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Water Pasts and Futures Symposium – register before 23 September 2025
On 30 September 2025, the organisers behind the VU Amsterdam projects Coping with Drought and PerfectSTORM, in collaboration with the Amsterdam Sustainability Institute and the Drought in the Anthropocene network organise the symposium ‘Water Pasts and Futures Symposium’. This half-day symposium explores both historical and future droughts, the risks of cascading drought-to-flood events, and the…
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PhD defence Posthumus alumnus Alberto Concina
On 29 September 2025, Posthumus alumnus Alberto Concina will defend the thesis ‘Tilting the scale of life: A multidimensional study of living standards between peasant and rural market societies in North-Western Italy, 1650-1800’ [transl.: ‘Herkalibratie van de weegschaal van het leven. Een multidimensionele studie van de levensstandaarden in rurale “peasant” en markteconomieën in Noord-West-Italië, 1650-1800’]…
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Lindert-Williamson Prize awarded to Posthumus fellow Maanik Nath
At the 85th Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association, held in Philadelphia, PA (USA) on 5-7 September 2025 the biannual Peter Lindert-Jeffrey Williamson Prize was awarded to Dr Maanik Nath, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and assistant professor in Economic History at Utrecht University for his publication Capital Shortage: Credit and Indian Economic…
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Phd Defence Posthumus alumnus Jurriaan Wink
On 22 September 2025, Posthumus alumnus Jurriaan Wink will defend the PhD thesis ‘Het thuisfront springt bij: Stad, gewest en vorst op de bres voor kooplieden uit Kampen, Utrecht en Zutphen in den vreemde (ca. 1440-1560)’ [transl. ‘Help from home: Urban, regional, and central authorities of Kampen, Utrecht, and Zutphen supporting merchants abroad (ca. 1440-1560)’]….
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‘Dievenland’ van Janna Coomans op shortlist Libris Geschiedenis Prijs 2025!
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 7 september 2025 is de shortlist met de vijf genomineerden voor de Libris Geschiedenis Prijs 2025 bekend gemaakt in radioprogramma OVT. De Libris Geschiedenis Prijs, dit jaar voor de negentiende keer uitgereikt, is een gezamenlijk initiatief van Historisch Nieuwsblad, Libris, Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, VPRO en…
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Promovendus ‘Een Sociale Geschiedenis van Hiv en Aids in Nederland’ (Universiteit van Amsterdam) – deadline 13 oktober 2025
~ because of scope and required proficiency in Dutch only ~ De Universiteit van Amsterdamn zoeken een promovendus die de sociale effecten van de hiv-aidsepidemie sinds de jaren tachtig historisch wil onderzoeken via interviews met direct betrokkenen (oral history). Hoewel over hiv/aids verschillende beleidsstudies zijn verschenen, ontbreekt het ons aan kennis over de maatschappelijke effecten…
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Book presentation new open access publication, edited by Posthumus fellow Davide Cristoferi
Posthumus fellow Dr Davide Cristoferi (Ghent University) is the editor of the recently published open access publication Socio-Economic Inequalities during the Conjuncture of the Fourteenth Century: Sources and Methods, Dynamics and Representations (Italy and Europe, c. 1270 – c. 1350). This volume, to which other Posthumus members from Ghent University, ULB, and the University of…
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New publication on occasion of Professor Angelique Janssens’ retirement
On 29 August 2025, Professor Angelique Janssens retired from her chair in historical demography at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University and the Department of Economic, Social and Demographic History at Radboud University. At the symposium, organised for this occasion, a special issue dedicated to Professor Angelique Janssen, was published, titled…
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Vacancy: Full Professor Social and Economic History (Radboud University) – deadline 30 September 2025
The Economic, Social and Demographic History section at Radboud University is looking for a Full Professor of Social and Economic History (0.8-1.0 FTE). The position builds on the section’s existing strengths, which include the social history of (Dutch) colonialism and labour inequalities, demographic history and medical history. The candidate should be an economic and social…
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In memoriam: Harry Lintsen (1949-2025)
Recentelijk ontving het N.W. Posthumus Instituut het droeve bericht dat emeritus hoogleraar prof.dr.ir. Harry Lintsen op dinsdag 12 augustus 2025 op 76-jarige leeftijd is overleden. Professor Lintsen was de grondlegger van de ontwikkeling van het vakgebied techniekgeschiedenis in Nederland. Vanaf het begin van zijn loopbaan richtte hij zich op het opbouwen en organisatorisch inbedden van…
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