~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Na bijna 34 jaar als Universitair Docent Economische en Sociale Geschiedenis verbonden te zijn geweest aan de VU, gaat Wybren Verstegen in mei met pensioen. Graag nodigen Wybren Verstegen en Pepijn Brandon u hierbij uit voor zijn afscheidscollege “Onze boeren zijn slaven”. “Onze slaven zijn boeren”: De…

Posthumus fellow Professor Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk (Utrecht University) and Dr Rolf Bauer (University of Vienna / Central European University ) are the editors of the newly published Open Access publication Global Agricultural Workers from the 17th to the 21st Century, published by Brill publishers in its Studies in Global Histories series. This publication, made…

~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ De voorjaarsbijeenkomst van de Stichting Geschiedenis van de Overheidsfinanciën (SGVDO)staat in het teken van de verzorgingsstaat en of deze nog een toekomst heeft. De sprekers zijn: dr. Dennie Oude Nijhuis , verbonden aan de Universiteit Leiden dr. Arthur van Riel, verbonden aan de Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het…

~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ De Vereniging voor Waterstaatsgeschiedenis organiseert in samenwerking met het Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam het symposium ‘Grenzen en grienden. Sociaal-ecologische en andere aspecten van de geschiedenis van rivieren- en kanalenlandschappen’. Tijdens dit symposium zullen een drietal experts elk ingaan op verschillende aspecten: Dr….

On 30 June 2023, various organisations will jointly organise the Symposium De Hanze: handel, communicatie en conflict ~ Koersen op rijkdom, laveren langs risico (transl.: The Hanseatic League: commerce, communication and conflict ~ setting course for wealth, navigating along risks). The Hanseatic League appeals to one’s imagination beacuse of its combination of international cooperation and…

This workshop aims to bring together historians who apply a longue durée perspective in their research or are contemplating starting a longue durée project. It primarily focusses on the particularities of doing longue durée research and invites the participants to reflect on their methods and share their best practices. Some questions that are likely to…

On 28 February Marjoleine Kars, emerita Professor at MIT, will hold a lecture at the IISH. Professor Kars is composing a biography of two African men, Accara and Gousarie, who were caught up in Dutch slavery and colonialism during the Age of Revolution. Leaders in the 1763 Berbice slave rebellion, they next served as slave…

On 10 March 2023, the History Health and Healing network will organise a workshop where the networks meets with historical demography. Professor Jan Kok, Professor of Economic, Social and Demographic History will be the host of the event, the keynote lecture will be delivered by Dr Evelien Walhout, Assistant Professor in Economic and Social History…

On 23 February, Bloomsbury will launch its new publication The World and the Netherlands. A global history from a Dutch Perspective, authored by renowned historians and Posthumus fellows emeritus Professor Marjolein ‘t Hart, Professor Manon van der Heijden, emeritus Professor Karel Davids, Dr Jeroen Touwen, Professor Leo Lucassen and Professor Lex Heerma van Voss). This…

On 20 April 2023, Posthumus alumnus Luc Bulten will publicly defend his dissertation titled ‘Reconsidering Colonial Registration. Social Histories of Lives, Land, and Labour in Eighteenth-Century Sri Lanka’. The ceremony will be held at the Auditorium of the Radboud University, but can also be followed via a livestream (). Luc’s dissertation considers roughly a century…