Category: News

From 7 until 22 May 2025, a temporary exhibition can be seen in the University Library at the Drift: The Circle redrawn, Women at Work.

This exposition is organised by an interdisciplinary group of researchers (among whom Dr Sara Carmichael, substitute Board Member of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and Sophie Vries MA, participant of the 2024 cohort of the Posthumus PhD Training Programme), all with a passion for researching the theme ‘Women, Work, and Well-being’, approached from various scientific disciplines that they work in . The idea for this Pop-up Exposition and Conversation Piece, is to bring attention to the still ongoing gender inequality at work in an original and engaging way.

The exposition brings together (historical) visual material, current research findings and personal quotes. It shows how gender, work, and well-being are closely linked and how this relationship is influenced not only by government policies, such as parental leave or childcare, but also by everyday social norms and expectations about gender roles. The central focus is on the challenges women face balancing work and well-being in today’s Dutch society. The Pop-up exposition also shows how many of these challenges, such as the division of care work, are rooted in historical developments and cultural norms. Themes such as hormonal dynamics, a structural blind spot in workplace contexts, and the mental load of both paid and unpaid work are made tangible through thought-provoking panels.

This pop-up exposition is made possible by the sector plan “Welfare, Participation and Citizenship in the digital World.” Researchers and lecturers from four faculties at Utrecht University collaborate to expand these important themes in research, education and in dialogue between academia and practice. The exposition can be viewed during the opening hours of the Utrecht University Library City Centre.

We are happy to announce registration for the Posthumus Conference 2025 website is now open! On 27 and 28 May 2025, the Posthumus Conference 2025 will be held in Nijmegen at Radboud University, hosted by Dr Dries Lyna and Dr Joris van den Tol.

This year’s conference will be on the central theme ‘The People vs Structures’: this theme allows a reflection on how legal systems, institutions, and practices have influenced social and economic conditions, as well as how people have influenced these legal regimes.

The keynote lecture at the Posthumus Conference 2025 will be delivered by Professor Tamara Herzog, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs at Harvard University and Affiliate Professor of the Harvard Law School.

The conference website will be regularly updated, so keep an eye on that website!

CONFERENCE WEBSITE

REGISTRATION FORM

The students of the Research Master’s programme in Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies at Radboud University invite students, postdocs and all others interestes humanistic research to join the Interdisciplinary Symposium in the Humanities on ‘[ReMa]king Identity’, to be held on 23 May 2025 at Radboud University.

Identity is a fundamental concept in the humanities, shaping our understanding of culture, history, literature, and society. It influences how we perceive ourselves and others, and how we navigate the complexities of human experience. The symposium titled “ReMaking Identity” aims to explore the multifaceted nature of identity through an interdisciplinary lens, bringing together scholars and students to engage in meaningful discussions and debates.

The symposium will feature individual lectures by Professor Julia Kühn (University of Groningen), Dr Christopher Green (Leiden University), and Professor Nanna Verhoeff (Utrecht University).

If you want to attend this symposium, please register via the registration form (see button below) ultimately 22 May 2025.

REGISTRATION FORM
 
MORE INFO

The International Society for Regional History (ISRH) invites scholars to submit abstracts for the 3rd ISRH Global Conference, ‘Migration in a World of Regions’, to be held in September 2025. The conference will be held online as webinar.

This conference will explore the complex, multi-faceted relationship between migration and regions across history, geography, and culture. Keynote lecturers are Professor Toyin Falola , Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, at the University of Texas, Austin, and Dr Samira Saramo, Senior Research Fellow at the Migration Institute of Finland and an Associate Professor of Cultural History at the University of Turku.

Abstracts should be submitted ultimately 10 June 2025.

MORE INFO

On 5 and 6 June 2025, the 8th Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food will take place at Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam. The Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food is the bi-annual international point of assembly and an exchange of knowledge in the field of food history in the Netherlands. This year’s symposium will be on the theme ‘Food and the City’ and is a special edition because it takes place in the 750th anniversary year of the city of Amsterdam.

The conference will feature presentations on topics ranging from historical food markets and culinary labor to contemporary urban agriculture and food justice movements. In addition to academic sessions, the program includes presentations and roundtables designed to spark conversation across fields.

The keynote lecture at this year’s symposium will be delivered by Professor Kate Brown, the Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in the History of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Registration is now open for the 8th Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food. A participation fee will apply; for more info on the various fees and registration, visit the conference website via the button below.

FULL INFO

On 3 to 5 November 2025 the 2025 edition of the ESTER Research Design Course (RDC) will be held. This year’s edition will be hosted by the University of Seville under the guidance of Dr Germán Jiménez Montes (photo). The N.W. Posthumus Institute (as secretariat of the ESTER Network) and the local organisers of the University of Seville welcome abstracts for this RDC.

The Research Design Course (RDC) is a format promoted by ESTER (The European graduate School for Training in Economic and Social Historical Research, a European platform for postgraduate teaching involving over 60 universities throughout Europe) since the late 1990s. The RDC assists candidates in setting up a high quality and well-designed plan for their dissertation under the guidance of a team of senior researchers and research design specialists whose task it is to provide comments and feedback. Thus, the RDC is not a “course” in which an instructor will give a lecture or that you will discuss historical theories in a seminar setting. Instead, it is focused on presentations of individual projects and the ensuing discussions on how to improve them.

Therefore, selected participants will be asked to write a paper in which the design of your research will be discussed. The aim of this methodological reflection is to investigate the scientific procedures that historians use to reach scientific explanations and to combine all analytical elements into a synthetic and coherent historical account. In this paper, the participant will also prepare a detailed work plan for the dissertation.

Please note that in case a selection between suitable applications is needed, PhDs currently enlisted in the PhD Training Programme of the N.W. Posthumus Institute will have priority.

Registration is now closed.