daniel R. Curtis (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Professor Angelique Janssens…
Call for proposals to organise ICRIH Conference in 2028 or 2029
The Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Risk and Insurance in History (ICRIH) invites proposals to organise and host the next ICRIH in the summer of 2028 or at the latest 2029. The host organising committee will have the…
Call for sessions WEHC 2028 (Montevideo, Uruguay, 24-28 July 2028) – deadline 14 September 2026
The 21st World Economic History Congress will convene from 24 to 28 July 2028 in Montevideo, Uruguay. The theme of the 2028 edition is ‘World Powers and Conflicts’, which highlights central issues facing humanity today and connects to a broad…
Vacature: Fellowships voor recent (< 3 jaar) afgestudeerde MA voor onderzoek Koninklijke Nederlandsche Lloyd (Stadsarchief Rotterdam) – deadline 1 juli 2026
~ becasue of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Stadsarchief Rotterdam biedt 2 fellowships aan voor recent (< 3 jaar) afgestudeerde masterstudenten. De fellowships bestaan uit een financiële vergoeding voor 6 maanden, waarbinnen onderzoek wordt gedaan in het archief van…
Voorjaarsbijeenkomst Stichting Bedrijfsgeschiedenis
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 29 mei 2026 organiseert de Stichting Bedrijfsgeschiedenis (SBG) de SBG Voorjaarsbijeenkomst. Deze bijeenkomst staat dit jaar helemaal in het teken van familiebedrijven. Sprekers zijn onder meer twee recent gepromoveerde onderzoekers: Heleen…
Boekpresentatie Posthumus fellow Alberto Feenstra
~ announcement only available in Dutch ~ Op 28 mei 2026 zal de presentatie plaatsvinden van het onlangs verschenen boek Frontiers of Finance: The Political Economy of Public Debt in the Dutch Republic (Brill, 2025) van de hand van Alberto…
Book launch Posthumus fellow Daniel Curtis
On 28 May 2026, the Antwerp Centre for Urban History and the EPIBEL-project jointly host the book launch of the new open access-book Epidemic Disease and Society in the Premodern Low Countries. Inequality & Community, authored by Posthumus fellow Dr…
NWA funding granted to Research Consortium involving Posthumus fellows for research on knock-on effects of the Dutch slavery past
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) recently has granted funding to the research project ‘Slavery past present: Dutch slavery and colonialism and their present-day impact’. This research will be carried out by a consortium involving many researchers from a wide range…