News
Workshop ‘Networks in History’ (Huizinga Institute & N.W. Posthumus Institute) – deadline 10 December 2025
The Huizinga Institute and the N.W. Posthumus Institute are offering a 3-day workshop on ‘Networks in History’, to be held on 21-23 January ...
Posthumus fellow Janna Coomans wins Libris Geschiedenis Prijs for book ‘Dievenland’
The Libris Geschiedenis Prijs 2025 has been awarded to Janna Coomans, Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and ...
Annual report 2024 N.W. Posthumus Institute available online
The General Board of the N.W. Posthumus Institute is happy to present you the N.W. Posthumus Institute Annual Report 2024. The report provides you with an ...
LeidenGlobal course ‘Methodologies in the Social Sciences and Humanities’ (Feb-June 2026) – deadline 15 January 2026
The Leiden University Institute for Area Studies in collaboration with LeidenGlobal offers a twelve-week course ‘Methodologies in the Social Sciences ...
Blog ‘Historisch eten en koken’ van Posthumus fellows Patricia Van den Eeckhout en Peter Scholliers online
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Posthumus-fellows Patricia Van den Eeckhout en Peter Scholliers (emeriti hoogleraren Vrije Universiteit Brussel) zijn ...
Nieuwe publicatie Posthumus fellow Dries Lyna : ‘Slavernij en de koloniale ketens van ‘s-Hertogenbosch’
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Posthumus-fellow en -bestuurslid Dries Lyna schreef samen met co-auteurs Kim Lempereur en Joris Martens het boek ...
Call for papers Workshop ‘Channeling Middle-Class Savings, 1850-1940’ (Antwerp, 29-30 June 2026) – deadline 5 January 2026
On 29 and 30 June 2026 the University of Antwerp and the Paris School of Economics will host the workshop ‘Channeling Middle-Class Savings, ...
Institute Gak-KNAW Award: Postdoc position ‘Social security and the labour market’ – deadline 5 January 2026
The Institute Gak and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW) invite talented early-career researchers to apply for a three-year appointment as a ...
Call for papers – 2nd Workshop The Economic and Financial History of Colonialism – deadline 15 Dec 2025
On 26 and 27 March 20-26, the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Groningen and the University of Antwerp will jointly organise the ...
Conference ‘Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities Across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-1850’ – keynotes by Professors Sue Peabody and Jennifer L. Gaynor
On 10 and 11 December 2025, the international conference ‘Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities Across the Indian Ocean World, ...
Call for papers Special Issue ‘Blue Papers’ on Netherlands and the Caribbean – deadline 15 January 2026
The editors of the academic journal Blue Papers invite contributions for a special issue focusing on the Netherlands (low and high regions) and the ...
Voordrachten KHMW Interdisplinariteitsprijs 2026 – deadline 15 januari 2026
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW) nodigt hoogleraren van Nederlandse universiteiten uit ...
Voordrachten D.J. Veekensprijs 2026 open – deadline 15 januari 2026
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ De Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW) nodigt hoogleraren en ander terzakekundigen uit om ...
Call for papers Historicidagen 2026 (Leiden, 27-29 August 2026) – deadline abstracts 31 January 2026
On 27-29 August 2026, the 2026 edition of the Historians’ Days [in Dutch: Historicidagen] will be jointly organised by the Royal Netherlands Historical ...
Several Posthumus affiliates contributing authors of ‘The Cambridge Urban History of Europe’
Cambridge University Press has announced the forthcoming publication of ‘The Cambridge Urban History of Europe’, a series of 3 volumes. The ...
Robrecht Declercq ends task as Research Network coordinator
Because of his recent appointment as Expert Resources and Sustainable Development with the Federal Institute for Societal Development, Robrecht Declercq ...
Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Alexander van der Meer
On 23 October 2025, Posthumus alumnus Alexander van der Meer successfully defended the thesis ‘Colonial Calvinism: Colonial Ideologies of Dutch ...
Successful PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Philip Post
On 23 October 2025, Posthumus alumnus Philip Post succesfully defended the thesis ‘Constructing Colonial Legitimacy in the Moluccas, 1750-1870’ ...
Agenda
4th Regional History Society of Southern Africa Conference
NEHA Symposium ‘Naar een meer inclusieve economische- en bedrijfsgeschiedenis’
Lezing Posthumus PhD Chris Vlam over opkomst Kruisverenigingen Noord-Holland en Utrecht, 1875-1945
Conference ‘Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-1850’
Conference ‘Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities Across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-1850’ – keynotes by Professors Sue Peabody and Jennifer L. Gaynor
Workshop ‘Networks in History’ (Huizinga Institute & N.W. Posthumus Institute) – deadline 10 December 2025
Workshop ‘Socio-economic inequalities in mortality over time’
Jaarcongres Werkgroep ‘De Nieuwe Tijd’ 2026
Workshop ‘Human Development and Its Outliers’
Call for papers – 2nd Workshop The Economic and Financial History of Colonialism – deadline 15 Dec 2025
Calls
- Call for papers Workshop ‘Channeling Middle-Class Savings, 1850-1940’ (Antwerp, 29-30 June 2026) – deadline 5 January 2026
- Workshop ‘Networks in History’ (Huizinga Institute & N.W. Posthumus Institute) – deadline 10 December 2025
- Institute Gak-KNAW Award: Postdoc position ‘Social security and the labour market’ – deadline 5 January 2026
- Call for papers – 2nd Workshop The Economic and Financial History of Colonialism – deadline 15 Dec 2025
- Call for papers Special Issue ‘Blue Papers’ on Netherlands and the Caribbean – deadline 15 January 2026
- Voordrachten KHMW Interdisplinariteitsprijs 2026 – deadline 15 januari 2026
- Voordrachten D.J. Veekensprijs 2026 open – deadline 15 januari 2026
- Call for papers Historicidagen 2026 (Leiden, 27-29 August 2026) – deadline abstracts 31 January 2026
- Call for proposals 12th Tensions of Europe Conference (Eindhoven, 8-10 July 2026) – deadline 4 January 2026
- Studiemiddag HisGIS 1832: verbeterde opzet, voortgang, en rurale geschiedenis
Positions
- Fellowships BHIC voor recent afgestudeerde BA- en MA-studenten – deadline 12 januari 2026
- Institute Gak-KNAW Award: Postdoc position ‘Social security and the labour market’ – deadline 5 January 2026
- Vacature Redactie-assistent tijdschrift ‘Early Modern Low Countries’ (werkervaringsplek) – deadline 1 december 2025
- Vacature Directeur Knooppunt Oral History ‘Sprekende geschiedenis’/ Stichting BMP – deadline 1 december 2025
- Vacature Bureauredacteur Geschiedenis Magazine – deadline 1 december 2025
- Collaborative Studentship PhD (LSE ESRC and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) – deadline 14 January 2026
- Call for applications PhD position Professor Van Winter Fund – deadline 28 November 2026
