Category: News
VIDI grant awarded to Matthias van Rossum
In the most recent round of VIDI grants, Posthumus-fellow Dr Matthias van Rossum (IISH) was awarded a VIDI Grant for his research project Differences in enslavement. This project researches how the ways in which people were enslaved (for example by…
N.W. Posthumus Institute congratulates graduates PhD Basic Training
At the Posthumus Conference 2022, held on 30 June and 1 July at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the PhDs present received their Certificate obtained for completing the Basic PhD Training Programma of…
Workshop ‘Digital mapping for historians with QGIS’
A map can be an excellent way to visualize your research, but only a small percentage of people know how to make them. Have you been wanting to learn more about digital mapping for your research, but do not know…
N.W. Posthumus Instituut, Huizinga Instituut en Onderzoeksschool Politieke Geschiedenis organiseren sessie Historicidagen 2022
~ because of scope, only in Dutch ~ Van 25 tot en met 27 augustus 2022 vinden in Rotterdam de KNHG Historicidagen plaats. Op het programma staat een rijke variatie aan sessies en presentaties; bij een aanzienlijk aantal van deze…
Posthumus staff welcomes Midas van de Weetering as student assistant
As of 16 May 2022, the staff of the N.W. Posthumus Institute will be temporarily (until June 2023) supported by student assistant Midas van de Weetering. Midas is currently in the second year of his BA in History at Utrecht…
Valedictory Speeches Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten van Zanden – register before 1 June 2022
~ For Dutch version click here ~ On Wednesday 15 June at 15:00 Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten van Zanden both will deliver a valedictory speech on the occasion of their retirement and as a conclusion of their thirty years…
Afscheidscolleges Maarten Prak en Jan Luiten van Zanden – registreer voor 1 juni 2022
~ For English version click here ~ Op woensdag 15 juni om 15:00 uur houden Maarten Prak en Jan Luiten van Zanden beiden een afscheidscollege ter gelegenheid van hun pensionering, na dertig jaar gezamenlijk hoogleraarschap Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis aan…
Lecture Professor Deepak Nayyar – ‘The Asian Miracle: Learning From a Half-century of Transformations’ – register before 13 June 2022
The Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS), the Section Economics of WUR and the N.W. Posthumus Institute jointly and cordially invite you to a lecture by Professor Deepak Nayyar (Emeritus Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi), entitled…
Change in General Board N.W. Posthumus Institute
As of May 2022, Professor Hans Mol will be succeeded as representative of the Fryske Akademy in the General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute by Professor Hanno Brand. The N.W. Posthumus Institute board expresses its thanks to Professor Hans…
Round table and book launch ‘The early modern state’ preceding valedictory speech Professor Marjolein ‘t Hart
Preceding her valedictory speech, colleagues and friends will celebrate the work of Professor Marjolein ’t Hart by discussing her work and launching the book The early modern state: Drivers, beneficiaries and discontents (eds. Pepijn Brandon, Lex Heerma van Voss and…