The Dutch Research Council (NWO) recently has granted funding to the research project ‘Slavery past present: Dutch slavery and colonialism and their present-day impact’. This research will be carried out by a consortium involving many researchers from a wide range of research institutions, among whom Posthumus fellows Dr Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge and Dr Coen van Galen,…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 29 mei vindt de lancering van een initiatief voor een vernieuwd Jaarboek voor de Geschiedenis van Arbeidersbewegingen en Socialisme in Nederland plaats onder de titel ‘‘Aan het werk!’ Nieuwe wegen voor de geschiedenis van arbeidersbewegingen en het socialisme!’ De initiatiefnemers willen hiermee nieuw leven inblazen in…

The N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to welcome you at the Posthumus Conference 2026, to be held on 21 and 22 May 2026 at the International Institute of Social History (IISG/IISH) in Amsterdam. This year’s theme will be ‘Global Capitalism’. The conference will be hosted by the IISH team under the guidance of Professor Ulbe…

On 8 June 2026, preceding the PhD Defence by Posthumus alumnus Dinos Sevdalakis, Dinos will organise the Research Workshop ‘Research Workshop ‘Mortality, Morbidity, and Medicine: Historical Health and Demography across the Atlantic’ at the Academy Building of the University of Groningen. This workshop is supported by the Research Network ‘Life-Courses, Family, and Labour’ of the…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Onlangs heeft het Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (BHIC) het Oral History Portal gelanceerd. De portal is opgezet door masterstudenten Geschiedenis Jetze Boon en Rosa Raeijmaekers (beiden Radboud Universiteit) en bundelt zogeheten oral history-interviews: geluidsopnames van gesprekken over persoonlijke herinneringen. Deze opnames waren al onderdeel van de BHIC-collectie,…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Het Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (BHIC) stelt twee Elisabeth H. Korvezee Fellowships beschikbaar voor de periode september 2026-februari 2027. Aanvragen staan open voor studenten die hun BA of MA korter dan 3 jaar geleden behaald hebben. Met het Elisabeth H. Korvezee Fellowship ondersteunt het BHIC jonge onderzoekers…

On 8 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Dinos Sevdalakis will defend the thesis ‘Tracing the roots of population growth: Fertility and mortality transitions in West Africa (1880-1980)’ at the University of Groningen. Supervisors are Professor Hilde Bras and Dr Adrien Remund (both University of Groningen) The N.W. Posthumus Institute wishes Dinos a successful defence!

On 24 June 2026, Dr Kate Ekama (Stellenbosch University) will deliver a public lecture on the brand-new ‘Project 1834’, which relates to Stellenbosch University’s broader transformation policy and efforts toward research, restitution, and social justice. Dr Kate Ekama is a Senior Researcher at Stellenbosch University and the Laboratory for the Economics of Africa’s Past (LEAP)….

On 24 June 2026, the research groups ‘Colonial Relations and Structures’ and the ‘Radboud Group for Historical Demography and Family History’ (both Radboud Institute for Culture and History), in cooperation with the N.W. Posthumus Institute, organise the masterclass Masterclass ‘Social Histories of Dutch Colonialism in the Indian Ocean World’. Keynote speaker at this masterclass will be…

The TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History recently published a special issue on the theme ‘Pioneers in Migration History’. This special edition is dedicated to Marlou Schrover and Leo Lucassen, both retiring in the course of 2026. Marlou Schrover and Leo Lucassen are both widely recognised as pioneers in migration…