N.W. Posthumus Institute stops using X/Twitter and moves to Mastodon |
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The N.W. Posthumus staff Institute, has decided to stop using X, formerly known as Twitter, for new announcements. This decision has been made as a result of the current developments surrounding the X platform. These developments, in addition to the already previously implemented limitations in accessibility of the X platform have led us to believe that the use of this platform is no longer compatible with the norms and values supported by the N.W. Posthumus Institute. We therefore will stop using the platform actively, effective 1 March 2024. Our account will remain visible for some time for redirection purposes, but will not be used for active communication from our side. The N.W. Posthumus Institute will instead join the initiative supported by SURF and the Dutch universities to use the open-source social platform Mastodon as alternative to Twitter. You can find a full statementon this issue on our website. Join us on Mastodon!
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Introducing new Research Netwerk Coordinators: Sanne Muurling and Evelien Walhout
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After having served successfully for several years as Research Network Coordinators of the Research Network ‘Life-Courses, Family, and Labour’, Paul Puschmann and Corinne Boter have decided to hand over their position to two successors. We are happy to inform you that Sanne Muurling and Evelien Walhout have accepted to act as new Research Network Coordinators. The network ‘Life-courses, Family, and Labour’ aims to bring together the fields of demographic and labour history to better understand the long-term development of populations, households, and the gender division of labour from the early modern age until the present. We welcome both Sanne and Evelien as new Research Network Coordinators, and want to express our sincere thanks to Paul Puschmann and Corinne Boter for their succesful activities and initiatives as Research Coordinators over the past years. A more detailed profile of Sanna and Evelien can be found on our website.
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Introducing new PhD Representative: Nicolas Brenninkmeijer
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We are happy to inform you that Nicolas Brenninkmeijer has agreed to join the group of PhD representatives of the N.W. Posthumus Institute. The PhD Representatives represent the PhD participants enrolled in the PhD Training Programme of the N.W. Posthumus Institute. New developments and proposed changes related to the PhD Training are proposed to and discussed with the PhD representatives before final proposals are made and/or implemented. Nicolas is member of the 2023 PhD Cohort of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and affiliated as PhD in the joint research project ‘Ancestor’s Tale: 200 years of inequality in Belgium’ of Vrije Universiteit Brussel and University of Antwerp. We are glad and grateful Nicolas has joined the group of PhD representatives.
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Introducing new Confidential Advisor: Torsten Feys
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When Heidi Deneweth announced her retirement a few months ago, this also implied her farewell as Confidential Advisor (vertrouwenspersoon) for PhDs enrolled in the Posthumus PhD Training Programme. We thank Heidi very much for her conscious fulfillment of this position. We are happy to inform you that Torsten Feys, affiliated researcher at Flanders Marine Institute and Vrije Universiteit Brussels, has agreed to take over the position of Confidential Advisor in Flanders as of 1 March 2024. We thank Torsten for accepting this position. As Confidential Advisors, both Torsten Feys (in Flanders) and Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk (in the Netherlands) may be contacted by any Posthumus PhD candidate or (R)MA student who may have concerns or complaints about inappropriate behaviour within the context of Posthumus teaching activities.
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4TU.History of Technology (TU Eindhoven, Wageningen UR, TU Delft, University of Twente) launched
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From January 2024, the four technical universities (Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research (both institutions also participating in the N.W. Posthumus Institute), Delft University of Technology, and University of Twente) are pooling their knowledge and expertise in the field of the history of technology in 4TU.History of Technology. The new centre aims to provide students, engineers and the wider audience with a historical awareness of the role that technology and engineers played in societal transitions in the past two centuries, as well as to develop working methods that makes such knowledge actionable today. 4TU.History of Technology will stimulate and facilitate research, education and public debate on the role of technology in societal transitions then and now.
