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Student Competition: Nobel laureate Paul Krugman in Conversation with the Next Gen on Global Challenges and Local Solutions – deadline 25 May 2026

The Dutch Central Bank (DNB), in collaboration with Universiteit van Nederland, SSH-raad, EHERO-EUR, and The Regional Science Academy invites university students from across the Netherlands to submit their innovative ideas on critical economic and political issues. This student competition forms part of a larger, high-key event on 3 June 2026, featuring a keynote speech by…

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Vacature: Postdoc Historische materiaalstromen en circulariteit in de keramische industrie (9 maanden; Maastricht University) – deadline 20 mei 2026

~ because of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Maastricht University zoekt een postdoctoraal onderzoeker (9 maanden) die de historische ontwikkeling van materiaalstromen, logistieke netwerken en industriële landschappen in de Limburgse keramische industrie onderzoekt. Dit onderzoek vindt plaats in het kader van het onderzoeksproject Past Flows, Future Cycles: Landscape and Logistics Lessons from Limburg. Door…

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Annual ESDH Meeting including book launch (University of Groningen, 27 May 2026)

On 27 May 2026, the 2026 Annual Economic, Social, Demographic, and Health (ESDH) Histories meeting will be organised in cooperation with the Intersecting Inequalities Research Group of the Research Centre for Historical Studies (CHS) of the University of Groningen. The 2026 meeting will take place in the Marie Lokke room of the Harmony Complex and…

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Research Workshop ‘Mortality, Morbidity, and Medicine: Historical Health and Demography across the Atlantic’ – deadline 30 April 2026

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…

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Nieuw Oral History Portal BHIC gelanceerd

~ 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,…

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Prof. F. de Vries-lecture 2026 delivered by Nobel laureate Joel Mokyr

On 13 May 2026, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), together with the Foundation Prof. F. de Vries, jointly organise the Prof. F. de Vries-lecture. This year, the lecture will be delivered by Professor Joel Mokyr, Nobel laureate in Economics 2025. In his lecture, titled The market for ideas: then and now,…

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Call for papers and panels: MarxismNL Conference 2026: ‘Pulling the Emergency Brake’ – deadline 29 May 2026

On 8 and 9 October 2026, MarxismNL will organise its first conference. MarxismNL is a network of Marxist students, researchers, and teachers active in the Netherlandst, promoting both academic and non-academic events such as public lectures, societal and political debates, reading groups, book launches by members or affiliated groups. The 2026 MarxismNL research conference offers…

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