The International Institute of Social History (IISH), in cooperation with the École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS Lyon), welcomes paper and session proposals for the 16th edition of the European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC 2027), to be held at ENS Lyon on 21-24 April 2027. The aim of the ESSHC is bringing together scholars…

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has launched a call for applications for the KNAW Trailblazers Fund. The purpose of the Fund is to support early-career first-generation academics (PhD candidates in the final 2 years, assistant professors without a permanent position, and postdoc researchers within the first three years after their promotion)…

The research group Cultures i Societats de l’Edat Mitjana (CiSEM) at the University of Valencia is organizing the 5th Doctoral School in Medieval Economic History, to be held from 29 June to 1 July 2026. In this fifth edition, the School will focus on ‘Taxation and State Building in the Middle Ages’. The Doctoral School…

After two successful previous editions, the N.W. Posthumus Institute will once more offer the Posthumus Summer School on ‘Crises and History’ on 6-10 July 2026. Crises are not a new phenomenon: past societies also faced them. How these societies coped with crises, or why they failed to do so, is a topic that increasingly draws…

In 2027, the Keninklik Frysk Genoatskip foar Skiednis en Kultuer / Royal Frisian Society for History and Culture (KFG) will be 200 years old. One of the anniversary activities is a scientific competition for the best historical essay of up to 5,000 words (including annotation) on a topic from the history of the Frisians, Friesland…