~due to scope, only in Dutch ~ Bij de leerstoel Zeegeschiedenis (specialisatie Colonial and Global History) van het Instituut voor Geschiedenis van de Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen van de Universiteit Leiden is per 1 mei 2022 plaats voor twee enthousiaste promovendi met aantoonbare belangstelling voor maritieme geschiedenis en cultuur en een brede maatschappelijke blik op urgente…

Please note that this event will take place anyhow, but it will be dependent on covid measures whether this will be an on-site, a hybrid, or a fully online event. On 17 and 18 February 2022, the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (Erasmus University Rotterdam) organises an Expert Meeting ‘Sport, Migration, Citizenship, ‘Race’…

On 16 February 2022, members of the N.W. Posthumus Research Network Societies in Context: Interactions between humans and rural-urban environments will organise the online colloquium The Impact of Climate and Weather on the Premodern Provision of Food and Water: New Historical Perspectives on Resilience and Vulnerability. Attendance is free to all interested, registration to acquire…

~ For English see below ~ In september 1992 traden Maarten Prak en Jan Luiten van Zanden aan als part-time hoogleraren Economische en Sociale Geschiedenis na de Middeleeuwen aan de Universiteit Utrecht, samen deze leerstoel delend. Op 15 juni 2022 komt er een eind aan dit experiment, wat gemarkeerd zal worden door het uitspreken van…

~ PLEASE NOTE: due to the effects of COVID19-measures in the Netherlands, this event has been rescheduled to 12-13 May 2022 ~ Hansards in the World gathers and promotes new histories of the Hanse, an association of European merchants and towns, and how they interacted with the wider world in the early modern period. Contributors…

On 14 January, Posthumus-alumnus Amaury de Vicq de Cumptich will defend his dissertation ‘Exploring the Dynamics of Small and Local Financial Institutions. The Case of the Netherlands, c.1860-1940. Small and medium-sized enterprises’ at Utrecht University. The N.W. Posthumus Institute congratulates Amaury with this achievement. Amaury’s research deals with the developments of the Dutch financial system…

On 11 and 12 February 2022, the Centre for Urban History, the Centre for Political History, and the N.W. Posthumus Institute will jointly organise the two-day workshop ‘Politics and consumption in the modern age: New research perspectives’ at the Stadscampus of the University of Antwerp. This workshop aims to reunite scholars who empirically investigate what…

The COVID-19 situation unfortunately urged us to turn the first seminar of the Basic Training into an online event. Notwithstanding this disappointment, sixteen PhD students, seven fellows and two PhD representatives joined the online two-day seminar with interesting presentations and fruitfull discussions. On Thursday, after introductions by Rogier van Kooten (Education Programme Director) and Jasper…

The staff of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and local organisers Dr Wouter Ryckbosch, Dr Heidi Deneweth, and Christophe De Coster MA are happy to announce the dates and location of the second PhD Seminar (‘Work in Progress’) of the Posthumus PhD Training Programme. This seminar will be held at and hosted by Vrije Universiteit Brussel…

~ because of scope, only in Dutch ~ Recent is in de Home Academy-reeks de podcast ‘De Great Divergence‘ van prof. dr. Peer Vries verschenen, een zesdelig hoorcollege over dit historisch economisch uiteengroeien . De meeste experts zijn het erover eens dat de Great Divergence ergens in de achttiende en negentiende eeuw ontstond, toen voor…