On 18 September 2025, Posthumus alumnus Joris Kok succesfully defended the thesis ‘Social Mobility and Integration of Amsterdam Jews: The Ethnic Niche of the Diamond Industry, 1850-1940’ at Leiden University. Supervisors were Professor Leo Lucassen and Professor Karin Hofmeester (both IISH). In his dissertation, Joris studies the remarkable social mobility and varied integration patterns of…

The organisers of the Workshop ‘Human Development and Its Outliers’ welcome abstract for papers to be presented at this workshop, to be held on 26 and 27 March 2026 at Leiden University. The workshop forms part of the project ‘Human Development and Its Outliers: A Global Microhistory’, funded by a starters’ grant of the Dutch…

At the 85th Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association, held in Philadelphia, PA (USA) on 5-7 September 2025 the biannual Peter Lindert-Jeffrey Williamson Prize was awarded to Dr Maanik Nath, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and assistant professor in Economic History at Utrecht University for his publication Capital Shortage: Credit and Indian Economic…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Op 7 september 2025 is de shortlist met de vijf genomineerden voor de Libris Geschiedenis Prijs 2025 bekend gemaakt in radioprogramma OVT. De Libris Geschiedenis Prijs, dit jaar voor de negentiende keer uitgereikt, is een gezamenlijk initiatief van Historisch Nieuwsblad, Libris, Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, VPRO en…

On 29 August 2025, Professor Angelique Janssens retired from her chair in historical demography at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University and the Department of Economic, Social and Demographic History at Radboud University. At the symposium, organised for this occasion, a special issue dedicated to Professor Angelique Janssen, was published, titled…

Recentelijk ontving het N.W. Posthumus Instituut het droeve bericht dat emeritus hoogleraar prof.dr.ir. Harry Lintsen op dinsdag 12 augustus 2025 op 76-jarige leeftijd is overleden. Professor Lintsen was de grondlegger van de ontwikkeling van het vakgebied techniekgeschiedenis in Nederland. Vanaf het begin van zijn loopbaan richtte hij zich op het opbouwen en organisatorisch inbedden van…

The CollectieveKracht platform is calling for applications for the CollectieveKracht Thesis Award 2025, a prize for the best MA thesis that contributes to understanding or strengthening collective civic initiatives. The three best entries will receive a cash prize and professional support in making their work accessible and impactful, by having the opportunity to collaborate with…

~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Vereniging voor Landbouwgeschiedenis en het Humanities Cluster van de KNAW organiseren op 12 november een studiemiddag bij het Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis (IISG) over het gebruik van HisGIS voor onderzoek naar het platteland in het (ook verdere) verleden. De KNAW spant zich momenteel in, gesteund…

On 26 August 2025, Posthumus alumna Lena Walschap successfully defended the PhD thesis ‘All is fish that comes to the net. Peasant fishing on the English South Coast in the turbulent late Middle Ages’ at the KU Leuven. Supervisors were Professor Maïka De Keyzer (KU Leuven) and Professor Tim Soens (University of Antwerp). The N.W….

Posthumus alumnus Dr Sam Geens (University of Antwerp) received the pre-1800 PhD Dissertation Prize 2025 at the 2025 World Economic History Congress (WEHC) in Lund. He received this award for his thesis ‘A Golden Age for labour? Income and wealth before and after the Black Death in the Southern Low Countries and the Republic of Florence,…