On 30 June and 1 July 2022, the Posthumus Conference 2022 will be hosted by the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication of Erasmus University Rotterdam. This year’s theme will be ‘Humanomics’, with the keynote lecture by Professor Deirdre McCloskey. The conference website has just been launched at https://posthumusconference.org. We are looking forward to…

Posthumus alumna and current member of the Education Committee of the N.W. Posthumus Institute Dr Selin Dilli (Utrecht University) was awarded a Veni Grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for her project ‘The Missing Entrepreneurs? The Diversity of Female Entrepreneurship in Europe, 1900-2020’. Female entrepreneurship is not a recent phenomenon. Nevertheless, we still know…

Posthumus alumnus Dr Michiel de Haas, currently assistant professor at the Rural and Environmental History Group of Wageningen University & Research was awarded a Veni Grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for his project ‘A good crisis gone to waste? The 1930s Great Depression and primary export dependence in Africa’. African economies are vulnerable…

On 29 April 2022, the Centre for the Social History of Limburg and Maastricht University organise a public event on trend reversals in the public health of Limburg, in the past and present. Posthumus PhD candidate Mayra Murkens is co-organiser of the event and will present her findings on the historical trend reversal in the…

On 11 March 2022, Posthumus-alumnus (cohort 2017) Wout Vande Sompele successfully defended his PhD thesis ‘Tussen landbouw en de markt. De rurale middenstand in Doel, 1614-1900’ at the Department of History of the University of Antwerp. Promotors were Professor Tim Soens and Professor Greet De Block (both University of Antwerp) In his thesis, Wout sheds…

~ because of scope, only in Dutch ~ Op donderdag 14 april 2022 organiseert de werkgroep Stedengeschiedenis een bijeenkomst bij de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (Smallepad 5, Amersfoort) onder de titel ‘Panorama’s’. Programma Dagvoorzitter: Dr. Roos van Oosten 13:00-13:30 Albert Boersma – Ander licht op Withoos 13:30-14:00 Discussie 14:00-14:30 Drs. Sylvia Alting van Geusau…

~ because of scope, only in Dutch ~ De voorjaarsbijeenkomst 2022 van de Stichting Geschiedenis van de Overheidsfinanciën staat in het teken van Nederlands-Indië. Kolonialisme wordt gekenmerkt door ongelijkheid: de ongelijkheid tussen moederland en kolonie (Nederlands-Indië als wingewest) en de (etnische) ongelijkheid binnen de koloniale samenleving. Beide aspecten komen aan bod. Afhankelijk van coronasituatie vindt…

On 28 January 2022, Professor Marijn Molema, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute, held his inaugural lecture ‘Dialectiek van ons regionale ontwikkelingsstreven’ [Dialetics of our regional development goal] at his public acceptance of the Professorship by special appointment ‘Regionale Vitaliteit & Dynamiek’ [Regional Vitality & Dynamics]. Through this professorship, Professor Molema aims to provide an…

The research group of the project Tolerant Migrant Cities? The Case of Holland 1600-1900 in collaboration with the N.W. Posthumus Institute, in particular the Research Network ‘Inclusion, Exclusion, and Mobility’ are pleased to announce that they will be hosting a masterclass by Professor Robert Shoemaker (The University of Sheffield), on 8 June 2022 11:00 to…

The 14th European Social Science History Conference is organized by the IISH in co-operation with the University of Gothenburg, in Gothenburg, Sweden and will take place on 12-15 April 2023. Please note this is a postponed date for the conference originally intended for 2022. The aim of the ESSHC is bringing together scholars interested in…