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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

~ 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….

~ 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…

The Centre for Urban History and the Urban Studies Institute of the University of Antwerp invite you to the public lecture of the 2025 Raymond van Uytven Chair for Urban History by Emeritus Professor Carl Nightingale, on Wednesday 2 July 2025. Carl Nightingale is Professor Emeritus of Urban History and World History at the University…