On 17 May 2024, Posthumus alumna Aditi Dixit successfully defended her thesis ‘Asian Divergence in an Age of Globalisation: Textile Manufacturing, Trade, and the State in India and Japan, ca. 1890-1940’ at Utrecht University. Promotors were Professor Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk (Utrecht University) and Professor Christina Moll-Murata (Ruhr University, Bochum). We congratulate Aditi with her…

In the most recent round (May 2024), the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) has awarded Postdoc Grants to several Posthumus alumni. Both Amaury de Vicq de Cumptich and Sam Geens have been granted a Junior Postdoc Fellowship, Ruben Peeters was awarded a Senior Postdoc Fellowship. The N.W. Posthumus Institute staff congratulates Ruben, Amaury, and Sam…

There are still some open spots for the Summer School ‘Crises and History’; make sure to register before 1 June 2024 for these final spots! This summer, the N.W. Posthumus Institute offers a 5-day Summer School on the topic of ‘Crises and History’. Crises are not a new phenomenon: past societies also faced them. How…

On 1 May 2024 Posthumus alumnus Björn Quanjer succesfully defended the thesis ‘A Tale Of Tallness. A household perspective on early life determinants of male height within the Netherlands between 1850 and 1950’ at Radboud University. Promotors were Professors Jan Kok and Angelique Janssens (both Radboud University), co-promotor Dr Tassenaar (University of Groningen). The Posthumus…

From 30 September until 2 October 2024 the ESTER Research Design Course (RDC) 2024 will be held at the University of Münster. The 2024 RDC will be hosted by Dr Christine Fertig and her colleagues in close cooperation with the N.W. Posthumus Institute. ESTER is the acronym of the European graduate School for Training in…

Posthumus alumnus Dr Sam Geens (University of Antwerp) was one of the two laureates receiving the Thirsk-Feinstein PhD Dissertation Prize 2024 at the 2024 annual conference of the Economic History Society (EHS). He received this award for his thesis ‘A Golden Age for labour? Income and wealth before and after the Black Death in the…

On 30 and 31 May 2024, the (In)Equality Platform of Institutions for Open Societies at Utrecht University will organise a conference on ‘Recolonising Empires during the Cold War: Transitional Social Movements and Social Policy in Post-Colonial Areas’. Main organisers are Professor Marco van Leeuwen (Utrecht University) and Dr Michele Mioni (University of Bamberg). You can…

Posthumus Fellow and Assistant Professor at Utrecht University Dr Maanik Nath was awarded the First Monograph Prize in Economic and Social History by the Economic History Society (EHS) for his book Capital shortage: Credit and Indian economic development, 1920–1960. The prize was awarded at EHS’s Annual Conference dinner on 6 April 2024. Books published within…

No less than 31 Basic Training candidates, more than 1500 pages of documentation, 44 commentators, 6 days: the Individual Assessments cohort 2022 have been completed. Congratulations to the PhD-candidates on obtaining their Basic Training degree! We warmly invite them to the diploma ceremony during dinner at the Posthumus Conference in Leeuwarden. Our special thanks go…

The N.W. Posthumus Institute and the Fryske Akademy are happy to jointly announce registration for the 2024 Posthumus Conference is open now! This year’s edition will take place on 23 and 24 May 2024 in the Frysian capitol city of Leeuwarden, and will be hosted by the Fryske Akademy at Campus Fryslân of the RUG….