On 27 and 28 May 2025, the Posthumus Conference 2025 was held in Nijmegen at Radboud University, hosted by Dr Dries Lyna and Dr Joris van den Tol and visited by c. 140 participants. This year’s conference was on the central theme ‘The People vs Structures’ with a reflection on how legal systems, institutions, and…

The Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) has awarded a FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Kristof Loockx, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and postdoctoral researcher a the University of Antwerp. This fellowship is awarded to selected researchers who have completed their PhD a few years ago to further specialise in their research discipline. With the…

The Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) has awarded a FWO Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Charris De Smet, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and postdoctoral researcher at the Department of History as well as affiliated to the Centre for Political History (PoHis) of the University of Antwerp. This fellowship is awarded to selected researchers who…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Bij Uitgeverij Ertsberg is onlangs het boek Koks & Kelners 1750-1950 van emeritus professor Patricia Van den Eeckhout, fellow van het N.W. Posthumus Instituut, verschenen. Dit boek vertelt de geschiedenis van het alomtegenwoordige, maar ‘onzichtbare’ horecapersoneel. Koks waren letterlijk, maar ook het zaalpersoneel in zekere zin onzichtbaar….

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 10 oktober 2025 organiseert de werkgroep Stedengeschiedenis een bijeenkomst bij de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed onder de titel ‘Nieuw onderzoek naar Amsterdam: stedelijke ruimte, water en erfgoed’. Dagvoorzitter is dr. Roos van Oosten (universitair docent Universiteit Leiden). Bevestigde sprekers zijn dr. Clé Lesger (historicus, Universiteit…

The Centre for Urban History and the Urban Studies Institute of the University of Antwerp invite you to the public lecture of the 2025 Raymond van Uytven Chair for Urban History by Emeritus Professor Carl Nightingale, on Wednesday 2 July 2025. Carl Nightingale is Professor Emeritus of Urban History and World History at the University…

~ because of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Het Departement Geschiedenis en het Urban Studies Institute van de Universiteit Antwerpen zijn op zoek naar een voltijdse (100%) doctoraatsbursaal in het domein van de stadsgeschiedenis en/of historische geografie. De focus van het onderzoek ligt op de relatie tussen mobiliteit en verstedelijking in de 19de en…

On 2 June 2025, the Deep Transitions Lab (supported by UGlobe and the Strategic Theme Institutions for Open Societies of Utrecht University), organises an event on the theme ‘Legacy and transitions: Rotterdam’s port in a global sustainability context’, addressing both its history and the challenges it faces in transitioning to a sustainable port. The organisers…

The Gerda Henkel Foundation has awarded a grant of 253k euro to ‘Economies of Trust? A New Digital Infrastructure on the Urban Poor in the Cape Colony’. This project, administered by Radboud University, is a two-year project led by  Dr Dries Lyna (assistant professor at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History and member of…

On 14 May 2025, Posthumus alumnus Bart Spliet successfully defended the PhD thesis ‘The Demand of the Invisible Hand. The Consumer Revolution and Social Inequality in the (Pre)Modern Metropolis’ at the University of Antwerp. Supervisors were Professor Bruno Blondé (University of Antwerp) and Professor Wouter Ryckbosch (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). Bas’ dissertation confronts two schools of…