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NWA funding granted to Research Consortium involving Posthumus fellows for research on knock-on effects of the Dutch slavery past

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) recently has granted funding to the research project ‘Slavery past present: Dutch slavery and colonialism and their present-day impact’. This research will be carried out by a consortium involving many researchers from a wide range of research institutions, among whom Posthumus fellows Dr Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge and Dr Coen van Galen,…

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2 PhD vacatures Protest en Gender (Universiteit van Amsterdam & KU Leuven) – deadline 7 juni 2026

~ because of required proficiency in Dutch only ~ Binnen het Open Competitie-project ‘In Search of Long-Term Political Change: Women and Popular Protest in the Low Countries, 1300-1750’ zijn twee promotieplekken beschikbaar. Beide PhDs zullen de opstandige traditie en politieke acties van vrouwen in de laatmiddeleeuwse en vroegmoderne Nederlanden gaan onderzoeken, waarbij één PhD onderzoek…

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Research Workshop ‘Mortality, Morbidity, and Medicine: Historical Health and Demography across the Atlantic’ – deadline 30 April 2026

On 8 June 2026, preceding the PhD Defence by Posthumus alumnus Dinos Sevdalakis, Dinos will organise the Research Workshop ‘Research Workshop ‘Mortality, Morbidity, and Medicine: Historical Health and Demography across the Atlantic’ at the Academy Building of the University of Groningen. This workshop is supported by the Research Network ‘Life-Courses, Family, and Labour’ of the…

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Nieuw Oral History Portal BHIC gelanceerd

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Onlangs heeft het Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (BHIC) het Oral History Portal gelanceerd. De portal is opgezet door masterstudenten Geschiedenis Jetze Boon en Rosa Raeijmaekers (beiden Radboud Universiteit) en bundelt zogeheten oral history-interviews: geluidsopnames van gesprekken over persoonlijke herinneringen. Deze opnames waren al onderdeel van de BHIC-collectie,…

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Call for papers and panels: MarxismNL Conference 2026: ‘Pulling the Emergency Brake’ – deadline 29 May 2026

On 8 and 9 October 2026, MarxismNL will organise its first conference. MarxismNL is a network of Marxist students, researchers, and teachers active in the Netherlandst, promoting both academic and non-academic events such as public lectures, societal and political debates, reading groups, book launches by members or affiliated groups. The 2026 MarxismNL research conference offers…

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PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Dinos Sevdalakis

On 8 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Dinos Sevdalakis will defend the thesis ‘Tracing the roots of population growth: Fertility and mortality transitions in West Africa (1880-1980)’ at the University of Groningen. Supervisors are Professor Hilde Bras and Dr Adrien Remund (both University of Groningen) The N.W. Posthumus Institute wishes Dinos a successful defence!

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Public Lecture ‘Project 1834’ by Dr Kate Ekama

On 24 June 2026, Dr Kate Ekama (Stellenbosch University) will deliver a public lecture on the brand-new ‘Project 1834’, which relates to Stellenbosch University’s broader transformation policy and efforts toward research, restitution, and social justice. Dr Kate Ekama is a Senior Researcher at Stellenbosch University and the Laboratory for the Economics of Africa’s Past (LEAP)….

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