Agenda
Upcoming events
5
Jun
5 June 2023, 16:15 - 17:00
PhD defence Posthumus alumnus Hugo La Poutré
On 5 June 2023, Posthumus alumnus Hugo La Poutré will defend his PhD thesis ‘English population 1086-1377: a modelling approach’ at the Faculty ...

5
Jun
5 June 2023, 10:15 - 15:00
Workshop ‘Epidemics in Medieval and Early Modern Western Europe’ (hybrid)
Preceding the PhD defence by Hugo La Poutré, the Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture (ICOG) and the Scientific Network for Historical ...

5
Jun
5 June 2023, 16:00
Book launch – New publication by Posthumus alumna Janna Everaert – register before 24 May 2023
On 5 June 2023, Posthumus alumna Dr Janna Everaert, now affiliated as postdoc researcher with the Brussels Centre for Urban Studies at Vrije Universiteit ...

6
Jun
6 - 10 June 2023, All day
Global Conference ‘Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour’ 3
Various departments of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname and the Directorate of Culture (Ministry of Education, Science and Culture), organisers of ...

7
Jun
7 - 8 June 2023, All day
Workshop ‘Risk and Entrepreneurship – Old Discussions, Innovative Questions, New Insights’
Gijs Dreijer, Lewis Wade, Mallory Hope, Cátia Antunes and Maria Fusaro kindly invite participants to join the workshop ‘Risk and Entrepreneurship – ...

8
Jun
8 - 9 June 2023, All day
Work and Wellbeing in History FRESH Meeting
Work is central to human wellbeing, but job quality has received comparatively little attention in economic history and historical wellbeing studies. The ...

9
Jun
9 June 2023, 09:00 - 17:00
Online workshop ‘Socio-Economic Inequalities during the crisis of the 14th century’
On 9 June 2023, Posthumus alumnus Dr Davide Cristoferi, FWO Senior Postdoctoral researcher at the History Department of Ghent University organises an ...

16
Jun
16 June 2023, 11:30 - 18:30
Evenement ‘Collectieven en overheid: Genoeg geëxperimenteerd?!’
~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Het onderzoeksteam achter het Kennisplatform Collectieve Kracht organiseert op 16 juni in Eindhoven een inspirerende ...

16
Jun
16 June 2023, All day
Agrarian Capitalism in the Preindustrial Low Countries : Local, Regional, and Global Dimensions
Posthumus students Bram Hilkens (PhD candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Sam Miske (PhD candidate at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), with support ...

19
Jun
19 - 24 June 2023, All day
IASC2023 Conference ‘The Commons We Want: Between Historical Legacies and Future Collective Actions’
The IASC has been shaping the debate on alternative development pathways by way of putting the commons center stage. In times of profound crises, we have ...

22
Jun
22 - 23 June 2023, All day
Conference ‘Migration and Societal Change’ – Call for proposals – deadline 5 February 2023
The Utrecht University Focus Area Migration & Societal Change welcomes proposals for a panel or an individual paper for the conference ‘Migration ...

26
Jun
26 - 28 June 2023, All day
Summer school Socioeconomic diplomacy and global empire building, 16th-19th centuries – Call for papers – deadline abstracts 15 February 2023
On 26-28 June, 2023, Leiden University’s Institute for History will host a summer school on Socioeconomic diplomacy and global empire building, 16th-19th ...

26
Jun
26 Jun 2023 - 3 Jul 2023, All day
Dutch Carribean Research Week
In the week of 26 June – 2 July 2023, NWO will organise the third Dutch Caribbean Research Week (DCRW 2023). The Dutch Caribbean Research Week 2023 ...

26
Jun
26 June 2023, All day
Conference ‘Gender discrimination in Modern Greece’
The organisers of the Conference ‘Gender discrimination in Modern Greece’ welcome proposals for this single-day conference, to be held at the ...

29
Jun
29 - 30 June 2023, All day
Symposium De Hanze: handel, communicatie en conflict ~ Koersen op rijkdom, laveren langs risico
On 30 June 2023, various organisations will jointly organise the Symposium De Hanze: handel, communicatie en conflict ~ Koersen op rijkdom, laveren langs ...

30
Jun
30 June 2023, 13:00 - 17:00
Workshop ‘Pioneers of Capitalism in the Low Countries’
On 30 June 2023, the Center for Urban History of the University of Antwerp and the Antwerp Interdisciplinary Platform for Research into Inequality ...

6
Jul
6 - 7 July 2023, All day
Conference ‘Making Households Count’
The organisers of the two-day conference ‘Making Households Count’ invite paper proposals. This conference is also the closing event for the ...

10
Jul
10 - 14 July 2023, All day
Summer School CityLab IX: ‘Cities and states: exploring a complicated relationship’
Please note the deadline for applications has passed on 15 May 2023. Antwerp Summer University welcomes applications for the Summer School CityLab IX: ...

30
Aug
30 Aug 2023 - 2 Sep 2023, All day
5th Conference Of The European Society Of Historical Demography
From the prehistorical migrations to our globalized world, humankind has always been confronted with “others”, who are spontaneously compared to “us”. ...

22
Sep
22 - 23 September 2023, 09:00 - 16:30
Maritime solidarity: Past and present
The Organising committee of the two-day conference (Posthumus board member Professor Pepijn Brandon (VU Amsterdam/IISH), Dr Niklas Frykman, Professor ...

25
Sep
25 - 27 September 2023, All day
Save the date : Posthumus RDC to be held at University of Vienna, 25-27 September 2023
The N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to announce that the Posthumus Research Design Course will be held on 25-27 September 2023 in Vienna, Austria. The ...

25
Sep
25 - 27 September 2023, All day
ESTER Research Design Course 2023 (Vienna, Austria) – Call for abstracts – EXTENDED deadline 1 July 2023
The N.W. Posthumus Institute participates in the European graduate School for Training in Economic and social historical Research (ESTER), a European ...

20
Oct
20 - 21 October 2023, All day
Workshop ‘Towards a Comparative History of Household Finance Before and After the Industrial Revolution’
In the Fall of 2023 the Department of History at the University of Antwerp will host the workshop ‘Towards a Comparative History of Household Finance ...

16
Nov
16 - 17 November 2023, All day
Conference ‘Food, Rules and the City’ – Call for papers – deadline 15 April 2023
On 16 and 17 November 2023, Posthumus alumni Dennis De Vriese (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Nicholas Brunmayr (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Robin ...

11
Dec
11 - 13 December 2023, All day
Workshop on Belief in Solidarity – Call for papers – deadline 24 June 2023
On 11-13 December 2023, UCSIA, the Urban Studies Institute (University of Antwerp) and Centre Pieter Gillis (University of Antwerp) organise an academic ...

22
Mar
22 March 2024, All day
Call for Papers Jaarcongres De Moderne Tijd 2024 – deadline abstracts 22 september 2023
~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Op 22 maart 2024 vindt het jaarcongres van De Moderne Tijd plaats over het thema ‘Water: beleving, beheer, beeldvorming ...

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