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ESTER RDC 2024 to be held in Münster (Germany), 30 September-2 October 2024 - Call for papers, deadline 1 June 2024
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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 Economic and social historical Research, a Europe-wide network of leading scholars in the field of social and economic history, established in 1991 by the N.W. Posthumus Institute, currently involving 60 universities, offering high-level research training for PhD candidates in an international context. PhD candidates in economic and social history are invited to submit a paper for presentation at the RDC. Please consult our website for full details; applications should be submitted ultimately 1 June 2024. |
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Conference 'Feeding the citizens? Urban land and landownership in past and present' (Antwerp, 10-12 April 2024) - registration for non-presenting participants open now, register before 1 April
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On 10-12 April 2024, organisers Tim Soens, Cécile Bruyet (UAntwerp), Esther Beeckaert (STAM Ghent), Yves Segers (KULeuven), and Thijs Lambrecht (Ghent University) welcome you at the conference 'Feeding the citizens? Urban land and landownership in past and present', to be held at the premises of STAM Ghent City Museum. Crossing present-day debates on land-based food supplies with different configurations of urban land and landownership in the past, this conference welcomes contributions from different geographic regions and differenttime periods, as well as papers on present-day experiences of urban land and landownership, and how such experiences might find inspiration in the past. The preliminary programme is now available via the conference website; also, registration for non-presenting participants is now open until 1 April 2023; please note that a participation fee applies.
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Young Academy invitation to ‘The Academy Thermometer’ survey - ends 29 February 2024 |
The Young Academy invites all academics in the Netherlands to take ‘The Academy Thermometer’ survey. A series of questions about workload, motivation and social safety explore the mental health of academics. What motivates academics in the Netherlands and what drains them of energy? These issues are addressed in The Academy Thermometer, a survey being conducted by The Young Academy. The survey is anonymous and open until the end of February. |
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Book presentation and reading group 'The World of Sugar' by Ulbe Bosma (Utrecht, 18 March 2024)
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The Food and Agricultural History Network invites you to join the book presentation and reading group of 'The World of Sugar. How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years' (Harvard University Press, 2023), authored by Ulbe Bosma, board member of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and also one of the coordinators of the Research Network ‘Routes and Roots in Colonial and Global History’. This event will take place at Utrecht University on 18 March 2024, 14:00-15:30. Bosma, a senior researcher at the IISH and Professor of International Comparative Social History at the VU, will be present at this meeting, providing an introduction and answering questions. In this global history, Bosma describes how sugar changed from being a luxury product in Asia to be present in most people’s diets worldwide, contributing to health crises and environmental devastation. If you plan on joining this event, registration via e-mail is requested. |
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Middeleeuwen Symposium 2024: 'Het onmisbare boek: handschriften en druk in de Late Middeleeuwen' (Zutphen, 21 juni 2024)
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~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Op 21 juni 2024 vindt in Zutphen het Middeleeuwen Symposium 2024 plaats met als thema ‘Het onmisbare boek: handschriften en druk in e Late Middeleeuwen’. Onderzoekers uit Nederland, België en Frankrijk vertellen onder leiding van dagvoorzitter prof. dr. Johan Oosterman, hoogleraar Oudere Nederlandse letterkunde aan de Radboud Universiteit over de sociaal-economische netwerken rond boeken, de diverse productiemethoden en -centra en de manier waarop schrijvers, drukkers en boekbezitters informatie probeerden te ordenen en ontsluiten. Op 20 juni 2021, daags voor het symposium, is tevens gelegenheid tot deelname aan excursies en het bijwonen van lezingen in de Collegetour. Voor deelname aan het Middeleeuwen Symposium 2024 en/of Collegetour geldt een bijdrage, voor studenten geldt een gereduceerd tarief.
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Jaarcongres Werkgroep 'De Moderne Tijd' 2024 (Universiteit van Amsterdam, 22 maart 2024) - aanmelden uiterlijk 13 maart 2024
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~ because of scope, in Dutch only ~ Op 22 maart 2024 vindt het jaarcongres van De Moderne Tijd plaats over het thema ‘Water: beleving, beheer, beeldvorming in de lange negentiende eeuw’. Wat waren de wateropgaven in deze lange negentiende eeuw? Hoe bepaalde het water de economie, de handel en het toerisme? Op welke manier was het een bron van inspiratie voor ingenieurs, wetenschappers of kunstenaars? Kortom, welke rol speelde het water in de cultuur en identiteit van de snel veranderende samenleving van de lage landen tijdens de lange negentiende eeuw? Aan de hand van deze vragen beoogt het congres stil te staan bij de veelzijdige culturele betekenis van water en de maatschappelijke, wetenschappelijke en artistieke vragen in de Lage Landen. Aanmelden kan tot uiterlijk 13 maart 2024 per e-mail. Voor deelname geldt een bijdrage, voor studenten geldt gereduceerd tarief.
