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Publicatie boek ‘Energie, emigratie en ecologie’ bij emeritaat professor Eric Vanhaute
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Vanwege het emeritaat van emeritus professor Eric Vanhaute (Universiteit Gent), in het verleden vele jaren tevens betrokken bij het N.W. Posthumus Instituut, hebben redacteuren Robrecht Declercq and Hanne Cottyn, beiden voormalige promovendi van professor Vanhaute het boek Energie, emigratie en ecologie. (On)zin van Wereldgeschiedenis samengesteld, dat onlangs…
Read morePhD position ‘Financial Economics of Slavery’ (University of Groningen) – deadline 30 October 2024
FEB’s Research Institute at the Ubniversit of Groningen is looking for a PhD within the NWO-funded project ‘Collateral damage: The financial economics of slavery’. The project will be supervised by Professor Abe de Jong, in cooperation with Dr Tim Kooijmans (RMIT), and https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/peter-koudijsProfessor Peter Koudijs (NYU). This project aims to understand an underexposed aspect of…
Read morePhD Position ‘Re-building Brussels (1695-2025)’ – deadline 15 November 2024
The Faculty of Engineering, Department Architectural Engineering of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is looking for a PhD-student with a doctoral grant to conduct interdisciplinary research on material flows and the role of the Brussels construction sector in the urban metabolism. The research focuses on the development of material flows from around 1800 to today. From…
Read moreSave the date: 4TU History of Technology kick-off event ‘Environmental Histories of Technology in a Digital Age’
On Friday 6 December, the establishment of the new 4TU Centre History of Technology will be celebrated with a kick-off event on Environmental Histories of Technology in a Digital Age. The 4TU Centre History of Technology aims to identify and explore resonances, joint concerns, possible synergies and identify opportunities to collaborate in research, teaching and…
Read moreAnnual Report N.W. Posthumus Institute 2023 available
The General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to present you the N.W. Posthumus Institute Annual Report 2023. The report provides you with an overview of activities, results and developments regarding the N.W. Posthumus Institute in 2023. DOWNLOAD (PDF, 4.5 MB)
Read moreConference of Young Demographers (Charles University, Prague)
The 2025 annual International Conference of Young Demographers will be held at the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague on 5-7 February 2025. The conference organisers aim to create a relaxed and welcoming environment where especially early career researchers can share their work in progress and thoughts with their peers. The conference is supported…
Read moreWorkshop Nederlandsch Economisch-Historisch Archief (NEHA) over economische ongelijkheid
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ In het licht van de groeiende maatschappelijke belangstelling voor inkomensongelijkheid en de verdeling van winsten, organiseert het NEHA een workshop die deze urgente thema’s onder de loep neemt. Deze workshop is bedoeld om verschillende perspectieven te verkennen en inzichten te delen over inkomensongelijkheid en winstverdeling, zowel op…
Read morePhD positie ‘Sociale mobiliteit van migranten in de 18e eeuw’ (Huygens KNAW) – deadline 15 november 2024
~ because of scope and required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Het Huygens Instituut is op zoek naar een promovendus met sterke analytische vaardigheden voor het project ‘Immigration and Social Mobility: The Case of the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic’. In dit NWO-project werken historici, data engineers en data scientists samen om te achterhalen wat de kansen…
Read moreWorkshop ‘Since 1624: Studying the Impact of the VOC in Taiwan’
As follow-up of the publication ‘Since 1624: Taiwanese-Dutch Relations’ (2024), this workshop will delve into the historical influence of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) on Taiwan, focusing on how this period continues to shape academic inquiry. Scholars will engage in discussions about contemporary and future research approaches that explore Taiwan’s social, economic, and cultural…
Read moreCall for papers – Workshop ‘The Financial History of (De)Colonisation in the 19th and 20th Centuries’ (U. of Antwerp) – deadline abstracts 1 Dec. 2024
On 16 and 17 May 2025, the University of Antwerp and the University of Groningen will jointly organise a workshop dedicated to exploring the financial dimensions of colonisation and decolonisation. This event is the first in a series of workshops, with this edition taking place at the University of Antwerp. This workshop aims to foster…
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