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Publicatie boek ‘Dievenland: overleven in de middeleeuwen’ van Posthumus fellow Janna Coomans
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Onlangs is bij Uitgeverij De Bezige Bij het boek Dievenland: overleven in de middeleeuwen van de hand van Janna Coomans, Posthumus fellow en coördinator van ons onderzoeksnetwerk ‘Economy and Society of the…
Posthumus board member Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk selected as new member KNAW
On its 217th anniversary, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has selected Professor Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk, also Board member of the N.W. Posthumus Institute, as new Academy member. KNAW Academy members are selected from a large…
Pop-up Exposition and Conversation Piece – The Circle redrawn, Women at Work
From 7 until 22 May 2025, a temporary exhibition can be seen in the University Library at the Drift: The Circle redrawn, Women at Work. This exposition is organised by an interdisciplinary group of researchers (among whom Dr Sara Carmichael,…
Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Tessa De Boer
On 7 May 2025 Posthumus alumna Tessa de Boer successfully defended the PhD thesis ‘A Truth Universally Acknowledged. Dutch Investment in French Colonial Resources in the Eighteenth Century’ at Leiden University. Supervisors were Professor Cátia Antunes (Leiden University) and Dr…
Posthumus Conference 2025 – REGISTRATION NOW OPEN – keynote lecture by Professor Tamara Herzog (Harvard University)
We are happy to announce registration for the Posthumus Conference 2025 website is now open! On 27 and 28 May 2025, the Posthumus Conference 2025 will be held in Nijmegen at Radboud University, hosted by Dr Dries Lyna and Dr…
Interdisciplinary Symposium in the Humanities ‘[ReMa]king Identity’ – register by 22 May 2025
The students of the Research Master’s programme in Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies at Radboud University invite students, postdocs and all others interestes humanistic research to join the Interdisciplinary Symposium in the Humanities on ‘[ReMa]king Identity’, to be held on…
3rd ISRH Global Conference: ‘Migration in a World of Regions’ (webinar)
The International Society for Regional History (ISRH) invites scholars to submit abstracts for the 3rd ISRH Global Conference, ‘Migration in a World of Regions’, to be held in September 2025. The conference will be held online as webinar. This conference…
8th Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food – registration open now!
On 5 and 6 June 2025, the 8th Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food will take place at Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam. The Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food is the bi-annual international point of assembly and…
ESTER RDC (University of Seville, 3-5 November 2025)
On 3 to 5 November 2025 the 2025 edition of the ESTER Research Design Course (RDC) will be held. This year’s edition will be hosted by the University of Seville under the guidance of Dr Germán Jiménez Montes (photo). The…
Successful seminar Posthumus PhDs at Eindhoven University of Technology
On 10 and 11 April 2025, Eindhoven University of Technology was the scene of the second seminar (‘Work in progress’) of the PhD Training Programme for the PhDs of cohort 2024. Thirty-two PhD students gathered to present their minor paper…