Agenda
Upcoming events
3
Jun
3 June 2026, 16:00 - 18:00
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman in Conversation with the Next Gen on Global Challenges and Local Solutions
The Dutch Central Bank (DNB), in collaboration with Universiteit van Nederland, SSH-raad, EHERO-EUR, and The Regional Science Academy invites university ...
4
Jun
4 - 5 June 2026, All day
Workshop ‘From Matrimonial Ads to Dating Apps: Unraveling the Partnering Market’
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 ...
8
Jun
8 June 2026, 16:15
PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Dinos Sevdalakis
On 8 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Dinos Sevdalakis will defend the thesis ‘Tracing the roots of population growth: Fertility and mortality ...
8
Jun
8 June 2026, 10:00 - 14:45
Research Workshop ‘Mortality, Morbidity, and Medicine: Historical Health and Demography across the Atlantic’ – deadline 30 April 2026
On 8 June 2026, preceding the PhD Defence by Posthumus alumnus Dinos Sevdalakis, Dinos will organise the Research Workshop ‘Research Workshop ...
10
Jun
10 June 2026, 13:30
PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Max-Quentin Bischoff
On 10 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Max-Quentin Bischoff will defend the PhD thesis ‘Merchants’ Futures: Plans and expectations in the Tucher ...
22
Jun
22 - 27 June 2026, All day
Posthumus Writing Retreat 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 ...
24
Jun
24 June 2026, 10:15 - 15:30
Masterclass ‘Social Histories of Dutch Colonialism in the Indian Ocean World’ with Professor Nigel Worden
On 24 June 2026, the research groups ‘Colonial Relations and Structures’ and the ‘Radboud Group for Historical Demography and Family History’ (both Radboud ...
24
Jun
24 June 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Public Lecture ‘Project 1834’ by Dr Kate Ekama
On 24 June 2026, Dr Kate Ekama (Stellenbosch University) will deliver a public lecture on the brand-new ‘Project 1834’, which relates to ...
25
Jun
25 June 2026, 16:00
Valedictory lecture Professor Jan Kok
On 25 June 2026, Jan Kok, Professor of Economical, Social and Demographic History at the Faculty of Arts, Radboud University, and longstanding member of ...
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 ...
29
Jun
29 June 2026, All day
Conference ‘Growing Humanities: Flourishing Futures in Challenging Times’ – Call for Papers (deadline 15 May 2026)
On 29 June 2026, the Royal Historical Society organises the conference ‘Growing Humanities: Flourishing Futures in Challenging Times’, to be ...
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 – EXTENDED deadline registration 15 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
Summer School ‘Tensions of Europe 2026’ (Dordrecht, 6-7 July 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 ...
17
Sep
17 - 19 September 2026, All day
Call for applications Postgraduate Summer School Fondazione 1563 (Turin, Italy, 17-19 Sep 2026) – deadline 16 June 2026
The Fondazione 1563 per l’Arte e la Cultura (hereinafter “Fondazione 1563”) welcomes applications for the Postgraduate Summer School ‘Needs, Justice, ...
28
Sep
28 September 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Valedictory lecture Professor Leo Lucassen
On 28 September 2026, Professor Leo Lucassen, Professor of Global Labour and Migration History at the Leiden University Institute for History, director of ...
8
Oct
8 - 9 October 2026, All day
Call for papers and panels: MarxismNL Conference 2026: ‘Pulling the Emergency Brake’ – EXTENDED deadline 5 June 2026
On 8 and 9 October 2026, MarxismNL will organise its first conference. MarxismNL is a network of Marxist students, researchers, and teachers active in the ...
22
Oct
22 October 2026, All day
Graduate Seminar ‘Early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation’
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
Workshop ‘Reinterpreting the Caribbean age of revolutions’
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 ...
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
Conference ‘Households as Coercive Labour Regimes II’ (Bonn, 15-17 Jan 2027)
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
ESSHC 2027 (Lyon, France, 21-24 April 2027)
The International Institute of Social History (IISH), in cooperation with the École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS Lyon), welcomes paper and session ...
24
Jul
24 - 28 July 2028, All day
Call for sessions WEHC 2028 (Montevideo, Uruguay, 24-28 July 2028) – deadline 14 September 2026
The 21st World Economic History Congress will convene from 24 to 28 July 2028 in Montevideo, Uruguay. The theme of the 2028 edition is ‘World Powers ...
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