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Call for Papers – Conference ‘How did we lift the burden? Infectious Disease Mortality in the Western and Non-Western World (1800-now)’ – deadline 31 March 2025

On 28 and 29 August 2025, the COST-Action network GREATLEAP, in collaboration with the Radboud University Nijmegen, the HiDo network, and the IUSSP Panel ‘Epidemics and Contagious Diseases: The Legacy of the Past’. The conference serves as a closing event of the NWO-funded research project ‘Lifting the burden of disease. The modernisation of health in the Netherlands: Amsterdam,…

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Inaugural lecture Professor Arthur van Riel

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…

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Valedictory lecture Professor Hein Klemann

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…

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Janna Coomans new coordinator of Research Network ‘Economy and Society of the Pre-industrial Low Countries in Comparative Perspective’

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…

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Symposium ‘Archeologie en de stad’ – registreer uiterlijk 28 maart 2025

~ 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…

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Call to support applications for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 (CISPAC)

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…

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Successful Seminar I in Maastricht

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…

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Symposium ‘Colonial Archives and Meaningful Digital Infrastructure’

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…

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