Research School for Economic and Social History

Agenda

Upcoming events

21 October 2025, 16:00

PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Vicky Vanruysseveldt

On 21 October 2025, Posthumus alumna Vicky Vanruysseveldt will defend the thesis ‘Onderweg met amusement. Inkomensstrategieën en mobiliteit bij ambulante ...

Oct

23 October 2025, 11:30 - 12:30

PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Alexander van der Meer

On 23 October 2025, Posthumus alumnus Alexander van der Meer will defend the thesis ‘Colonial Calvinism: Colonial Ideologies of Dutch Clergymen in ...

Oct

23 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00

PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Philip Post

On 23 October 2025, Posthumus alumnus Philip Post will defend the thesis ‘Constructing Colonial Legitimacy in the Moluccas, 1750-1870’ at ...

Oct

23 October 2025, 15:00 - 17:00

Book presentation new open access publication, edited by Posthumus fellow Davide Cristoferi

Posthumus fellow Dr Davide Cristoferi (Ghent University) is the editor of the recently published open access publication Socio-Economic Inequalities during ...

Oct

31 October 2025, 12:30 - 16:30

Jaarsymposium Vereniging Gelre ‘Maakbare boeren en boerinnen?’ – deadline aanmelding 22 oktober 2025

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op vrijdag 31 oktober organiseert de Vereniging Gelre haar jaarlijkse symposium. Met dit symposium wil Vereniging Gelre ...

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 ...

Nov

3 - 5 November 2025, All day

ESTER RDC (University of Seville, 3-5 November 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 ...

Nov

4 November 2025, 12:30 - 16:30

Najaarsbijeenkomst 2025 SGvdO in teken 80-jarig bestaan FIOD

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 4 november 2025 organiseert de Stichting Geschiedenis van de Overheidsfinanciën (SGvdO) de Najaarsbijeenkomst 2025, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nov

12 November 2025, 13:00

Studiemiddag HisGIS 1832: verbeterde opzet, voortgang, en rurale geschiedenis

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Vereniging voor Landbouwgeschiedenis en het Humanities Cluster van de KNAW organiseren op 12 november een ...

Nov

14 - 15 November 2025, All day

44th Annual APHES Conference

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 ...

Nov

14 November 2025, 09:30 - 17:30

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 ...

Nov

20 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:00

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 ...

Nov

26 - 27 November 2025, All day

4th Regional History Society of Southern Africa Conference

The Regional History Society of Southern African (RHSSA) is hosting a conference on the theme ‘Independences and post-colonialism in Southern ...

Nov

28 November 2025, 13:00 - 17:00

NEHA Symposium ‘Naar een meer inclusieve economische- en bedrijfsgeschiedenis’

Op 28 november 2025 organiseert het Nederlands Economisch-Historisch Archief (NEHA), in samenwerking met de Stichting Bedrijfsgeschiedenis (BSG), een ...

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 ...

Feb

27 February 2026, All day

Workshop ‘Socio-economic inequalities in mortality over time’

The Health & Society group of Wageningen University & Research invites paper proposals for a one-day workshop, supported by GREATLEAP COST Action. ...

Mar

20 March 2026, All day

Jaarcongres Werkgroep ‘De Nieuwe Tijd’ 2026

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De werkgroep De Moderne Tijd organiseert op 20 maart 2026 in Amsterdam een jubileumcongres met als thema ‘Feest! ...

Mar

26 - 27 March 2026, All day

Call for papers: Workshop ‘Human Development and Its Outliers’ – deadline abstracts 15 November 2025

The organisers of the Workshop ‘Human Development and Its Outliers’ welcome abstract for papers to be presented at this workshop, to be held on ...

May

11 - 18 May 2026, All day

EXTENDED DEADLINE: Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar 2026: ‘From craft guilds to unions’ (deadline 31 October 2025)

The Fondazione Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica “F. Datini” and the European School for Training in Economic and Social Historical Research ...

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 ...

Sep

2 - 5 September 2026, All day

Call for papers – Session on cross-disciplinary approaches to domestic cultures (17th EAUH Conference) – deadline 22 October 2025

The organisers of Session 19 on “Cross disciplinary approaches to domestic cultures in premodern cities in Europe and beyond, 13th-17th ...

Previous events

10 October 2025

Bijeenkomst Werkgroep Stedengeschiedenis: ’Nieuw onderzoek uit Amsterdam: stedelijke ruimte, water en erfgoed’

2 October 2025 -
4 October 2025

10th International Conference on the Middle Ages

29 September 2025

Successful PhD defence Posthumus alumnus Alberto Concina

18 September 2025 -
19 September 2025

Workshop ‘Spaces of Formal and Informal Diplomacy in the Premodern Mediterranean’ – pre-registration requested

15 September 2025 -
17 September 2025

3rd ISRH Global Conference: ‘Migration in a World of Regions’ (webinar)

11 September 2025

PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Dániel Moerman

10 September 2025 -
12 September 2025

Call for applications Summer School ‘Slavery and Serfdom in Europe and the New World’ – deadline 15 June 2025

9 September 2025 -
12 September 2025

Rural History Conference 2025

29 August 2025

Farewell event and reception Professor Angelique Janssens

28 August 2025 -
29 August 2025

Conference ‘How did we lift the burden? Infectious Disease Mortality in the Western and Non-Western World (1800-now)’

18 August 2025

Seminar ‘Sources, silence and the senses in the study of the history of global Chinese Labour’

28 July 2025 -
1 August 2025

World Economic History Congress 2025 (Lund, Sweden)

3 July 2025 -
4 July 2025

3rd Global Conference on the History of Risk and Insurance (Warsaw, Poland)

2 July 2025

Prof. Em. Carl Nightingale delivers lecture 2025 Raymond van Uytven Chair 2025 – register by 30 June 2025

30 June 2025 -
2 July 2025

IV Doctoral School in Economic History of the Middle Ages ‘The Economy of Daily Life: Analysing Living Standards in Medieval Europe’ (University of Valencia)

30 June 2025 -
4 July 2025

N.W. Posthumus Summer School ‘Crises and History’ (Utrecht, 30 June – 4 July 2025)

30 June 2025 -
2 July 2025

CLARIAH Summer School

27 June 2025

Symposium ‘Bracing for impact: Junior scholars on the Anthropocene’

20 June 2025

Middeleeuwen Symposium 2025: ‘Oorlog en Vrede in de Middeleeuwen – Realiteit, Herinnering en Mythe’

12 June 2025 -
13 June 2025

Environmental History PhD Seminar (Roosevelt Institute, Middelburg)