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Successful Posthumus Conference 2025 in Nijmegen!

On 27 and 28 May 2025, the Posthumus Conference 2025 was held in Nijmegen at Radboud University, hosted by Dr Dries Lyna and Dr Joris van den Tol and visited by c. 140 participants. This year’s conference was on the central theme ‘The People vs Structures’ with a reflection on how legal systems, institutions, and…

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PhD Position ‘Global-Micro History Slavery Asia’ (IISH) – deadline 15 June 2025

The International Institute of Social History (IISH) is searching a PhD candidate for the research project ‘Voices of Resistance’. The project ‘Voices of Resistance: A Global Micro-Historical Approach to Enslavement across the Atlantic and Indian Ocean’ investigates histories of enslavement, slavery and racialisation through the use of testimonies and personal accounts from court records and…

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Posthumus fellow Dr Daniel Gallardo Albarrán receives NWO XS Grant

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Dr Daniel Gallardo Albarrán, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and Assistant Professor at Wageningen University and Research, an NWO XS Grant. These grants are awarded for ideas with a maximum budget of 50,000 euro that hold great promise and aim to enable proposals for curiosity-driven, innovative research…

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Posthumus fellow Dr Kristof Loockx receives FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) has awarded a FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Kristof Loockx, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and postdoctoral researcher a the University of Antwerp. This fellowship is awarded to selected researchers who have completed their PhD a few years ago to further specialise in their research discipline. With the…

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Posthumus fellow Dr Charris Desmet receives FWO Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) has awarded a FWO Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Charris De Smet, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and postdoctoral researcher at the Department of History as well as affiliated to the Centre for Political History (PoHis) of the University of Antwerp. This fellowship is awarded to selected researchers who…

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Posthumus fellow Dr Coen van Galen receives NWO XS Grant

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Dr Coen van Galen, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and Associate Professor researcher with the Radboud Institute for Culture & History (RICH), an NWO XS Grant. These grants are awarded for ideas with a maximum budget of 50,000 euro that hold great promise and aim to enable…

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Posthumus fellow Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge receives NWO XS Grant

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Dr Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and postdoc researcher with the Radboud Institute for Culture & History (RICH), an NWO XS Grant. These grants are awarded for ideas with a maximum budget of 50,000 euro that hold great promise and aim to enable proposals for…

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Nieuwe boekpublicatie van Posthumus fellow Patricia Van den Eeckhout

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Bij Uitgeverij Ertsberg is onlangs het boek Koks & Kelners 1750-1950 van emeritus professor Patricia Van den Eeckhout, fellow van het N.W. Posthumus Instituut, verschenen. Dit boek vertelt de geschiedenis van het alomtegenwoordige, maar ‘onzichtbare’ horecapersoneel. Koks waren letterlijk, maar ook het zaalpersoneel in zekere zin onzichtbaar….

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Bijeenkomst Werkgroep Stedengeschiedenis: ’Nieuw onderzoek uit Amsterdam: stedelijke ruimte, water en erfgoed’

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 10 oktober 2025 organiseert de werkgroep Stedengeschiedenis een bijeenkomst bij de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed onder de titel ‘Nieuw onderzoek naar Amsterdam: stedelijke ruimte, water en erfgoed’. Dagvoorzitter is dr. Roos van Oosten (universitair docent Universiteit Leiden). Bevestigde sprekers zijn dr. Clé Lesger (historicus, Universiteit…

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