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The N.W. Posthumus Institute (NWP), currently hosted by the Department of Humanities of Leiden University, is named after Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus (1880-1960), the first professor in economic and social history in the Netherlands.
The NWP promotes innovative and advanced interdisciplinary research in economic and social history by stimulating joint research programmes of participating institutes. To this purpose, the NWP provides a PhD training in economic and social history, as well as a four course-programme for Research Master students. Annually, the N.W. Posthumus Institute also organises its Annual Posthumus Conference.
The NWP is also participating in the European graduate School for Training in Economic and social historical Research (ESTER), a Europe-wide network of leading scholars in the field of social and economic history and as such co-organiser of Research Design Courses and Advanced Seminars within the ESTER programme.
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- Call for Papers
- CLARIAH Community Connect 2026 – What Are You Looking For?
- Professor Dagomar Degroot to Give a Public Lecture on Climate and History
- PhD Defense Mark Raat
- Het Huis Oranje-Nassau en de koloniale geschiedenis
- KB Onderzoeksdag
- HisGIS.nl: navigeren door het Nederland van 1832
- Call for Papers 2027: The Role of Foreigners in Economic and Social History
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- Call for PapersPeople, Practices, and Knowledge of the Proximal Senses across the Mediterranean conference, University of Liège, March 25–26, 2027 Please submit a paper… Read more: Call for Papers
- CLARIAH Community Connect 2026 – What Are You Looking For?
3 December 2026 What will be the research topics of tomorrow, how will humanities methods evolve, what data types and sources will… Read more: CLARIAH Community Connect 2026 – What Are You Looking For? - Professor Dagomar Degroot to Give a Public Lecture on Climate and History
What can we learn from the past about today’s climate change? On Tuesday afternoon, October 20, professor and environmental historian Dagomar Degroot… Read more: Professor Dagomar Degroot to Give a Public Lecture on Climate and History - PhD Defense Mark Raat
Mark Raat hopes to receive his Ph.D. on October 15, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. at the University of Groningen. The title of… Read more: PhD Defense Mark Raat - Het Huis Oranje-Nassau en de koloniale geschiedenis
Op 5 november organiseert de Stichting Geschiedenis van de Overheidsfinanciën een studiemiddag over het onderzoek naar de rol van het Huis Oranje-Nassau… Read more: Het Huis Oranje-Nassau en de koloniale geschiedenis - KB Onderzoeksdag
Op vrijdag 6 November 2026 organiseert de KB, nationale bibliotheek, een onderzoeksdag voor promovendi en research master studenten. Op de Onderzoeksdag vertellen… Read more: KB Onderzoeksdag - Call for applications Postgraduate Summer School Fondazione 1563 (Turin, Italy, 17-19 Sep 2026) – EXTENDED deadline 16 June 2026
The Fondazione 1563 per l’Arte e la Cultura (hereinafter “Fondazione 1563”) welcomes applications for the Postgraduate Summer School ‘Needs, Justice, and the… Read more: Call for applications Postgraduate Summer School Fondazione 1563 (Turin, Italy, 17-19 Sep 2026) – EXTENDED deadline 16 June 2026 - Posthumus Summer School 2026 ‘Crises and History’: Theme and dates announced – EXTENDED deadline registration 15 June 2026
After two successful previous editions, the N.W. Posthumus Institute will once more offer the Posthumus Summer School on ‘Crises and History’ on… Read more: Posthumus Summer School 2026 ‘Crises and History’: Theme and dates announced – EXTENDED deadline registration 15 June 2026 - ESTER RDC 2026 (KU Leuven, Belgium, 26-28 October 2026)
On 26 to 28 October 2026 the 2026 edition of the ESTER Research Design Course (RDC) will be held. This year’s edition… Read more: ESTER RDC 2026 (KU Leuven, Belgium, 26-28 October 2026) - Moving Humanities Conference 2026 – Call for Proposals – deadline 31 July 2026
The organisers of the Moving Humanities Conference 2026 welcome proposals for presentations and expositions. On 26 and 27 November 2026, the Moving… Read more: Moving Humanities Conference 2026 – Call for Proposals – deadline 31 July 2026 - PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Cécile Bruyet
