The Centre for Urban History and the Centre of Excellence of the Antwerp Interdisciplinary Platform for Research into Inequality (AIPRIL) at Antwerp University jointly organise a workshop at the premises of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) in Brussels on ‘Writing New Urban History’, related to the recent publication of the 3-volume ‘The Cambridge Urban…

On 23 January 2026, the Research Team of the project ‘Sustainability Trade-offs in the Netherlands’ Entangled Modernization (STONEM) 1900-2020’ will organise the workshop ‘Connected wit/by/to the Dutch (1900-2025)’. This workshop examines the concept of entangled histories in relation to the Dutch past and its global connections from 1900 to 2025. It brings together scholars from…

The International Institute of Social History invites you to join the Exploring Slave Trade in Asia (ESTA) Database’s second data launch on 12 December 2025. Main organisers are Posthumus PhDs Britt van Duijvenvoorde and Pascal Konings. Since the launch of the ESTA Database in December 2023, the Database has significantly expanded in scope. Efforts by…

The Faculty of Languages and Humanities, Research Group SHOC (Social History of Capitalism) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is looking for a postdoctoral researcher on the topic of the ‘Social History of Capitalism (12th-20th centuries)’. The postdoc researcher will conduct high-quality research in the field of the social history of capitalism, understood here as the…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde (MNL) stelt jaarlijks twee fellowships beschikbaar aan onderzoekers aan het begin van hun loopbaan staan en onderzoek willen doen op het werkterrein van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, dat wil zeggen de Nederlandse taal- en letterkunde, geschiedenis en oudheidkunde of de onderlinge…

On 18 December 2025, Brill Publishers will publish Frontiers of Finance: The Political Economy of Public Debt in the Dutch Republic, authored by Posthumus fellow Alberto Feenstra. In this book, Alberto analyses the political economy of provincial public debt within the federal Dutch Republic. The book shows that the domestic effect of Holland’s financial revolution…

Recently, there have been some changes in the group of PhD Representatives of the N.W. Posthumus Institute. Hannelore Braeken will take the place of Dinos Sevdalakis. Dinos is now focusing on the completion of the PhD trajectory at the University of Groningen. We are thankful for the efforts Dinos made for the N.W. Posthumus Institute…

The Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University is offering a PhD position within the project LangPro: Professional Opportunities in the Early Modern Language Sector (1550-1650) on the topic ‘Women in the Early Modern Language Sector’. The LangPro project examines the notion of the language sector in early modern North-West Europe: that part of early modern…

The Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University is offering a PhD position within the project LangPro: Professional Opportunities in the Early Modern Language Sector (1550-1650) on the topic ‘Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry’. The LangPro project examines the notion of the language sector in early modern North-West Europe: that part of early modern…

Amsterdam University Press has just announced the upcoming publication of the 34th edition of the Yearbook of Women’s History. This year’s edition focuses on the role of women in the maritime sector. Diverting from the image of women passively waiting for men to return, this edition of the Yearbook of Women’s History argues that women…