Category: News
New book publication by Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten van Zanden
Posthumus fellows Emeritus Professors Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten Zanden have published a new book with Princeton Universiyt Press, entitled Pioneers in Capitalism: The Netherlands 1000-1800. The Netherlands was one of the pioneers of capitalism in the Middle Ages, giving…
5th Conference Of The European Society Of Historical Demography
From the prehistorical migrations to our globalized world, humankind has always been confronted with “others”, who are spontaneously compared to “us”. First, it usually implies a fascination for differences, often – but not always followed by a discovery of commonalities.…
News for our December newsletter? Make sure to let us know ultimately 14 December!
Because of the rapidly approaching Christmas Holidays, the December issue of our Newsletter will appear a week earlier than usual. Do you have any news items, events, calls, or vacancies you want to share with our readers? Make sure to…
PhD defence Bas Machielsen
On 18 january 2023, Posthumus alumnus Bas Machielsen will defend his thesis ‘The Political Elite, Self-Interest and Democratization’, in which he examines the influence of self-interest on the decision-making of political elites. Literature has already documented various ways in which actions…
Maartens van Sevenhoven medal awarded to Rozemarijn Moes
At the Gelderse Landdag 2022, the 2022 edition of the annual meeting of Erfgoed Gelderland, the Maartens van Sevenhoven medal was awarded to Posthumus PhD Student Rozemarijn Moes for her research on the historical demography of Guelders from prehistorical times…
NEW DATE Maddison Lecture Professor William Easterly – ‘Western Development Efforts: Altruism vs Self-Interest
This event, originally scheduled for 27 October, has now been rescheduled to 15 December 2022 Annually, the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) organises the Maddison Lecture at the University of Groningen. This year’s lecture will be delivered by Professor…
Maritime solidarity: Past and present
The Organising committee of the two-day conference (Posthumus board member Professor Pepijn Brandon (VU Amsterdam/IISH), Dr Niklas Frykman, Professor Marcus Rediker (both University of Pittsburgh), and Professor and activist Nandita Sharma (University of Hawai‘i at Manoa)) invite paper proposals. Papers…
CLARIAH & NDE Annual Conference 2022
On Thursday 24 November 2022, CLARIAH and Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed (NDE) jointly organise their annual conference in Utrecht. This year’s theme will be ‘Heritage meets Digital Humanities’. The focus will be on the CLARIAH digital humanities infrastructure and its use…
Annual Report 2021 N.W. Posthumus Institute available
The staff of the N.W. Posthumus Institute kindly presents to you the Annual Report 2021. This report provides a detailed insight in the activities and achievements of the N.W. Posthumus Institute over 2021, a year strongly affected by the COVID…
Datini-ESTER Advanced Seminar 2023: ‘Economic Exchanges’
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 14-20 May 2023, in Prato…