Category: Agenda
Lecture by Professor Jan de Vries (UC Berkeley) on ‘Climate, economy and society in the Netherlands, 1579-1800’
The organisers of the Economic and Social History seminar series at Utrecht University cordially invite you to the lecture ‘Climate, economy and society in the Netherlands, 1579-1800’ by Jan de Vries, Ehrman Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley. The lecture will…
Rural History Conference 2025
The 7th biennial conference of the European Rural History Organisation (EURHO) will be held in Coimbra, Portugal, from 9 to 12 September 2025, hosted by the University of Coimbra. CONFERENCE WEBSITE
Programme symposium of Environmental History in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries (25-26 October 2024)
Keynote speaker is professor Richard Hoffmann, esteemed author of ‘The Catch: An Environmental History of Medieval European Fisheries’ and ‘An Environmental History of Medieval Europe’. If you would like to attend, flease fill out the form: Sign up!
Invitation to first National Sector Plan Conference ‘Cultural Heritage and Identity’
The Organising Committee on behalf of the Assistant Professors involved in the Sector plan theme ‘Cultural Heritage and Identity’ is cordially inviting participants to the very first National Sector Plan Conference ‘Cultural Heritage and Identity’ organised by the Dutch faculties…
Posthumus PhD Seminar I to be held in Maastricht, 12-13 December 2024
The N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to announce that Seminar I, ‘My research in a nutshell’, to be attended by the PhDs enlisted in cohort 2024 of the N.W. Posthumus PhD Training Programme, will be hosted by Maastricht University on…
PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Ingrid Schepers (University of Antwerp)
On 11 June 2024, Posthumus alumna Ingrid Schepers successfully defended the thesis ‘Mobilising labour: A spatial analysis of railway infrastructure, commuting flows and rural-urban relations in Belgium, 1846-1961’ at the University of Antwerp. Promotors were Professors Greet De Block and…
Workshop ‘A peek into the neighbour’s garden’ (University of Antwerp)
The Centre for Urban History (University of Antwerp) and the N.W. Posthumus network Economy and Society of the Pre-Industrial Low Countries in a Comparative Perspective jointly organise the workshop ‘A peek into the neighbours’ garden’ on Friday 15 November 2024.…
PhD Course ‘The Versatile Interior’ (Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, 27-11 November 2024)
The PhD School of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts is offering the PhD course ‘The Versatile Interior’ on 27-29 November 2024. This PhD course aims to explore interiors as versatile, ambiguous and complex phenomena. Through architectural history, social…
Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Aditi Dixit
On 17 May 2024, Posthumus alumna Aditi Dixit successfully defended her thesis ‘Asian Divergence in an Age of Globalisation: Textile Manufacturing, Trade, and the State in India and Japan, ca. 1890-1940’ at Utrecht University. Promotors were Professor Elise van Nederveen…
Seminar ‘CAPASIA: The Asian Origins of Global Capitalism’ (University of Amsterdam and hybrid)
On 21 May 2024, a hybrid seminar will be held jointly by the participants in the CAPASIA and GLOBALISE projects on the topic ‘CAPASIA: The Asian origins of global capitalism’. Confirmed speakers are Maarten Draper and Sebastian Majstorovic, both Research…