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WORCK Training School – Rewriting Labour Histories: Perspectives from the Globe
The WORCK Training School will bring together 20-25 MA and PhD students from all over Europe during a 5-day program. The program includes lectures from international scholars, roundtables, and seminars. They will focus on theoretical and methodological issues as well…
Historicidagen 2022 – ‘Grenzeloze Geschiedenis’ / Historians’ Days 2022 – ‘History Beyond Borders’
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…
Radio-interview met Wouter Ryckbosch in ‘De Wereld van Sofie’
~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…
Expert Meeting Sport, Migration, Citizenship, ‘Race’ and National Identity: Towards a new research agenda
~ 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…
PhD Defence Amaury de Vicq de Cumptich (Utrecht University)
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…
Impression PhD Seminar I – ‘My project in a nutshell’
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…
Podcast ‘De Great Divergence’ door prof. dr. Peer Vries
~ 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…
Platform Digital Infrastructure SSH awards grants to Posthumus Board member Jan Kok and Posthumus fellow Auke Rijpma
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,…
In memoriam: Prof. dr. Joh. de Vries (1927-2021)
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…
Ewout Frankema appointed as new Chair of the General Board
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…