Category: Agenda
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 door de Historische Vereniging Zutphen, Erfgoedcentrum Zutphen en Musea Zutphen, in nauwe samenwerking met de…
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 Plantin-Moretus, University of Antwerp, KU Leuven, Utrecht University, and Northumbria University as part of the FWO research…
PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Jeroen van Veldhoven
On 7 March 2025, Posthumus alumnus Jeroen van Veldhoven successfully defended the PhD thesis ‘Partijpolitiek en de verschuiving naar flexwerk in Nederland’ [‘Party politics and the shift towards flexible work in the Netherlands’] at Utrecht University. Supervisors were Professor Lex…
Online Seminar: From Scribe to Screen: Sources and Approaches to Global History in the Digital Age
Pichayapat Naisupap and Melinda Susanto (both Leiden University and Posthumus alumni) are co-organising the online seminar ‘From Scribe to Screen: Sources and Approaches to Global History in the Digital Age’. Digital humanities and the digitisation of archives are ever-growing trends…
PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Dennis De Vriese
On 10 March 2025, Posthumus alumnus Dennis De Vriese successfully defended the PhD thesis ‘Selling New Ways of Selling. Legitimising Regulation and Deregulation in the Brussels Meat Market (1770-1860)’ at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Supervisor was Professor Wouter Rykbosch. From…
IV Doctoral School in Economic History of the Middle Ages ‘The Economy of Daily Life: Analysing Living Standards in Medieval Europe’ (University of Valencia)
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 the Middle Ages, to be held from 30 June to 2 July 2025, which will…
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 Marcelline will organise the two-day conference ‘Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-1850’…
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 retirement at the end of the current academic year. The event will involve…
Inaugural lecture Chair Francqui 2024-2025 delivered by Posthumus fellow Professor Jan Dumoulyn
On 12 March 2025, Posthumus fellow Jan Dumoulyn, Professor of History at Ghent University, will deliver the inaugural lecture for the Chaire Francqui 2024-2025 at the University of Namur. The lecture will be titled ‘Een canon, een verhaal en de…
Lecture Dr Maanik Nath at Seminar Series Radboud University
On Monday 17 February 2025 the Department of International Economics at Radboud University will host Dr Maanik Nath (Utrecht University) for a lecture entitled ‘Drivers of Agricultural Growth in British India’ in the departmental seminar lecture series. All those interested…