~ 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…

On 25 June 2026, Jan Kok, Professor of Economical, Social and Demographic History at the Faculty of Arts, Radboud University, and longstanding member of the N.W. Posthumus Institute, will deliver a valedictory lecture (in Dutch), titled ‘Homo Dipisiensis: Over de historische demografie van ontheemden’. The lecture can be attend in-person, in that case pre-registration is…

On 4 June 2026, the N.W. Posthumus Institute, organises a book workshop, to be led by initiator Viola Müller, postdoc researcher and lecturer within the Economic and Environmental History Group at Wageningen UR. Aim of the workshop This workshop aims to bring together a community of researchers struggling with similar issues, e.g. writing for a…

The editorial board of the Journal for the History of Environment and Society (JHES), among whom a large number of Posthumus fellows, invites submissions for its 2026 Special Issue, dedicated to exploring the role of the Low Countries as both a place and an actor in global environmental history. Welcomed are contributions that illuminate how…

On 27 March 2026, Posthumus alumna Alessandra De Mulder (University of Antwerp) successfully defended the thesis ‘Embedding a consumer revolution: Shifting values in the language of London auction advertisements, c. 1730-1830’ at the FelixArchief in Antwerp. Supervisors were Professor Bruno Blondé and Professor Ilja Van Damme (both University of Antwerp. Alessandra’s dissertation examines the emergence…

The Tensions of Europe Early Career Scholars Network welcomes applications from both PhDs and Postdocs for the Summer School ‘Tensions of Europe 2026’ on 6-7 July 2026, which is organised in connection to the XII Tensions of Europe Conference ‘The meaning of the past in sustainable futures’, which will be held on the next days…