Category: News
Introducing new Confidential Advisor Torsten Feys
A few months ago, Heidi Deneweth announced her retirement, which also implied her farewell as Confidential Advisor (vertrouwenspersoon) for PhDs enrolled in the Posthumus PhD Training Programme. We thank Heidi very much for her conscious fulfillment of this position. We…
4TU.History of Technology centre launched
From January 2024, the four technical universities (Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research (both institutions also participating in the N.W. Posthumus Institute), Delft University of Technology, and University of Twente) are pooling their knowledge and expertise in the…
Introducing: New Research Network Coordinators ‘Life-Courses, Family, and Labour’
After having served successfully for several years as Research Network Coordinators of the Research Network ‘Life-Courses, Family, and Labour’, Paul Puschmann and Corinne Boter have decided to hand over their position to two successors. We are happy to inform you…
Did you notice? Some changes on our homepage…
You may have noticed it already, but the appearance of our website has been slightly redesigned. Because of the number of news items and because some messages appeared in several categories at the same time, messages appeared to get ‘out…
Nicolas Brenninkmeijer new PhD Representative
We are happy to inform you that Nicolas Brenninkmeijer has agreed to join the group of PhD representatives of the N.W. Posthumus Institute. The PhD Representatives represent the PhD participants enrolled in the PhD Training Programme of the N.W. Posthumus…
PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Arlinde Vrooman (University of Groningen)
On 28 March 2024, Posthumus alumna Arlinde Vrooman successfully defended her thesis ‘Here to Heal? The Effect of Colonial Rule on Disease and Health Care in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire: ca. 1900-1955’ at the Faculty of Economics and Business of…
PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Sietske van der Veen
On 31 May 2024, Posthumus alumna Sietske van der Veen successfully defended the thesis ‘Novel Opportunities, Perpetual Barriers: Patterns of Social Mobility and Integration among the Jewish Dutch Elite, 1870-1940’ at Utrecht University. Promotores were Professor Lex Heerma van Voss…
PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Eva van der Heijden
On 21 March 2024, Posthumus alumna Eva van der Heijden successfully defended her thesis ‘Educational Endeavors: Children of immigrants in education in the Netherlands, 1980-2020’ at Leiden University. Promotor was Professor Leo Lucassen (Leiden University), co-promotor Professor Helga de Valck…
PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Damion Bunders
On 15 March 2024, Posthumus alumnus Damion Bunders will defend his thesis ‘Gigs of their Own: can platform cooperatives become resilient?’ at the Erasmus Research Institute of Management of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Damion’s dissertation is about platform cooperatives as an…
PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Patrick Naaktgeboren
On 11 January 2024, Posthumus alumnus Patrick Naaktgeboren successfully defended his PhD thesis ‘Private partnerships in early modern Antwerp (1621–1791) at Maastricht University. Promotores were Professor Bram Van Hofstraeten (Maastricht University) and Professor Jeroen Puttevils (University of Antwerp). Patricks dissertation…