On 30 September 20205, the organisers behind the VU Amsterdam projects Coping with Drought and PerfectSTORM, in collaboration with the Amsterdam Sustainability Institute and the Drought in the Anthropocene network. This half-day symposium explores both historical and future droughts, the risks of cascading drought-to-flood events, and the social, political, and technological responses shaping (drinking) water…

We are happy to announce registration for the Posthumus Conference 2025 website is now open! On 27 and 28 May 2025, the Posthumus Conference 2025 will be held in Nijmegen at Radboud University, hosted by Dr Dries Lyna and Dr Joris van den Tol. This year’s conference will be on the central theme ‘The People…

On 3 to 5 November 2025 the 2025 edition of the ESTER Research Design Course (RDC) will be held. This year’s edition will be hosted by the University of Seville under the guidance of Dr Germán Jiménez Montes (photo). The N.W. Posthumus Institute (as secretariat of the ESTER Network) and the local organisers of the…

The European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) will soon hold elections for several positions (mentioned on ESEH’s website). The ESEH Nomination Committee invites everyone who wishes to dedicate time and energy to the Society to submit their candidacy. Candidates should send a 1-page CV and a statement of no more than 500 words by e-mail…

The Associaçaõ Portuguesa de História Económica e Social (APHES) will have its 44th annual APHES Conference on 14–15 November 2025 at the University of Évora, fostering debate on the multiple intersections and applications of the concept of diversity. The organisers welcome proposals for papers or panels exploring diverse historical and geographical perspectives. Submissions must be…

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 be dedicated to ‘The Economy of Daily Life: Analysing Living Standards in Medieval Europe’. This…

The Institute of Medieval Studies (FCSH; Nova University, Lisbon) and the City Council of Castelo de Vide will host the X International Conference on the Middle Ages which will be held from 2nd to 4th October 2025 under the theme ‘Memory in medieval urban Europe’. With a focus on Christian, Islamic and Jewish Europe, researchers…

The Centro de Investigación Interuniversitario das Paisaxes Atlánticas Culturais – Interuniversity Research Centre for Atlantic Cultural Landscapes (CISPAC) is launching a call to support applications for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025, with estimated publication and submission dates in April and September 2025, respectively. CISPAC is a new generation inter-university research center in social and human…

~ English version below ~ Het Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse geschiedenis en cultuur maakt bijzonder veel historische bronnen en literaire teksten digitaal toegankelijk. In de onderzoeksprojecten van het instituut wordt gewerkt aan en met allerlei verschillende bronnen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis: van de brieven van Johan de Witt, archieven van de VOC, de resoluties van…