From 25 until and including 27 August 2022, the annual Historicidagen will be held in Rotterdam. The Historians’ Days are jointly organized by the Royal Netherlands Historical Society (KNHG) and the History Department of the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), are meant for everyone interested in history, professionally or otherwise. The event showcases the many diverse…

~due to scope, only in Dutch ~ Op 17 januari 2022 werd Wouter Ryckbosch, economisch en sociaal historicus aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel en algemeen bestuurslid van het N.W. Posthumus Instituut geïnterviewd voor het programma ‘De Wereld van Sofie’ op de Vlaamse radiozender Radio 1. In deze uitzending kwamen onder andere aan bod de vraag…

~ Please note that this event has been postponed from its original dates in February to 23-24 June 2022 ~ On 23 and 24 June 2022, the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (Erasmus University Rotterdam) organises an Expert Meeting ‘Sport, Migration, Citizenship, ‘Race’ and National Identity: Towards a new research agenda’. This meeting…

On 14 January, Posthumus-alumnus Amaury de Vicq de Cumptich successfully defended his dissertation ‘Exploring the Dynamics of Small and Local Financial Institutions. The Case of the Netherlands, c.1860-1940. Small and medium-sized enterprises’ at Utrecht University. The N.W. Posthumus Institute congratulates Amaury with this achievement. Amaury’s research deals with the developments of the Dutch financial system…

The COVID-19 situation unfortunately urged us to turn the first seminar of the Basic Training into an online event. Notwithstanding this disappointment, sixteen PhD students, seven fellows and two PhD representatives joined the online two-day seminar with interesting presentations and fruitfull discussions. On Thursday, after introductions by Rogier van Kooten (Education Programme Director) and Jasper…

~ because of scope, only in Dutch ~ Recent is in de Home Academy-reeks de podcast ‘De Great Divergence‘ van prof. dr. Peer Vries verschenen, een zesdelig hoorcollege over dit historisch economisch uiteengroeien . De meeste experts zijn het erover eens dat de Great Divergence ergens in de achttiende en negentiende eeuw ontstond, toen voor…

There is a strong desire in the SSH field to assign part of the resources intended for the SSH Sector Plan of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) to a domain wide digital SSH plan. For this purpose, the SSH Council – which represents the SSH field – initiated the Platform for Digital…

Prof. dr. Joh. de Vries (1927-2021) Op 13 oktober 2021 overleed prof. dr. Joh. (Hans) de Vries. Hij werd 94 jaar. Hij was vijfentwintig jaar hoogleraar Economische Geschiedenis in Tilburg en wordt in Nederland gezien als wegbereider van bedrijfsgeschiedenissen die voldoen aan de normen van wetenschappelijke geschiedschrijving. In 1992 ging hij met emeritaat en in…

At the latest General Board meeting of the N.W. Posthumus Institute, chair of the General Board Professor Hilde Greefs announced the completion of her period as chair person. The General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute wants to express thanks to Hilde for her successful time as chair. The General Board is also proud to…

Fondazione Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica “F. Datini” and the European School for Training in Economic and Social Historical Research (ESTER) will organise their sixth jointly-organized Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar for economic and social historians on 8-13 May 2022, in Prato (Italy) on the theme of “Economic Innovations” The organisers ESTER, established in 1991, is an international…