Agenda
Upcoming events
7
May
7 - 21 May 2025, All day
Pop-up Exposition and Conversation Piece – The Circle redrawn, Women at Work
From 7 until 22 May 2025, a temporary exhibition can be seen in the University Library at the Drift, The Circle redrawn, Women at Work. This exposition is ...

11
May
11 - 18 May 2025, All day
Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar 2025: ‘Finance in History’ (deadline abstracts 15 October 2024)
The Fondazione Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica “F. Datini” and the European School for Training in Economic and Social Historical Research ...

14
May
14 May 2025, 15:00
PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Bas Spliet
On 14 May 2025, Posthumus alumnus Bart Spliet will defend the PhD thesis ‘The Demand of the Invisible Hand. The Consumer Revolution and Social ...

15
May
15 May 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
UUCEMS Lecture 2025 by Professor Jake Soll – ‘Richard Price’s Prudence and the Unintentional Invention of Modern Capitalist Values’
On 15 May 2025, the Utrecht University Centre for Early Modern Studies (UUCEMS), in cooperation with Utrecht University’s Descartes Centre for the ...

16
May
16 - 17 May 2025, All day
Workshop ‘The Financial History of (De)Colonisation in the 19th and 20th Centuries’ (U. of Antwerp)
On 16 and 17 May 2025, the University of Antwerp and the University of Groningen will jointly organise a workshop dedicated to exploring the financial ...

16
May
16 May 2025, 09:30 - 18:00
Holland Dag 2025 – registreer uiterlijk 6 mei 2025
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 16 mei 2025 organiseert de Stichting Ontstaan van Holland in samenwerking met Archeologie Rotterdam de Holland Dag ...

23
May
23 May 2025, 10:00 - 13:00
Interdisciplinary Symposium in the Humanities ‘[ReMa]king Identity’ – register by 22 May 2025
The students of the Research Master’s programme in Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies at Radboud University invite students, postdocs and all ...

27
May
27 - 28 May 2025, All day
Posthumus Conference 2025 – REGISTRATION NOW OPEN – keynote lecture by Professor Tamara Herzog (Harvard University)
We are happy to announce registration for the Posthumus Conference 2025 website is now open! On 27 and 28 May 2025, the Posthumus Conference 2025 will be ...

2
Jun
2 - 3 June 2025, All day
International Conference ‘Old wealth uncovered’
Organisers Matteo Pompermaier (Universitá degli Studi di Brescia and Martin Dackling (Lund University) call for papers for the International Conference ...

2
Jun
2 June 2025, 13:45 - 15:15
PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Heleen Blommers
On 2 June 2025, Posthumus alumna Heleen Blommers will defend the PhD thesis ‘Deconstructing the War on Poverty: why a failure narrative became ...

5
Jun
5 - 6 June 2025, All day
Symposium ‘The Montreal Moment’ (RIAS and Utrecht University)
The Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) and Utrecht University are now welcoming papers for the jointly organized symposium ‘The Montreal ...

5
Jun
5 - 6 June 2025, All day
8th Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food – registration open now!
On 5 and 6 June 2025, the 8th Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food will take place at Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam. The Amsterdam ...

12
Jun
12 - 13 June 2025, All day
Environmental History PhD Seminar (Roosevelt Institute, Middelburg)
Opportunities for pursuing research in environmental history are expanding in the Netherlands and beyond. In the wake of accelerating climate change, many ...

20
Jun
20 June 2025, 10:30
Middeleeuwen Symposium 2025: ‘Oorlog en Vrede in de Middeleeuwen – Realiteit, Herinnering en Mythe’
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 20 juni 2025 vindt in Zutphen het Middeleeuwen Symposium 2025 plaats. Dit symposium wordt gezamenlijk georganiseerd ...

23
Jun
23 June 2025, All day
PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Robin Rose Southard
On 23 June 2025, Posthumus alumna Robin Rose Southard will defend the PhD thesis ‘Biting the hand that feeds: contesting the food guilds in ...

