Category: Agenda
Research School Political History Seminar ‘Applied History and Current Affairs’
On 24 February 2023, the Research School Political History (RSPH) organises the seminar ‘Applied History and Current Affairs’. This seminar has a dual goal. First of all, it invites PhD candidates to reflect on the links between their research project,…
Invitation to inaugural address Professor Tine De Moor (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
The rector magnificus of the Erasmus University Rotterdam announces that Professor Tine De Moor, appointed as professor of Social Enterprises and Institutions for Collective Action at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) will publicly accept her appointment on Friday…
PhD Defence Sam Geens
On 23 January 2023, Posthumus alumnus Sam Geens succesfully defended his doctoral thesis Een Gouden Eeuw voor arbeid? Inkomen en rijkdom voor en na de Zwarte Dood in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden en de Florentijnse Republiek (1275-1550). Supervisors were Professors Tim…
Conference ‘Migration and Societal Change’ – Call for proposals – deadline 5 February 2023
The Utrecht University Focus Area Migration & Societal Change welcomes proposals for a panel or an individual paper for the conference ‘Migration and Societal Change’, to be held on 22 and 23 June 2023. The Focus Area promotes interdisciplinary collaboration…
Summer school Socioeconomic diplomacy and global empire building, 16th-19th centuries – Call for papers – deadline abstracts 15 February 2023
On 26-28 June, 2023, Leiden University’s Institute for History will host a summer school on Socioeconomic diplomacy and global empire building, 16th-19th centuries, in collaboration with the N.W. Posthumus Institute and the Global Diplomacy Network. The summer school will bring…
Valedictory speech Professor Kees Mandemakers
Posthumus fellow emeritus Professor Kees Mandemakers, professor of Large Historical Databases at Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, will present his public valedictory lecture on Friday 20 January 2023, entitled ‘“You Really Got Me”. Development and Future of Historical…
5th Conference Of The European Society Of Historical Demography
From the prehistorical migrations to our globalized world, humankind has always been confronted with “others”, who are spontaneously compared to “us”. First, it usually implies a fascination for differences, often – but not always followed by a discovery of commonalities.…
PhD defence Bas Machielsen
On 18 january 2023, Posthumus alumnus Bas Machielsen will defend his thesis ‘The Political Elite, Self-Interest and Democratization’, in which he examines the influence of self-interest on the decision-making of political elites. Literature has already documented various ways in which actions…
NEW DATE Maddison Lecture Professor William Easterly – ‘Western Development Efforts: Altruism vs Self-Interest
This event, originally scheduled for 27 October, has now been rescheduled to 15 December 2022 Annually, the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) organises the Maddison Lecture at the University of Groningen. This year’s lecture will be delivered by Professor…
Maritime solidarity: Past and present
The Organising committee of the two-day conference (Posthumus board member Professor Pepijn Brandon (VU Amsterdam/IISH), Dr Niklas Frykman, Professor Marcus Rediker (both University of Pittsburgh), and Professor and activist Nandita Sharma (University of Hawai‘i at Manoa)) invite paper proposals. Papers…