Category: Agenda
Professor Dagomar Degroot to Give a Public Lecture on Climate and History
What can we learn from the past about today’s climate change? On Tuesday afternoon, October 20, professor and environmental historian Dagomar Degroot will give a public lecture on this topic at the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. As part of the Huygens…
PhD Defense Mark Raat
Mark Raat hopes to receive his Ph.D. on October 15, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. at the University of Groningen. The title of his dissertation is Historische landschapspolitiek in het Friese Veenweidegebied: een breuk met het verleden? Promotores are Professors A.M.…
Het Huis Oranje-Nassau en de koloniale geschiedenis
Op 5 november organiseert de Stichting Geschiedenis van de Overheidsfinanciën een studiemiddag over het onderzoek naar de rol van het Huis Oranje-Nassau en de Nederlandse koloniale geschiedenis. Christiaan van Bochove (financieel historicus en universitair hoofddocent bij Universiteit Utrecht) bespreekt de…
KB Onderzoeksdag
Op vrijdag 6 November 2026 organiseert de KB, nationale bibliotheek, een onderzoeksdag voor promovendi en research master studenten. Op de Onderzoeksdag vertellen collectiespecialisten en conservatoren van de KB over hun (fysieke en digitale) collecties, van middeleeuwse handschriften en oude drukken…
Call for applications Postgraduate Summer School Fondazione 1563 (Turin, Italy, 17-19 Sep 2026) – EXTENDED 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, and the Wealth of Nations: The Moral and Material Foundations of Political Economy in the European World (1500-1800)’, that will…
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 2026. Crises are not a new phenomenon: past societies also faced them. How these societies coped…
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 under the guidance of Maïka De Keyzer (photo), head of the…
Moving Humanities Conference 2026 – Call for Proposals – deadline 31 July 2026
The organisers of the Moving Humanities Conference 2026 welcome proposals for presentations and expositions. On 26 and 27 November 2026, the Moving Humanities Conference 2026 will be hosted by Radboud University in Nijmegen. The conference is co-organised by Radboud University…
PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Cécile Bruyet
On 26 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Cécile Bruyet will defend the PhD thesis ‘A Taste for Land: How Access to Land Shaped Access to Food in Late Medieval Antwerp (1430-1530)’ at the University of Antwerp. Supervisors are Preofessors Tim Soens…
Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Max-Quentin Bischoff
On 10 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Max-Quentin Bischoff successfully defended the PhD thesis ‘Merchants’ Futures: Plans and expectations in the Tucher family company, c.1520-c.1550′ at the FelixArchief. Supervisor was Jeroen Puttevils (University of Antwerp). Drawing on the annotation and analysis…