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Oproep voorstellen KHMW Treub bate (deadline 31 januari 2026)
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Het bestuur van de Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW) stelt met ingang van 2026 vanuit het ...

Janna Coomans bij hoofdrolspelers 2025 RTV Utrecht
~ because of scope in Dutch only ~ Janna Coomans, coördinator van het onderzoeksnetwerk ‘Economy and Society of the Pre-industrial Low Countries in ...

Save the date: Valedictory lecture Professor Marlou Schrover
On 6 March 2026, Professor Marlou Schrover, longstanding board member of the N.W. Posthumus Institute, will deliver her valedictory lecture at Leiden ...

Administratieve en logistieke teamondersteuner (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) – deadline 15 januari 2026
~ because of scope and required proficiency in Dutch only ~ De onderzoeksgroep Social Enterprises & Institutions for Collective Action en ...

PhD candidate in Governance and Legal History of Water Quality (Tilburg University) – deadline 27 February 2026
The Department of Public Law and Governance of Tilburg University is looking for a PhD candidate in Governance and Legal History of Water Quality. The PhD ...

KNHG publishes updated version ‘Professional standards for historians’
The KNHG (Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap [transl. Royal Dutch Historical Society]) recently updated the already existing Dutch version of the ...

Call for papers Dag van de Nieuwste Geschiedenis – Journée de l’Histoire Contemporaine 2026 – deadline 1 Feb 2026
The Belgische Vereniging voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis – Association belge d’Histoire contemporaine BVNG-ABHC and the University of Antwerp call for papers ...

Change of Coordinator Research Network ‘Life-Courses, Family and Labour
Because Evelien Walhout has accepted another position, her place as coordinator of the Research Network ‘Life-courses, Family, and Labour’ will ...

New edition TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History out now!
Issue 3 of TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History is out now! In this issue, you will find a variety of themes: JaapJan van ...

TSEG -The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History Essay Prize – deadline 1 February 2026
Through the Essay Prize, worth 500 euros, the TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History challenges young researchers to ...

National Meeting ‘Towards New Horizons of Scholarly Publishing’
On 5 and 6 February 2026, Radboud University will host the National Meeting ‘Towards New Horizons of Scholarly Publishing’. Goal of this event ...

Workshop ‘Writing New Urban History’ (Brussels, 16 January 2026) – deadline registration 10 January 2026
The Centre for Urban History and the Centre of Excellence of the Antwerp Interdisciplinary Platform for Research into Inequality (AIPRIL) at Antwerp ...

STONEM Workshop: Connected by/with/to the Dutch (1900-2025) – prior registration requested
On 23 January 2026, the Research Team of the project ‘Sustainability Trade-offs in the Netherlands’ Entangled Modernization (STONEM) 1900-2020’ ...

Postdoc ‘Social History of Capitalism (12th-20th centuries)’ (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) – deadline 31 January 2026
The Faculty of Languages and Humanities, Research Group SHOC (Social History of Capitalism) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is looking for a postdoctoral ...

Publication ‘Frontiers of Finance’ from Posthumus fellow Alberto Feenstra published
On 18 December 2025, Brill Publishers published ‘Frontiers of Finance: The Political Economy of Public Debt in the Dutch Republic’, authored by ...
Agenda
Workshop ‘Writing New Urban History’ (Brussels, 16 January 2026) – deadline registration 10 January 2026

Workshop ‘Networks in History’ (Huizinga Institute & N.W. Posthumus Institute)
STONEM Workshop: Connected by/with/to the Dutch (1900-2025) – prior registration requested

National Meeting ‘Towards New Horizons of Scholarly Publishing’

Workshop ‘Socio-economic inequalities in mortality over time’

Save the date: Valedictory lecture Professor Marlou Schrover

Jaarcongres Werkgroep ‘De Nieuwe Tijd’ 2026

Workshop ‘Human Development and Its Outliers’

2nd Workshop The Economic and Financial History of Colonialism

Call for papers Dag van de Nieuwste Geschiedenis – Journée de l’Histoire Contemporaine 2026 – deadline 1 Feb 2026
















