The editors of the academic journal Blue Papers invite contributions for a special issue focusing on the Netherlands (low and high regions) and the Caribbean. This special issue of Blue Papers aims to critically examine how both historical and contemporary practices towards water management can inform practical and scalable solutions that address sustainability challenges, including…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW) nodigt hoogleraren van Nederlandse universiteiten uit tot voordrachten voor de jaarlijkse KHMW Proefschriftprijs Interdisciplinariteit 2026, bedoeld voor onderzoekers die in de periode 1 september 2024 – 31 augustus 2025 gepromoveerd zijn aan een Nederlandse universiteit. De prijs is bedoeld als…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW) nodigt hoogleraren en ander terzakekundigen uit om voordrachten te doen voor de D.J. Veekensprijs 2026. De prijs, beschikbaar gesteld door de Stichting Fonds voor de Geld- en Effectenhandel, wordt toegekend door de KHMW. De prijs is genoemd naar de Haagse…

On 27-29 August 2026, the 2026 edition of the Historians’ Days [in Dutch: Historicidagen] will be jointly organised by the Royal Netherlands Historical Society (KNHG) and Leiden University in the city of Leiden. The Historians’ Days 2026 revolve around the theme of ‘Future of history’, and actively promote diversity within participants, audience, program, stories, methods…

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The organisers of the 12th Tensions of Europe (ToE) Conference call for abstracts for this conference with as central theme ‘The meaning of the past in sustainable futures’. This conference will be held on 8-10 July 2026 at the campus of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and will be organised by the Eindhoven History Lab,…

The 17th conference of the European Association for Urban History (EAUH) will be held on 2-5 September 2026 in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia. The conference’s central theme is ‘City Networks in Europe and Beyond’. City networks have played a strategically important role in both the past and the present. Cities and the connections between…

The Fondazione Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica “F. Datini” and the European School for Training in Economic and Social Historical Research (ESTER) announce their 11th jointly organised Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar for economic and social historians on 11-17 May 2026, in Prato (Italy). The topic of the 2026 seminar is ‘From craft guilds to unions’ and…

The organisers of the Workshop ‘Human Development and Its Outliers’ welcome abstract for papers to be presented at this workshop, to be held on 26 and 27 March 2026 at Leiden University. The workshop forms part of the project ‘Human Development and Its Outliers: A Global Microhistory’, funded by a starters’ grant of the Dutch…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Vereniging voor Landbouwgeschiedenis en het Humanities Cluster van de KNAW organiseren op 12 november een studiemiddag bij het Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis (IISG) over het gebruik van HisGIS voor onderzoek naar het platteland in het (ook verdere) verleden. De KNAW spant zich momenteel in, gesteund…