The SHOC Research Group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in association with the Medieval Caucasus Network and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, will organise the international conference ‘Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus’ on 13 and 14 March 2026 at the premises of the VUB Campus in Elsene, Belgium. The conference can also…

The European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) welcomes proposals for organising the 2026 ESEH Summer School in Environmental History. The ESEH Summer School is an annual gathering of post-graduate and early-career researchers, led by academics in the field of environmental history. Proposals for 2026 may focus on any theme in environmental history, including but not…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ In 2026 viert de Utrechtse Historische Studentenkring (UHSK) het honderdjarig bestaan. Ter gelegenheid hiervan verschijnt in maart van dit jaar bij uitgeverij WBooks de publicatie De Utrechtse Historische Studentenkring 1926 – 2026: Een eeuw verenigd door Geschiedenis. Aan deze jubileumpublicatie werkten naast Posthumus fellow Elise van Nederveen…

In December 2025, the European Research Council (ERC) awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to Jutta Bolt, Professor of Global Economic History at the University of Groningen and Board Member of the N.W. Posthumus Institute for her research proposal Africa@Work (AWORK). Through Consolidator Grantsm the ERC aimt to support cutting-edge research at universities and research centres….

On 12 February 2026, Posthumus alumnus Arnoud Jensen successfully defend the PhD thesis ‘Boeren als rentmeesters: Pacht tussen winst, macht en natuur in de Lage Landen, 1200-1400’ [transl.: ‘Peasants into Stewards: Leasehold between profit, power and nature in the Low Countries, 1200-1400’] at the University of Antwerp. Supervisors were Professor Tim Soens (University of Antwerp)…

On 19 March 2026, the Platform Bottom-up-initiatives for Societal Change of Utrecht University’s Institutions for Open Societies network will organise the Research Day 2026. Tine De Moor, Professor of Social Enterprise and Institutions for Collective Action at the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University Rotterdam, will deliver the keynote lecture this day. Researchers affiliated…

Because of accepting a new position in academia, Wouter Ronsijn had to decide to end his tasks as Research Network Coordinator of the Research Network ‘Societies in Context: Interactions between humans and rural-urban environments’ of the N.W. Posthumus Institute. On behalf of the community of the N.W. Posthumus Institute we thank Wouter very much for…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De werkgroep De Moderne Tijd organiseert op 20 maart 2026 in Amsterdam een jubileumcongres met als thema ‘Feest! Jubilea en herdenkingen, 1780-1940’. Deze editie markeert het vijftigjarig bestaan van de werkgroep, eerder ook bekend onder de Werkgroep De Negentiende Eeuw. Feesten, jubilea en herdenkingen vormen een rode…

The organisers of the Workshop ‘From Matrimonial Ads to Dating Apps: Unraveling the Partnering Market’ call for paper abstracts for this workshop, to be held on 4 and 5 June at the Center for Demographic Studies in Barcelona, Spain. Partner selection is often seen as a private decision, but its implications stretch far beyond the…

Between the 25 and 27 August, the Boom to Dust project (funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the African Studies Centre Leiden) will be hosting a workshop at Mulungushi University near Kabwe, Zambia. For this workshop scholars are invited to present papers on themes relating to the environmental histories of mining and mineral…