Author: René van Weeren
Posthumus affiliates received Honourable Mentions Roger Schofield Award 2025
At the 2025 Conference of the European Society of Historical Demography, held in Bologna, 10-13 September 2025, Posthumus affiliates received an Honourable Mention in the competition for the Roger Schofield Award. The Roger Schofield Award has been established to recognise…
Oratie professor Danielle van den Heuvel – aanmelden s.v.p. voor 3 november 2025
~ because of scope only in Dutch ~ Op 20 november 2025 zal professor Danielle van den Heuvel, hoogleraar Vroegmoderne economische en sociale geschiedenis aan de Universiteit Utrecht en tevens voormalig bestuurslid van het N.W. Posthumus Instituut het ambt aanvaarden…
Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar 2026: ‘From craft guilds to unions’
The Fondazione Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica “F. Datini” and the European School for Training in Economic and Social Historical Research (ESTER) announce their 11th jointly organised Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar for economic and social historians on 11-17 May 2026, in…
Annual report 2024 N.W. Posthumus Institute available online
The General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to present you the N.W. Posthumus Institute Annual Report 2024. The report provides you with an overview of activities, results and developments regarding the N.W. Posthumus Institute in 2024. DOWNLOAD…
Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk installed as new KNAW Member
On 29 September 2025, seventeen new members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) were officially installed. Among these new members is Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk, Professor in Economic and Social History at Utrecht University and board…
Angelique Janssens and Björn Quanjer receive ESHD awards
Two Posthumus affiliates, both members of the Radboud Group for Historical Demography and Family History, were awarded a prize by the European Society of Historical Demography (ESHD) at the 6th ESHD conference in Bologna on 12 September 2025. Emeritus Professor…
Posthumus affiliates runners-up in Dutch / Flemish Paleography contest
On 4 October, the Dutch / Flemish Paleography Contest 2025 was held at the Academiezaal in Sint-Truiden (Belgium). This contest is organised every second year by the archival institutions behind the online paleography platform ‘Wat staat daer?’. At this contest,…
Five Posthumus PhDs awarded FWO PhD Fellowships
On 3 October 2025, the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen (FWO; Fund Scientific Research Flanders) announced the awarding of the annual FWO PhD Fellowships. Through these fellowships, the FWO aims to support early-stage researchers in their development into independent researchers…
Module 3 Online Lecture Series ‘An Introduction to Inequalities in Health using Historical Causes of Death’ – start 3 October 2025
On 3 October 2025, Module 3 of the Online Lecture Series ‘An Introduction to Inequalities in Health using Historical Causes of Death’ started. This online lecture series is scheduled as part of the COST Project CA22116 – The Great Leapand…
PhD Career Day 2025 – register before 1 November 2025
The Research School Political History, the N.W. Posthumus Institute, the Huizinga Institute, and the Research School for Medieval Studies warmly invite PhD candidates and recent graduates to the PhD Career Day 2025. This event will be at the IISH in…