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Workshop ‘Exploring the Links between Genetics and Historical Demography’ – deadline registration 30 September 2022
On 7 October 2022 the Nature & Nurture-workshop ‘Exploring the Links between Genetics and Historical Demography’ will take place in Leuven, Belgium. This workshop is made possible by funding from the HiDo Scientific Network for Historical Demography. The full program…
N.W. Posthumus Institute receives book collection from Posthumus family
Just before the Summer holidays, the N.W. Posthumus Institute received a collection of books and documents, until then owned by relatives of N.W. Posthumus (1880-1960). Among them were some personal documents, the earliest of which dated from N.W. Posthumus’ times…
Jaarcongres ‘Oorlog op afstand. De Lage Landen tussen neutraliteit en betrokkenheid’ (aanmelden tot 30 november 2022)
~ because of scope, only in Dutch ~ Op 9 december 2022 organiseert de werkgroep De Moderne Tijd haar jaarcongres. Het thema voor 2022 luidt ‘Oorlog op afstand. De Lage Landen tussen neutraliteit en betrokkenheid’. Dat de regeringen van Nederland…
Phd Defence Esther Beeckaert (Ghent University)
On 7 October 2022 at 16:00 sharp, Posthumus alumna Ester Beeckaert will defend her PhD thesis ‘Rural transformation in the Ardennes: The commons as landscapes of change, 1750-1850’ to obtain her PhD in History from Ghent University. Promotors are Professor…
Najaarsbijeenkomst SGVDO ‘Garnizoensstad Maastricht in de achttiende eeuw’
~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Op 20 oktober 2022 organiseert de Stichting Geschiedenis van de Overheidsfinanciën (SGVDO) haar najaarsbijeenkomst in Maastricht. Het thema van de najaarsbijeenkomst is ‘Garnizoensstad Maastricht in de achttiende eeuw’. De stad viel onder…
New publication on East Asian industrialisation by Prof. Peer Vries
In August 2022, publishing house Brill has published a new book by Professsor Peer Vries, entitled An East Asian Route of Industrialization? The Case of Japan, 1868-1937. With this book Peer Vries is the first scholar to provide an extensive…
Applied History Conferentie 2022
~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Dankzij de Toegepaste Geschiedenis kunnen we hedendaagse gebeurtenissen en ontwikkelingen beter begrijpen. Om dit vakgebied een podium te geven, organiseert het Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis van de Universiteit Utrecht op 24 september 2022…
Kate Frederick awarded Dissertation Award at WEHC2022
Dr Katherine Frederick, one of both Research Directors of the Posthumus Research Network ‘Societies in Context: Interactions between humans and rural-urban environments’, has been awarded the IEHA Dissertation Award in the WEHC 2022 Dissertation Competition in the category ’20th-21st century’…
Boek ‘De grootste slavenhandelaren van Amsterdam’ (Ramona Negrón & Jessica den Oudsten)
~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Op 23 augustus 2022 is bij Walburg Pers het boek De grootste slavenhandelaren van Amsterdam. Over Jochem Matthijs en Coenraad Smitt van Posthumus-promovendi Ramona Negrón en Jessica den Oudsten verschenen. De jaren…
Masterclass ‘Between Integration and Expulsion’ with Beate Althammer
The Ghent University Research Group “Social History since 1750” in collaboration with the N.W. Posthumus Institute is hosting the masterclass ‘Between Integration and Expulsion: Actors, Practices and Subjects of Migration Control in 19th- and 20th-century Europe’, delivered by Dr Beate…