Research School for Economic and Social History

Category: Agenda

Workshop ‘Commodification, Values, and Knowledge Politics’

The coordinators of the NWO research programs Sustainability Trade-offs in the Netherlands’ Entangled Modernisation (STONEM), 1900-2020 and SOY STORIES are jointly organising a workshop on ‘Commodification, Values, and Knowledge Politics’. In this workshop, participants are invited to discuss and engage…

Kick-off Meeting of the COST-Action ‘The Great Leap’

The network coordinators of the COST-Action initiative ‘The Great Leap. Multidisciplinary approaches to health inequalities, 1800-2022’, led by Radboud University, invite all stakeholders and all those interested to join the (hybrid) kick-off meeting of this initiative on 2 May 2024.…

World Economic History Congress 2025 (Lund, Sweden)

The theme for the 2025 World Economic History Congress (WEHC), to be held on 28 July-1 August 2025 in Lund, Sweden, is “Equality and Sustainability Challenges”. The WEHC is an international and interdisciplinary event, taking place every third year, placing…

PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Elisa Bonduel

On 9 February 2024, Posthumus alumna Elisa Bonduel successfully defended her thesis ‘Alles heeft zijn prijs. Tolheffing en de commerciële ontwikkeling in de Vlaamse ruimte (1150-1300)’ at Ghent University. Promotors were Professor Jan Dumolyn and Professor Wim De Clercq (both…