Agenda
Upcoming events
1
Apr
1 April 2026, 14:00 - 14:45
Lecture ‘A colonialism of good intentions’ by Professor Geertje Mak
On 1 April 2026, Geertje Mak, History Pofessor at the University of Amsterdam and senior researcher at KNAW-NL-Lab, will talk about the open access-book ...
15
Apr
15 April 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Book launch ‘Lives, Land, and Labour: A Social History of Eighteenth-Century Sri Lanka’ by Posthumus fellow Luc Bulten
On 15 April 2026, the Stichting Nederland-Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Research Network ‘Routes and Roots in Colonial and Global ...
23
Apr
23 - 24 April 2026, All day
Seminar and Workshop ‘Trust, institutions and capitalism in early modern Europe’ – keynote Prof. Craig Muldrew
On Thursday 23 April and Friday 24 April 2026, the section Economic, Social and Demographic History of Radboud University, supported by the N.W. Posthumus ...
29
Apr
29 April 2026, All day
Dag van de Nieuwste Geschiedenis – Journée de l’Histoire Contemporaine 2026 – deadline 1 Feb 2026
The Belgische Vereniging voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis – Association belge d’Histoire contemporaine BVNG-ABHC and the University of Antwerp call for papers ...
8
May
8 May 2026, 13:00 - 18:00
RIAS-POSTHUMUS PhD Workshop: From Research to Publication (Middelburg, 8 May 2026) – deadline 1 May 2026
The Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) and the research network ‘Societies in Context’ of the Posthumus Institute (research ...
11
May
11 - 18 May 2026, All day
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 ...
21
May
21 - 22 May 2026, All day
Posthumus Conference 2026 (Amsterdam, 21-22 May 2026) – registration open now!
The N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to welcome you at the Posthumus Conference 2026, to be held on 21 and 22 May 2026 at the International Institute of ...
4
Jun
4 - 5 June 2026, All day
Call for abstracts Workshop ‘From Matrimonial Ads to Dating Apps: Unraveling the Partnering Market’ – deadline 15 April 2026
The organisers of the Workshop ‘From Matrimonial Ads to Dating Apps: Unraveling the Partnering Market’ call for paper abstracts for this ...
4
Jun
4 June 2026, 10:00 - 17:00
Book workshop (Leiden, 4 June 2026) – deadline applications 1 May 2026
On 4 June 2026, the N.W. Posthumus Institute, organises a book workshop, to be led by initiator Viola Müller, postdoc researcher and lecturer within the ...
22
Jun
22 - 27 June 2026, All day
Posthumus Writing Retreat 2026 – sign up deadline 10 April 2026
From 22 tot 27 June 2026, the N.W. Posthumus Institute offers PhDs enrolled in its PhD Training Programme the opportunity to enjoy a Writing Retreat in the ...
29
Jun
29 - 30 June 2026, All day
Workshop ‘Channeling Middle-Class Savings, 1850-1940’
On 29 and 30 June 2026 the University of Antwerp and the Paris School of Economics will host the workshop ‘Channeling Middle-Class Savings, ...
29
Jun
29 Jun 2026 - 1 Jul 2026, All day
Call for papers 5th Doctoral School in Medieval Economic History – deadline 30 April 2026
The research group Cultures i Societats de l’Edat Mitjana (CiSEM) at the University of Valencia is organizing the 5th Doctoral School in Medieval Economic ...
6
Jul
6 - 10 July 2026, All day
N.W. Posthumus Summer School ‘Crises and History’ (Utrecht, 6 – 10 July 2026)
On 6 tot 10 July 2065, the N.W. Posthumus Institute will organise the Summer School ‘Crises and History’, delivered and organised by Dr Jessica ...
6
Jul
6 - 10 July 2026, All day
Posthumus Summer School 2026 ‘Crises and History’: Theme and dates announced – deadline registration 1 June 2026
After two successful previous editions, the N.W. Posthumus Institute will once more offer the Posthumus Summer School on ‘Crises and History’ on 6-10 July ...
