Author: René van Weeren
Jaarcongres Werkgroep Zeventiende Eeuw 2024: ‘Ambacht en ambachtelijkheid in de zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlanden’ – deadline voorstellen 15 mei 2024
~ because of scope, available in Dutch only. Presentations in English are however welcome, contact the organisers for more info ~ Op vrijdag 30 augustus 2024 vindt in Antwerpen het jaarcongres van de Werkgroep Zeventiende Eeuw plaats met als thema…
PhDs Cohort 2022 completed Posthumus Basic Training Programme
No less than 31 Basic Training candidates, more than 1500 pages of documentation, 44 commentators, 6 days: the Individual Assessments cohort 2022 have been completed. Congratulations to the PhD-candidates on obtaining their Basic Training degree! We warmly invite them to…
Voorjaarsbijeenkomst SGVDO: Publiek krediet in Noord en Zuid in de 18e eeuw
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De voorjaarsbijeenkomst van de Stichting Geschiedenis van de Overheidsfinanciën (SGVDO) van 9 mei 2024 staat in het teken van één van de voornaamste onderdelen van de overheidsfinanciën: de uitvoering van de schuldpolitiek…
Workshop ‘Commodification, Values, and Knowledge Politics’
The coordinators of the NWO research programs Sustainability Trade-offs in the Netherlands’ Entangled Modernisation (STONEM), 1900-2020 and SOY STORIES are jointly organising a workshop on ‘Commodification, Values, and Knowledge Politics’. In this workshop, participants are invited to discuss and engage…
Summer Training School ‘Research on health inequalities using longitudinal demographic data’ (Lund University)
In collaboration with the European Society for Historical Demography, the COST-Action Great Leap organises a summer training school on ‘Research on health inequalities using longitudinal demographic data’. It equips students with theories, sources and methods for analyzing inequalities in health.…
Kick-off Meeting of the COST-Action ‘The Great Leap’
The network coordinators of the COST-Action initiative ‘The Great Leap. Multidisciplinary approaches to health inequalities, 1800-2022’, led by Radboud University, invite all stakeholders and all those interested to join the (hybrid) kick-off meeting of this initiative on 2 May 2024.…
PhD Workshop ‘Writing history in the Anthropocene’ by Professor Sandra Mass
Professor Peter van Dam (University of Amsterdam) and Dr Mario Daniels (Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam), in cooperation with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst) jointly call for PhD papers for a PhD Workshop with Professor Sandra Mass (Ruhr-Universität-Bochum).…
Succesful PhD defence Posthumus alumna Ophelia Ongena
On 16 February 2024 Posthumus alumna Ophelia Ongena succesfully defended her PhD thesis ”Werk in eigen streek!’ Ontstaan en evolutie van een economisch beleid op maat van streken en regio’s (België, tweede helft van de 20ste eeuw)’ at Ghent University.…
Conference ‘Feeding the citizens? Urban land and landownership in past and present’
On 11-12 April 2024, organisers Tim Soens, Cécile Bruyet (UAntwerp), Esther Beeckaert (STAM Ghent), Yves Segers (KULeuven), Thijs Lambrecht (Ghent University) welcome you at the conference ‘Feeding the Citizens? Urban land and landownership in past and present’, to be held…
Book presentation ‘The World of Sugar’ by Ulbe Bosma
The Food and Agricultural History Network recently hosted the book presentation of The World of Sugar. How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years (Harvard University Press, 2023), authored by Ulbe Bosma, board member of…