Palgrave Macmillan recently published a new open-access publication, authored by Posthumus fellow Dr Gijs Dreijers, Private Entrepreneurship and European Imperialism: Dutch Entrepreneurs in the Scramble for Africa, 1830s-1910s in the Palgrave Studies in Economic History book series. This open access book presents a new perspective on European imperialism in Africa, by focusing on the role…

On 3 and 4 December 2026, Ghent University will host the conference, ‘Bridging Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environmental History of the Low Countries’. The conference is a collaboration between researchers on the medieval and (early) modern Low Countries and the Roman Society Research Center. The conference wants to encourage the exchange of recent research,…

From 22 tot 27 June 2026, the N.W. Posthumus Institute offers PhDs enrolled in its PhD Training Programme the opportunity to enjoy a Writing Retreat in the peaceful setting of the Abbey of Berne in Heeswijk-Dinther. Working on your project from home or in a busy university environment may meet difficulties, such as lack of…

On 11 March 2026, Posthumus alumna Yannis Skalli-Housseini will defend the thesis ‘In the Name of Distributive Justice: Debating Fiscal Reform in 18th-Century Flanders’ at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Supervisor are is Professor Wouter Ryckbosch (Ghent University) and Dr Klaas Van Gelder (VUB). Yannis’ dissertation contributes to the recent historiographical re-evaluation of the rise of…

The SOCION research consortium recently announced the opening of 17 PhD positions. These positions are divided over six research clusters within the umbrella theme ‘Towards a New Fabric of Society’. SOCION is a research consortium building on the SCOOP program. Bridging psychology, history, demography, philosophy, and sociology, we investigate how shared values, social mechanisms, and…

The Department of History and Art History at Utrecht University is looking for a PhD candidate for the project ‘PhD Institutional Change in the Organization of Care in the Netherlands’. This project explores how various forms of care arrangements have interacted and changed over time in the Netherlands during the long 20th century, and studies…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Werkgroep Stadsgeschiedenis organiseert in juni twee bijeenkomsten. Op donderdag 4 juni 2026 is er van 9:30 tot 12:30 uur in Leiden een bijeenkomst over ‘Nieuw onderzoek naar stadswording in de middeleeuwen en vroegmoderne tijd’. Op vrijdag 12 juni 2026 vindt er vanaf 10:30 uur een stadswandeling…

Open Science NL recently awarded the project ‘Chains of the Past: Open Infrastructure for the Global History of Dutch Slavery and Slave Trade’ with an Open Science Infrastructure Grant of 1.5 million euros. In this project, jointly organised by Radboud University, the International Institute of Social History (IISG) and the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast…

The Tilburg School of Economics and Management at Tilburg University is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher specialising in Economic History. The position is attached to the research project ‘The roots of prejudice in Europe: The role of World War II’, funded by the Dutch Research Council’s (NWO) Vidi Grant of Dr David Schindler. The Postdoctoral…

On 9 February 2026, the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW; The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities) has appointed its new members, among whom Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk, Professor of Economic and Social History at Utrecht University and member of the General Board and Executive Committee of the N.W. Posthumus Institute. The KHMW,…