Agenda
Upcoming events
26
Mar
26 - 29 March 2025, All day
European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) 2025
The 15th European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) 2025 will take place on 26-29 March 2025 in Leiden, organised by the International Institute ...

27
Mar
27 - 28 March 2025, All day
CEPR Workshop ‘Public Health Interventions in the Long Run: Causes and Consequences’
Daniel Gallardo-Albarrán, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute, cordially invites paper proposals to express interest in attending the CEPR workshop ...

4
Apr
4 April 2025, 10:00 - 17:00
Symposium ‘Archeologie en de stad’ – registreer uiterlijk 28 maart 2025
~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Op vrijdag 4 april 2025 organiseert de werkgroep Stedengeschiedenis een bijeenkomst bij de Rijksdienst voor het ...

17
Apr
17 April 2025, 11:00 - 17:00
Valedictory lecture and preceding workshop Professor Herman de Jong
The University of Groningen will be hosting a special event on 17 April 2025 to celebrate the career of Professor Herman de Jong ahead of his planned ...

23
Apr
23 April 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Excursion and knowledge exchange Food and Agricultural History Network and Nederlands Openluchtmuseum
On 23 April 2025, the Food and Agricultural History Network of the Netherlands is organising an excursion and knowledge exchange with the Nederlands ...

1
May
1 May 2025, 12:30
Symposium ‘Sociale zorg en lotsverbetering bij zeevarenden, 1700-1900’
~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ De Stichting Geschiedenis van de Overheidsfinanciën (SGvdO) organiseert een symposium over sociale zorg en ...

7
May
7 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:15
PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Tessa De Boer
On 7 May 2025 Posthumus alumna Tessa de Boer will defend her PhD thesis ‘A Truth Universally Acknowledged. Dutch Investment in French Colonial ...

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 ...

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 ...

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
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
On 5 and 6 June 2025, the 8th Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food will take place at Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam. This year’s topic is: ...

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
Call for papers IV Doctoral School in Economic History of the Middle Ages ‘The Economy of Daily Life: Analysing Living Standards in Medieval Europe’ (University of Valencia) – deadline 30 April 2025
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 ...

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
Call for Papers – Conference ‘How did we lift the burden? Infectious Disease Mortality in the Western and Non-Western World (1800-now)’ – deadline 31 March 2025
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 ...

2
Oct
2 - 4 October 2025, All day
Call for proposals 10th International Conference on the Middle Ages – deadline 30 April 2025
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 – Call for abstract and panel proposals – deadline 6 April 2025
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’ – deadline abstracts 31 March 2025
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 ...

10
Dec
10 - 11 December 2025, All day
Call for papers Conference ‘Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-1850’ – deadline 30 March 2025
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
Call for sessions EUAH 2026 Conference ‘City Networks in Europe and Beyond’ – deadline 15 April 2026
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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