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Financial, Economic and Business History Summer School (University of Groningen, 24-28 June 2024, apply before 15 March) |
The Financial, Economic and Business History (FEB-HIS) Summer School for PhD students and Postdocs will take place in Groningen from Monday 24 June to Friday 28 June 2024, coordinated by Posthumus fellow Amaury de Vicq and Posthumus PhD Thalassa de Waal. The school’s main aim is to offer PhD students and Postdocs the opportunity to develop core research skills, ranging from presenting their research project, receiving feedback, providing commentary on the work of their peers, and moderating each other’s sessions. Confirmed speakers are Posthumus board members Jutta Bolt (University of Groningen & Lund University) and Abe de Jong (University of Groningen & Monash University), Posthumus alumni Sandra de Pleijt (Wageningen University) and Selin Dilli (Utrecht University) as well as Rui Pedro Esteves (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva), and Sibylle Lehmann-Hasemeyer (University of Hohenheim). Deadline for applications is 15 March 2024. A registration fee for admitted participants applies.
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Historians' Days / Historicidagen 2024 (Maastricht University, 22-24 August 2024)
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The 2024 Historians’ Days (in Dutch: Historicidagen), jointly organised by the Royal Netherlands Historical Society (KNHG), Maastricht University, Open University and Fontys University of Applied Sciences will be held at the premises of Maastricht University on 22-24 August 2024. The event is meant for everyone interested in history, professionally or otherwise. The 2024 edition evolves around the theme of ‘Undisciplined History’, and actively promotes diversity within participants, audience, program, stories, methods and presentations. Deadline for submitting proposals has closed on 31 January 2024. |
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Exhibition Fugitive gives enslaved individuals a face (Radboud University, Nijmegen)
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A new exhibition called Fugitive is on display in the hall of the Erasmus Building. The portraits in the exhibition represent enslaved individuals in the former Cape Colony. Historian Karl Bergemann and forensic artists Kathryn Smith and Pearl Mamathuba from the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) have reconstructed multiple portraits based on eyewitness accounts from 19th-century newspapers. Alongside text panels, the portraits depict escaped enslaved persons in what is now South Africa in the period before and around emancipation on 1 December 1838. The exhibition is related to the research project Biography of an uncharted people, a joint project from Radboud University and Stellenbosch University on slavery research. |
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15th European Social Science History Conference (Leiden, 26-29 March 2025) - deadline paper and sessions proposals 15 April 2024
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The 15th European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) 2025 will take place on 26-29 March 2025 in Leiden, organised by the International Institute for Social History in co-operation with Leiden University. The aim of the ESSHC is bringing together scholars interested in explaining historical phenomena using the methods of the social sciences. The conference is characterised by a lively exchange in many small groups, rather than by formal plenary sessions. The conference welcomes papers and sessions on any historical topic and any historical period. It is organized in 27 thematic networks; the organisers strongly encourage interdisciplinary and international sessions. Deadline for submission of paper and sessions proposals is 15 April 2024.
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Jan Lucassen Award for best PhD paper at ESSHC 2025 - submit proposal before 15 April 2024, full paper by 15 January 2025
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At the 15th European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) 2025 the Jan Lucassen Award will be awarded to the best PhD paper presented at the ESSHC2025 Conference, to be held on 26-29 March 2025 in Leiden and organised by the International Institute for Social History in co-operation with Leiden University. The paper should be based on original research, innovative and should explicitly strive to explain historical phenomena using the methods of the social sciences. Papers with an international comparative approach are preferred. The maximum length of the paper should be no more than 8,000 words. The deadline for paper proposals is 15 April 2024, full papers should be submitted ultimately 15 January 2025.
