In July 2024, Dr Tim Riswick, Posthumus fellow and member of the Educational Committee of the N.W. Posthumus Institute, was granted a Veni Grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for his project ‘Unravelling Health Inequalities: The Historical Roots of Inequality in Death and Disease in West-European Port Cities, 1850-1950’. Social inequality in health is…

The local organising committee invites you to the international conference on corporate taxation and its avoidance at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam on 29 November 2024: ‘The Netherlands a Tax Paradise? Complexities of Corporate Tax Avoidance’. This conference is part of a larger international historical project financed by the German Volkswagen Foundation. The conference addresses…

At the General Board meeting of the N.W. Posthumus Institute of 24 September 2024 two new PhD representatives were welcomed. Silke Baas will take the place of her namesake Silke Geven. Silke Geven is now focusing on the completing of her PhD trajectory at the University of Antwerp. We thank Silke for her efforts for…

On 14 and 15 November 2024 the conference ‘Back to the Future: Thinking about Futures in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe and Beyond’ will be held in Antwerp and online. This conference is directly related to the ERC-funded project ‘Back to the Future: Future expectations and actions in late medieval and early modern Europe,…

Organisers Yuliya Hilevych, Karen Hollewand and Hanneke de Boer (all University of Groningen) will organise a mini-conference on the topic ’40 years of abortion legislation in the Netherlands’ Legal abortion access and provision cannot be taken for granted. While some states have made abortion illegal again today, there are also states that – on the…

This online lecture series is scheduled as part of the COST Project CA22116 – The Great Leapand is organised in co-operation with the N.W. Posthumus Institute. It is targeted at students and scholars at all levels interested in exploring major issues related to health inequalities from a historical point of view. There are four modules,…

The researchers involved in the recently completed project ‘(Re)counting the Uncounted’ welcome you at the project presentation on 16 October 2024 at the International Institute of Social History. In this project, funded by the Dutch Research Council NWO, the researchers have taken on the challenge of replicating and testing the findings of four so-called cornerstone…

Op donderdag 19 september wordt wederom de Scriptieprijs Brabantse Geschiedenis uitgereikt aan degene die de beste masterscriptie over de Brabantse geschiedenis schreef. Ook promovendus Matthias Van Laer (Uantwerpen en Posthumus alumnus) is één van de genomineerden met een scriptie getiteld: “Vermogensongelijkheid en leeftijd in België. Casus Borgerhout, 1856-1920”. Succes Matthias en de andere genomineerden! Meer…

Recently, Dr Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz has joined our General Board as representative of the University of Amsterdam. This position became vacant because Dr Danielle van den Heuvel has recently been appointed Professor of Social and Economic History at Utrecht University. Dr Wubs is Associate Professor in Medieval History at the University of Amsterdam. Her research interests…

On 17 October 2024, Posthumus alumnus Ewout Hasken will defend his PhD thesis ‘From Rags to Riches: Changing Perceptions of Family Business in the Netherlands, 1945-2019’ at Utrecht University. Promotores are Professor Bas van Bavel and Professor Naomi Ellemers (both Utrecht University), co-promotor is Dr Gerarda Westerhuis, previously Assistant Professor at Utrecht University and currently…