The Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW) annually awards the Jan Brouwer Scriptieprijzen (Jan Brouwer Thesis awards) to outstanding theses of Master students graduated or graduating in the preceding year. These awards (consisting of a grant of 3,000 euros) are granted in ten different fields of academic research and are funded by the Jan Brouwer…

The Fondazione Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica “F. Datini” and the European School for Training in Economic and Social Historical Research (ESTER) announce their tenth jointly organized Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar for economic and social historians on 11-17 May 2025, in Prato (Italy). The topic of the 2025 seminar is ‘Finance in History’ and closely related…

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. The intention of this workshop is to provide a forum for work in progress or…

The Moving Humanities Conference 2024, organised by Radboud University and Groningen University, will take place on 31 October and 1 November 2024. This year’s theme is ‘Resistance’ taken in its broadest sense, both within subjects of research and the humanities itself. Resistance can be to the common way of understanding things, to other positions and…

In 2008, the Economic History Society (EHS) introduced an annual prize of £1,000 for the best doctoral dissertation in Economic and/or Social History. Nominations for the 2025 edition, to be awarded at the 2025 EHS Conference are welcome. All dissertations must be written in English and must have been awarded during the calendar year preceding…

This year, the first Ammodo Science Fellowships – € 50.000 – 200.000 for each Fellowship – will be awarded. The Ammodo Science Fellowship is targeted at talented researchers at the beginning of their careers (0-5 years after receiving their first PhD; reference date 1 March 2024). The Fellowship offers them the opportunity to do their…

The recent Nobel Prize awarded to Professor Claudia Goldin highlights the importance of understanding the evolution and drivers of gender differences in our societies. The journal Investigaciones de Historia Económica – Economic History Research (IHE-EHR) is preparing a special issue to honour the work of Professor Goldin and present novel research on the causes and…