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REMINDER: Online Seminar ‘Socio-economic inequalities during the crisis of the fourteenth century: reality and perceptions’

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Ghent University and the Università di Siena jointly organise an online seminar on ‘Socio-economic inequalities during the crisis of the fourteenth century: reality and perceptions (Italy and Europe, 1270-1330)’. This seminar forms also part of the FWO funded project Economic inequality onthe eve of the Late Medieval crisis. Two regions compared:…

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PhD Career Day 2023

latest update: 22 September 2023, 10:10am N.W. Posthumus Institute, the Huizinga Institute, the Research School Political History and the Research School for Medieval Studies jointly would like to invite their PhD candidates and recently promoted PhDs to the PhD Career Day 2023. This event will be held on Friday 10 November at the Buys Ballot…

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N.W. Posthumus Annual Report 2022 available

The General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to present you the N.W. Posthumus Institute Annual Report 2022. The report provides you with an overview of activities, results and developments regarding the N.W. Posthumus Institute in 2022, the first ‘regular’ year after the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on society. DOWNLOAD (PDF, 3…

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Phd Defence Posthumus alumnus Mark van de Water

On 20 September 2023, Posthumus alumnus Mark van de Water defended his PhD thesis ‘The road to drain or gain’ at the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University. Supervisors were Professor David Henley and Dr Thomas Lindblad, promotores were Professor Henley and Dr Jeroen Touwen. The aim of Mark’s PhD dissertation is to explore the…

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Changes in General Board N.W. Posthumus Institute

Recently, the composition of the General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute has changed. Professor Hein Klemann, representative of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), has resigned as Board Member because of forthcoming retirement. Professor Ben Wubs from now on is the acting representative of the EUR, Dr Jeroen Euwe taking Ben’s place as substitute board member….

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Posthumus fellow Selin Dilli one of speakers at Betweterfestival 2023

Posthumus Fellow and member of our Education Committee Selin Dilli is one of the invited speakers at the annual Betweterfestival. The Betweterfestival is an annual event, organised by Utrecht University in close cooperation with numerous partner organisations and is open to anyone who wants to know how the world works, who is nog easily scared…

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Postdoc position ‘Quantifying Dutch Historical Sustainability Trade-offs’ (Eindhoven University of Technology) – deadline 15 October 2023

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)in collaboration with Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is offering a position for a Postdoc who analyses transnational sustainability trade-offs. Those enthusiastic about combining long term historical insights with contemporary sustainability challenges should apply for this Postdoc position at the TU/e. How should we understand the immense effects in global sustainability trade-offs of…

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