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World Economic History Congress (Lund, Sweden, 28 July-1 August 2025) - Call for sessions proposals - deadline 15 March 2024
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The theme for the 2025 World Economic History Congress (WEHC), to be held on 28 July-1 August 2025 in Lund, Sweden, is “Equality and Sustainability Challenges”. Researchers from around the world are cordially invited to participate. The WEHC organisers call for session proposals addressing the theme of “Equality and Sustainability Challenges”. This theme underscores some of the pressing issues humanity faces today and draws connections to a diverse array of historical problems. To both understand and address these challenges, and to derive insights from the historical record, a range of perspectives is essential. Proposals should be submitted ultimately by 15 March 2024 (extended deadline) via the conference website. |
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Call for contributions to session on 'Great Depression in the Global South' at WEHC 2025 - respond before 15 March 2024
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For the World Economic History Congress in Lund 2025, Dr Michiel de Haas (Wageningen UR) is proposing a (double) panel on the Great Depression in the Global South. Researchers interested in joining this panel, are welcome to contact Dr Michiel de Haas by e-mail; please note that the deadline for the final proposal is 15 March 2024. You can find the current panel abstract via our website. |
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PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Damion Bunders (Erasmus University Rotterdam, 15 March 2024)
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On 15 March 2024, Posthumus alumnus Damion Bunders will defend his PhD thesis ‘Gigs of their Own: can platform cooperatives become resilient?’ at the Erasmus Research Institute of Management of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Promotors are Professor Tine De Moor (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Professor Agnes Akkerman (University of Amsterdam), and Professor Pearl Dykstra (Erasmus University Rotterdam). The PhD defense will also be broadcasted as livestream, the URL will be announced later. The N.W. Posthumus staff wishes Damion a successful defence.
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PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Eva van der Heijden (Leiden University, 21 March 2024)
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On 21 March 2024, Posthumus alumna Eva van der Heijden will defend her PhD thesis ‘Educational endeavors: children of immigrants in education in the Netherlands, 1980-2020’ at Leiden University. Promotor is Professor Leo Lucassen (Leiden University), co-promotor Professor Helga de Valck ( Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, University of Groningen). Attendance is on invitation, the PhD defense will also be broadcasted as livestream. The N.W. Posthumus staff wishes Eva a successful defence.
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PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Arlinde Vrooman (University of Groningen, 28 March 2024)
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On 28 March 2024, Posthumus alumna Arlinde Vrooman will defend her thesis ‘Here to Heal? The Effect of Colonial Rule on Disease and Health Care in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire: ca. 1900-1955’ at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Groningen. Promotors are Professors Jutta Bolt and Herman de Jong (both University of Groningen). Attendance on-site is on invitation, the defence cermeony will also be streamed via the livestream of the University of Groningen. The N.W. Posthumus staff wishes Arlinde a successful defence.
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PhD Defence Posthumus alumnus Björn Quanjer (Radboud University, 1 May 2024)
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On 1 May 2024 Posthumus alumnus Björn Quanjer will defend his 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 are Professors Jan Kok and Angelique Janssens (both Radboud University), co-promotor is Dr Tassenaar (University of Groningen). We wish Björn a successful defence. |
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PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Aditi Dixit (Utrecht University, 17 May 2024)
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On 17 May 2024, Posthumus alumna Aditi Dixit will defend 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 are Professor Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk (Utrecht University) and Professor Christina Moll-Murata (Ruhr University, Bochum). Attendance on location is on invitation, the defence will also be live-streamed via the livestream of Utrecht University (see URL above or use button below). The N.W. Posthumus staff wishes Aditi a successful defence. |
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PhD Defence Posthumus alumna Sietske van der Veen (Utrecht University, 31 May 2024)
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On 31 May 2024, Posthumus alumna Sietske van der Veen will defend her PhD thesis ‘Novel opportunities, perpetual barriers: patterns of social mobility and integration among the Jewish Dutch elite, 1870-1940’ at Utrecht University. Promotores are Professor Lex Heerma van Voss (Utrecht University), Professor Leo Lucassen (Leiden University), and Profeesor Karin Hofmeester (IISH and University of Antwerp). Attendance on-site is on invitation, the PhD defense will also be broadcasted as livestream. The N.W. Posthumus staff wishes Sietske a successful defence.
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Congratulations to our PhD alumni recently promoted!
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Dr Hannah Fluit (KU Leuven) on the thesis ‘Piety, poverty, and politics. The dynamics of Vincentian charity in modern Belgium (1840-1945)’ (8 February 2024). Promotors: Professor Kaat Wils (KU Leuven) and Professor Bert De Munck (University of Antwerp), co-promotor: Professor Patrick Loobuyck (University of Antwerp).
Dr Elisa Bonduel (Ghent University), on the thesis 'Alles heeft zijn prijs. Tolheffing en de commerciële ontwikkeling in de Vlaamse ruimte (1150-1300)' at Ghent University (9 February 2024). Promotors: Professor Jan Dumolyn and Professor Wim De Clercq (both Ghent University).
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Image credits: Celebrating graduates image made by violey via Pixabay |
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