On 28 February 2025, Utrecht University will host a FRESH workshop on Empire and Economic Development. Frontier Research in Economic and Social History (FRESH) meetings are aimed at researchers in any field of economic and social history. The purpose of the meetings is to enable scholars to present their ongoing research at an early stage…

Dr Pim de Zwart, Posthumus fellow and research director of our research network ‘Globalisation, Inequality and Sustainability in Long-Run Perspective’,  received a Vidi Grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for his project entitled: ‘Tragedy of the Tropics: Colonialism, Commodities, and Commons in Southeast Asian Deforestation since 1850’. Halting tropical deforestation is central to combat…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Vanwege het emeritaat van emeritus professor Eric Vanhaute (Universiteit Gent), in het verleden vele jaren tevens betrokken bij het N.W. Posthumus Instituut, hebben redacteuren Robrecht Declercq and Hanne Cottyn, beiden voormalige promovendi van professor Vanhaute het boek Energie, emigratie en ecologie. (On)zin van Wereldgeschiedenis samengesteld, dat onlangs…

On Friday 6 December, the establishment of the new 4TU Centre History of Technology will be celebrated with a kick-off event on Environmental Histories of Technology in a Digital Age. The 4TU Centre History of Technology aims to identify and explore resonances, joint concerns, possible synergies and identify opportunities to collaborate in research, teaching and…

The General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to present you the N.W. Posthumus Institute Annual Report 2023. The report provides you with an overview of activities, results and developments regarding the N.W. Posthumus Institute in 2023. DOWNLOAD (PDF, 4.5 MB)

The 2025 annual International Conference of Young Demographers will be held at the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague on 5-7 February 2025. The conference organisers aim to create a relaxed and welcoming environment where especially early career researchers can share their work in progress and thoughts with their peers. The conference is supported…

As follow-up of the publication ‘Since 1624: Taiwanese-Dutch Relations’ (2024), this workshop will delve into the historical influence of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) on Taiwan, focusing on how this period continues to shape academic inquiry. Scholars will engage in discussions about contemporary and future research approaches that explore Taiwan’s social, economic, and cultural…

On 16 and 17 May 2025, the University of Antwerp and the University of Groningen will jointly organise a workshop dedicated to exploring the financial dimensions of colonisation and decolonisation. This event is the first in a series of workshops, with this edition taking place at the University of Antwerp. This workshop aims to foster…

In the most recent board meeting, the General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute agreed to implement some changes in the PhD Training Programme. The most significant changes are: Instead of a Basic Training and an Advanced Training, the Posthumus Institute now offers a single PhD Training Programme. This includes all activities previously part of…

~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ De SGvdO (Stichting Geschiedenis van de Overheidsfinanciën) organiseert op 8 november 2024 haar najaarsbijeenkomst. Het thema van deze bijeenkomst luidt ‘Blijvend belast. Openbare financiën, roof en rechtsherstel in en na de oorlog’. Op deze middag staat de vraag centraal hoe de Duitse fiscale maatregelen tijdens de bezetting…