On 26 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Cécile Bruyet will defend the PhD thesis ‘A Taste for Land: How Access to Land Shaped… Read more: PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Cécile Bruyet - Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Max-Quentin Bischoff
On 10 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Max-Quentin Bischoff successfully defended the PhD thesis ‘Merchants’ Futures: Plans and expectations in the Tucher family… Read more: Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Max-Quentin Bischoff - Posthumus website ‘frozen’ from 18 June
Please note that, because of the transfer of the N.W. Posthumus Institute to the new penholder Leiden University in July 2026, this… Read more: Posthumus website ‘frozen’ from 18 June - Valedictory lecture Professor Leo Lucassen
On 28 September 2026, Professor Leo Lucassen, Professor of Global Labour and Migration History at the Leiden University Institute for History, director… Read more: Valedictory lecture Professor Leo Lucassen - Call for papers and panels: MarxismNL Conference 2026: ‘Pulling the Emergency Brake’ – EXTENDED deadline 5 June 2026
On 8 and 9 October 2026, MarxismNL will organise its first conference. MarxismNL is a network of Marxist students, researchers, and teachers… Read more: Call for papers and panels: MarxismNL Conference 2026: ‘Pulling the Emergency Brake’ – EXTENDED deadline 5 June 2026
Agenda
- Call for PapersPeople, Practices, and Knowledge of the Proximal Senses across the Mediterranean conference, University of Liège, March 25–26, 2027 Please submit a paper… Read more: Call for Papers
- Call for Papers 2027: The Role of Foreigners in Economic and Social HistoryThe Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica “F. Datini” and ESTER invite applications for the 2027 Advanced Seminar on “The Role of Foreigners… Read more: Call for Papers 2027: The Role of Foreigners in Economic and Social History
- Call for applications Postgraduate Summer School Fondazione 1563 (Turin, Italy, 17-19 Sep 2026) – EXTENDED deadline 16 June 2026The Fondazione 1563 per l’Arte e la Cultura (hereinafter “Fondazione 1563”) welcomes applications for the Postgraduate Summer School ‘Needs, Justice, and the… Read more: Call for applications Postgraduate Summer School Fondazione 1563 (Turin, Italy, 17-19 Sep 2026) – EXTENDED deadline 16 June 2026
- Call for book proposals new book series on Historical Demography
Central European University Press (CEU Press) and Amsterdam University Press (AUP) are announcing the launch of a new book series on Historical… Read more: Call for book proposals new book series on Historical Demography - Moving Humanities Conference 2026 – Call for Proposals – deadline 31 July 2026The organisers of the Moving Humanities Conference 2026 welcome proposals for presentations and expositions. On 26 and 27 November 2026, the Moving… Read more: Moving Humanities Conference 2026 – Call for Proposals – deadline 31 July 2026
- Call for papers Jaarboek De Achttiende Eeuw 2027 – deadline abstracts 31 juli 2026
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Werkgroep Achttiende Eeuw publiceert sinds 2017 jaarlijks in het najaar het jaarboek De… Read more: Call for papers Jaarboek De Achttiende Eeuw 2027 – deadline abstracts 31 juli 2026 - Call for proposals to organise ICRIH Conference in 2028 or 2029
The Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Risk and Insurance in History (ICRIH) invites proposals to organise and host the next… Read more: Call for proposals to organise ICRIH Conference in 2028 or 2029 - Call for sessions WEHC 2028 (Montevideo, Uruguay, 24-28 July 2028) – deadline 14 September 2026
The 21st World Economic History Congress will convene from 24 to 28 July 2028 in Montevideo, Uruguay. The theme of the 2028… Read more: Call for sessions WEHC 2028 (Montevideo, Uruguay, 24-28 July 2028) – deadline 14 September 2026 - Call for papers 2026 Special Issue Journal for the History of Environment and Society – deadline 31 August 2026
The editorial board of the Journal for the History of Environment and Society (JHES), among whom a large number of Posthumus fellows,… Read more: Call for papers 2026 Special Issue Journal for the History of Environment and Society – deadline 31 August 2026 - Jubilee competition Royal Frisian Society for History and Culture (KFG) 2027 – deadline 31 December 2026
In 2027, the Keninklik Frysk Genoatskip foar Skiednis en Kultuer / Royal Frisian Society for History and Culture (KFG) will be 200… Read more: Jubilee competition Royal Frisian Society for History and Culture (KFG) 2027 – deadline 31 December 2026