~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 4 november 2025 organiseert de Stichting Geschiedenis van de Overheidsfinanciën (SGvdO) de Najaarsbijeenkomst 2025, die in het teken zal staan vanm het tachtigjarig bestaan van de Fiscale Inlichtingen- en Opsporingsdienst (FIOD). Naast aandacht voor de geschiedenis van de FIOD zal er aandacht zijn voor de rol…

The organisers of Session 19 on “Cross disciplinary approaches to domestic cultures in premodern cities in Europe and beyond, 13th-17th centuries” at the 17th conference of the European Association for Urban History (EAUH) (Professor Daniel Lord Smail (Harvard University), Professor Juan Vicente García Marsilla (Universitat de València) and Dr Julie De Groot (University of Antwerp))…

On 23 October 2025, Posthumus alumnus Philip Post will defend the thesis ‘Constructing Colonial Legitimacy in the Moluccas, 1750-1870’ at Leiden University. Supervisors are Dr Alicia Schrikker and Professor Jos Gommans (both Leiden University). Philip’s dissertation examines how Dutch colonial officials in Ambon and Ternate justified their authority between 1750 and 1870. At its core…

Recently we were informed that earlier this year, 21 March 2025, Posthumus alumnus Sander Berghmans successfully defended the thesis ‘Dukes and abbots: essays on the economics of estate management in the Southern Netherlands (ca. 1600-1820)’ at Ghent University. Supervisors were Professors Thys Lambrecht, Koen Schoors, and Erik Thoen (all Ghent University). The historiography concerning the…

Op 28 november 2025 organiseert het Nederlands Economisch-Historisch Archief (NEHA), in samenwerking met de Stichting Bedrijfsgeschiedenis (BSG), een bijeenkomst met als thema ‘Naar een meer inclusieve economische en bedrijfsgeschiedenis’. Deze bijeenkomst vindt plaats bij het Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis (IISG) in Amsterdam en krijgt de vorm van een symposium, met onder meer een publiekslezing…

On 18 September 2025, Posthumus alumnus Joris Kok succesfully defended the thesis ‘Social Mobility and Integration of Amsterdam Jews: The Ethnic Niche of the Diamond Industry, 1850-1940’ at Leiden University. Supervisors were Professor Leo Lucassen and Professor Karin Hofmeester (both IISH). In his dissertation, Joris studies the remarkable social mobility and varied integration patterns of…

On 23 October 2025, Posthumus alumnus Alexander van der Meer will defend the thesis ‘Colonial Calvinism: Colonial Ideologies of Dutch Clergymen in Batavia, ca. 1700-1850’ at Leiden University. Supervisors are Dr Alicia Schrikker and Professor Jos Gommans (both Leiden University). Alexander’s dissertation examines the colonial ideology of Dutch Reformed ministers and missionaries in Batavia between…

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…

On 30 September 2025, 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 organise the symposium ‘Water Pasts and Futures Symposium’. This half-day symposium explores both historical and future droughts, the risks of cascading drought-to-flood events, and the…

On 29 September 2025, Posthumus alumnus Alberto Concina will defend the thesis ‘Tilting the scale of life: A multidimensional study of living standards between peasant and rural market societies in North-Western Italy, 1650-1800’ [transl.: ‘Herkalibratie van de weegschaal van het leven. Een multidimensionele studie van de levensstandaarden in rurale “peasant” en markteconomieën in Noord-West-Italië, 1650-1800’]…