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HisGIS.nl: navigeren door het Nederland van 1832

Achter ieder perceel een verhaal Waar moderne navigatiesystemen ons vandaag door de wereld leiden, doet HisGIS.nl dat voor het Nederland van 1832. Nieuwe financiering heeft het platform sterk verbeterd in duurzaamheid en gebruiksvriendelijkheid, en toegankelijk gemaakt voor een breed publiek.…

Volkskrant-IISH Thesis prize 2026

Have you written a great thesis or do you know someone who has? This year, de Volkskrant and the IISG are again looking for impressive theses on a historical subject. Students of studies other than history are also warmly invited to compete.…

Call for book proposals new book series on Historical Demography

Central European University Press (CEU Press) and Amsterdam University Press (AUP) are announcing the launch of a new book series on Historical Demography, published under the auspices of the European Society for Historical Demography. Series editors are Tim Riswick, Assistant…

PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Cécile Bruyet

On 26 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Cécile Bruyet will defend the PhD thesis ‘A Taste for Land: How Access to Land Shaped Access to Food in Late Medieval Antwerp (1430-1530)’ at the University of Antwerp. Supervisors are Preofessors Tim Soens…

Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Max-Quentin Bischoff

On 10 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Max-Quentin Bischoff successfully defended the PhD thesis ‘Merchants’ Futures: Plans and expectations in the Tucher family company, c.1520-c.1550′ at the FelixArchief. Supervisor was Jeroen Puttevils (University of Antwerp). Drawing on the annotation and analysis…

Posthumus website ‘frozen’ from 18 June

Please note that, because of the transfer of the N.W. Posthumus Institute to the new penholder Leiden University in July 2026, this website of the N.W. Posthumus Institute will remain ‘static’ after 17 June 2026 until the transfer has been…