6
Jul
6 Jul 2026 - 7 Mar 2026, All day
Call for participants Summer School ‘Tensions of Europe 2026’ (Dordrecht, 6-7 July 2026) – deadline 15 April 2026
The Tensions of Europe Early Career Scholars Network welcomes applications from both PhDs and Postdocs for the Summer School ‘Tensions of Europe ...
8
Jul
8 - 10 July 2026, All day
12th Tensions of Europe Conference (Eindhoven, 8-10 July 2026)
The organisers of the 12th Tensions of Europe (ToE) Conference call for abstracts for this conference with as central theme ‘The meaning of the past ...
13
Jul
13 - 14 July 2026, All day
20th Annual MEMSA Conference (Durham University, UK)
On 13 and 14 July 2026, the Medieval and Earl Modern Student Association (MEMSA) will organise its 20th Annual Conference at St. John’s College at ...
25
Aug
25 - 27 August 2026, All day
‘The Environmental History of Mining in Southern Africa, 1870-2020’
Between the 25 and 27 August, the Boom to Dust project (funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the African Studies Centre Leiden) will be hosting a ...
27
Aug
27 - 29 August 2026, All day
Historicidagen 2026 (Leiden, 27-29 August 2026)
On 27-29 August 2026, the 2026 edition of the Historians’ Days [in Dutch: Historicidagen] will be jointly organised by the Royal Netherlands Historical ...
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 ...
2
Sep
2 - 5 September 2026, All day
17th EAUH Conference (Barcelona, 2-5 September 2026)
The 17th conference of the European Association for Urban History (EAUH) will be held on 2-5 September 2026 in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia. The ...
22
Oct
22 October 2026, All day
Call for papers Graduate Seminar ‘Early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation’ – deadline abstracts 30 March 2026
Posthumus fellows Dr Ramona Négron and Dr Karwan Fatah-Black welcome graduate students working on topics related to early modern Caribbean and Atlantic ...
23
Oct
23 October 2026, All day
Call for papers Workshop ‘Reinterpreting the Caribbean age of revolutions’ – deadline abstracts 30 March 2026
Posthumus fellows Dr Ramona Négron and Dr Karwan Fatah-Black invite research paper proposals for the workshop ‘Reinterpreting the Caribbean age of ...
26
Oct
26 - 28 October 2026, All day
Call for abstracts ESTER RDC 2026 (KU Leuven, Belgium, 26-28 October 2026) – deadline abstracts 15 June 2026
On 26 to 28 October 2026 the 2026 edition of the ESTER Research Design Course (RDC) will be held. This year’s edition will be hosted by the KU Leuven ...
5
Nov
5 - 6 November 2026, All day
Workshop and Conference ‘Sowing the Seeds VIII’ (London, UK, 5-6 Nov 2026) – deadline 31 March 2026
On 5 and 6 November, the Department of Economic History of the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies will ...
7
Nov
7 - 8 November 2026, All day
Call for Papers and Panels 2026 NNI Conference ‘New Netherland and the World’ (Albany, USA, 7-8 November 2026) – deadline 1 April 2026
The 2026 annual conference of the New Netherlands Institute (NNI) will be held on 7 and 8 November 2026 at the New York State Museum in Albany, New York ...
2
Dec
2 - 4 December 2026, All day
Conference ‘Bridging Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environmental History of the Low Countries’ – deadline 30 Apr 2026
On 3 and 4 December 2026, Ghent University will host the conference, ‘Bridging Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environmental ...
15
Jan
15 - 17 January 2027, All day
Call for papers Conference ‘Households as Coercive Labour Regimes II’ (Bonn, 15-17 Jan 2027) – deadline 15 April 2026
On 15 and 16 January 2027, the international coe ‘Households as Coercive Labour Regimes II’ will be jointly organised by the Bonn Center for ...
21
Apr
21 - 24 April 2027, All day
Call for papers and sessions ESSHC 2027 (Lyon, France, 21-24 April 2027) – deadline 15 April 2026
The International Institute of Social History (IISH), in cooperation with the École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS Lyon), welcomes paper and session ...
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