30
Jun
30 Jun 2025 - 2 Jul 2025, All day
IV Doctoral School in Economic History of the Middle Ages ‘The Economy of Daily Life: Analysing Living Standards in Medieval Europe’ (University of Valencia)
The research group Cultures i Societats de l’Edat Mitjana (CiSEM) at the University of Valencia is organising the IV Doctoral School in Economic History of ...

30
Jun
30 Jun 2025 - 4 Jul 2025, All day
N.W. Posthumus Summer School ‘Crises and History’ (Utrecht, 30 June – 4 Junly 2025) – apply for final places by 1 June 2025
From 30 June until 4 July 2025, the N.W. Posthumus Institute will organise the Summer School ‘Crises and History’, delivered and organised by ...

3
Jul
3 - 4 July 2025, All day
3rd Global Conference on the History of Risk and Insurance (Warsaw, Poland)
On 3 and 4 July 2025, The Warsaw School of Economics will be hosting the Third Global Conference on the History of Risk and Insurance. This conference ...

28
Jul
28 Jul 2025 - 1 Aug 2025, All day
World Economic History Congress 2025 (Lund, Sweden)
The theme for the 2025 World Economic History Congress (WEHC), to be held on 28 July-1 August 2025 in Lund, Sweden, is “Equality and Sustainability ...

28
Aug
28 - 29 August 2025, All day
Conference ‘How did we lift the burden? Infectious Disease Mortality in the Western and Non-Western World (1800-now)’
On 28 and 29 August 2025, the COST-Action network GREATLEAP, in collaboration with the Radboud University Nijmegen, the HiDo network, and the IUSSP ...

9
Sep
9 - 12 September 2025, All day
Rural History Conference 2025
The 7th biennial conference of the European Rural History Organisation (EURHO) will be held in Coimbra, Portugal, from 9 to 12 September 2025, hosted by ...

15
Sep
15 - 17 September 2025, All day
Call for papers – 3rd ISRH Global Conference: ‘Migration in a World of Regions’ (webinar) – deadline 10 June 2025
The International Society for Regional History (ISRH) invites scholars to submit abstracts for the 3rd ISRH Global Conference, ‘Migration in a World ...

30
Sep
30 September 2025, 13:00 - 17:00
Call for proposals and registrations Water Pasts and Futures Symposium
On 30 September 2025, the organisers behind the VU Amsterdam projects Coping with Drought and PerfectSTORM, in collaboration with the Amsterdam ...

2
Oct
2 - 4 October 2025, All day
10th International Conference on the Middle Ages
The Institute of Medieval Studies (FCSH; Nova University, Lisbon) and the City Council of Castelo de Vide will host the X International Conference on the ...

3
Nov
3 - 7 November 2025, All day
10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise
The EMES International Research Network, in partnership with the Rotterdam School of Management of Erasmus University Rotterdam and Utrecht University ...

3
Nov
3 - 5 November 2025, All day
Call for abstracts ESTER RDC (University of Seville, 3-5 November 2025) – deadline 1 July 2025
On 3 to 5 November 2025 the 2025 edition of the ESTER Research Design Course (RDC) will be held. This year’s edition will be hosted by the University ...

5
Nov
5 - 7 November 2025, All day
Conference ‘Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade’
On 5-7 November 2025, the conference ‘The Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade’ is jointly organised by the Museum ...

11
Nov
11 - 14 November 2025, All day
3rd Conference on Frisian Humanities
The Fryske Akademy, the Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, the Professorship Multilingualism and Literacy of NHL ...

14
Nov
14 - 15 November 2025, All day
44th Annual APHES Conference – Call for paper and panel proposals – deadline 15 May 2025
The Associaçaõ Portuguesa de História Económica e Social (APHES) will have its 44th annual APHES Conference on 14–15 November 2025 at the University of ...

10
Dec
10 - 11 December 2025, All day
Conference ‘Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-1850’
On December 10-11, the Forgotten Lineages research project, featuring Posthumus fellow Dries Lyna and PhD students Pouwel van Schooten and Sanayi ...

2
Sep
2 Sep 2026 - 5 Mar 2026, All day
EUAH 2026 Conference ‘City Networks in Europe and Beyond’
The Seventeenth Conference of the European Association for Urban History (EAUH) will be held in Barcelona from Wednesday 2 September to Saturday 5 ...

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