The rector magnificus of the Erasmus University Rotterdam announces that Dr A. (Arthur) van Riel, appointed as endowed Professor of Historical Political Economy at Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, on behalf of Stichting Erasmus Trustfonds, will publicly accept his appointment on Friday, 24 January with an inaugural lecture entitled ‘The welfare state as…

On 7 February 2025, Professor Hein Klemann, Professor of Economic History and International Relations at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, and former board member of the N.W. Posthumus Institute will deliver his public valedictory lecture, entitled ‘Dutch Shipbuilding and Colonies’. The lecture will be followed by a public reception at the same…

Over the past years, Professor Pepijn Brandon, together with Dr Wout Saelens, coordinated the Research Network ‘Economy and Society of the Pre-industrial Low Countries in Comparative Perspective’ of the N.W. Posthumus Institute. Because of his obligations at VU Amsterdam and his new function at BMHN / KNHG, Pepijn has decided to hand over his tasks…

~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Op vrijdag 4 april 2025 organiseert de werkgroep Stedengeschiedenis een bijeenkomst bij de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE, Smallepad 5, Amersfoort) onder de titel ‘Archeologie en de stad’. De studiedag is gratis voor eenieder toegankelijk, aanmelden via mail is noodzakelijk uiterlijk 27 maart 2025. Verzoek is…

The Centro de Investigación Interuniversitario das Paisaxes Atlánticas Culturais – Interuniversity Research Centre for Atlantic Cultural Landscapes (CISPAC) is launching a call to support applications for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025, with estimated publication and submission dates in April and September 2025, respectively. CISPAC is a new generation inter-university research center in social and human…

We are happy to announce the launch of the Posthumus Conference 2025 website! 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 Joris van den Tol. This year’s conference will be on the central theme ‘The People vs Structures’:…

On Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December the N.W. Posthumus Institute had the pleasure of time welcoming 35 new PhD students of cohort 2024 (the largest cohort ever) in our PhD programme. We thank director Nico Randeraad and deputy director Joris Roosen of FASoS Research Institute and Sociaal Historisch Centrum voor Limburg for their hospitality…

On 24 January 2025, preceding the inaugural lecture of Professor Matthias van Rossum, the symposium ‘Colonial Archives and Meaningful Digital Infrastructure’ will take place at Radboud University. This symposium brings together researchers and practitioners to discuss the challenges and opportunities of working with digitized colonial records. The symposium explores challenges, questions, and examples surrounding digital…

As per 1 January 2025, Pim de Zwart will be succeeded as coordinator of the Research Network ‘Globalisation, Inequality, and Sustainability in Long-Term Perspective’ of the N.W. Posthumus Institute by his colleague Daniel Gallardo Albarrán. The N.W. Posthumus Institute is very grateful to Pim voor his efforts for the Research Network and for the N.W….

The EMES International Research Network, in partnership with the Rotterdam School of Management of Erasmus University Rotterdam and Utrecht University announces the 10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise on the theme ‘Scaling Through Communities: The Role of Social Entrepreneurs and Social Enterprises in Boosting Societal Transitions’. The conference will take place from 3-7…