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Conference ‘Households as Coercive Labour Regimes II’ (Bonn, 15-17 Jan 2027)
On 15 and 16 January 2027, the international coe ‘Households as Coercive Labour Regimes II’ will be jointly organised by the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS) of the University of Bonn and the International Institute of Social…
Valedictory lecture Professor Marlou Schrover
On 6 March 2026, Professor Marlou Schrover, who has been a member of the N.W. Posthumus Institute from the very start, delivered her valedictory lecture at Leiden University, titled Verleden, heden en toekomst: hoe we het verleden kunnen gebruiken om…
Book launch ‘Lives, Land, and Labour: A Social History of Eighteenth-Century Sri Lanka’ by Posthumus fellow Luc Bulten
On 15 April 2026, the Stichting Nederland-Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Research Network ‘Routes and Roots in Colonial and Global History’ of the N.W. Posthumus Institute will organise a book launch event for Lives, Land, and Labour. A Social…
Changes in General Board
Recently, there have been some changes in the General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute. Because of her retirement, Professor Marlou Schrover also retired from the General Board as well as from the Executive Committee of the N.W. Posthumus Institute.…
Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Yannis Skalli-Housseini
On 11 March 2026, Posthumus alumna Yannis Skalli-Housseini successfully defended the thesis ‘In the Name of Distributive Justice: Debating Fiscal Reform in 18th-Century Flanders’ at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Supervisor were is Professor Wouter Ryckbosch (Ghent University) and Dr Klaas…
PhD positie FWO Project ‘Labore et Constantia. Continuïteit en verandering in de werkritmes in de Plantijnse drukkerij (ca. 1580-1840)’ (UA) – deadline 1 juli 2026
~ because of scope an required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Het Departement Erfgoedstudies van de Faculteit Ontwerpwetenschappen aan de Universiteit van Antwerpen zoekt een voltijdse (100%) doctoraatsbursaal in het kader van het FWO project ‘Labore et Constantia. Continuïteit en…
New book publication by Posthumus fellow Gijs Dreijer
Palgrave Macmillan recently published a new open-access publication, authored by Posthumus fellow Dr Gijs Dreijers, Private Entrepreneurship and European Imperialism: Dutch Entrepreneurs in the Scramble for Africa, 1830s-1910s in the Palgrave Studies in Economic History book series. This open access…
Conference ‘Bridging Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environmental History of the Low Countries’ – deadline 30 Apr 2026
On 3 and 4 December 2026, Ghent University will host the conference, ‘Bridging Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environmental History of the Low Countries’. The conference is a collaboration between researchers on the medieval and (early) modern Low Countries and…
Bijeenkomsten Werkgroep Stadsgeschiedenis
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Werkgroep Stadsgeschiedenis organiseert in juni twee bijeenkomsten. Op donderdag 4 juni 2026 is er van 9:30 tot 12:30 uur in Leiden een bijeenkomst over ‘Nieuw onderzoek naar stadswording in de middeleeuwen…
Project ‘Chains of the Past’ receives Open Science Infrastructure Grant from Open Science NL
Open Science NL recently awarded the project ‘Chains of the Past: Open Infrastructure for the Global History of Dutch Slavery and Slave Trade’ with an Open Science Infrastructure Grant of 1.5 million euros. In this project, jointly organised by Radboud…