Huizinga Instituut
Netherlands Research School for Cultural HistoryThe Huizinga Institute is the Dutch National Research School for Cultural History. We provide interuniversity education for PhD candidates and RMA students, and serve as a national forum for the discipline.
Cultural History Agenda & Calls
Vacancy: PhD position on language and power in early colonial North America (LU)
Leiden University has a vacancy for a fully paid 4-year PhD position within the NWO Vidi project ‘Leveraging Language, Proclaiming Power: Linguistic Politics in Early… read more
Book talk: On Pedantry. A Cultural History of the Know-it-All (CHS)
On 19 March, the Cultural History section organises a book talk on the new book On Pedantry. A Cultural history of the Know-it-All, written by Arnoud Visser (Utrecht University). In… read more
Jaarcongres De Moderne Tijd: Feest! en herdenkingen in de moderne tijd, 1780-1940
De werkgroep De Moderne Tijd bestaat in 2026 vijftig jaar. In 1976 werd de Werkgroep De Negentiende Eeuw opgericht en in 2017 breidde ze haar… read more
News
PhD Position ‘Food for thought. The science of blockades, 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ (UvA) – deadline 17 April 2026
The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) invites applications for a fully-funded PhD position (4 years, 1.0 FTE). This position… read more
CfP: Universities and Society at the End of Empire and Beyond (UniSoc) – 23-24 June 2026 (University of Birmingham)
Based upon an academic partnership between the Universities of Birmingham in the UK and Leiden in the Netherlands, Universities and Society at the End of… read more
PhD/RMA Writing Sessions – February 2026
The PhD/RMA council will be hosting new writing sessions in February. Doing research can be quite isolating. Our writing sessions are open to all… read more
Upcoming HI Courses & Events
Book launch ‘Cultural History for a Changing World’ (Bloomsbury, 2026)
25 March 2026 | 1 ECTS | ReMa, PhD
Cultural Historian’s Toolbox (PhD Core Course 2): ‘Computational Literary Studies’ – with Huygens Institute and OSL
7 April - 2 June 2026 | 3-6 ECTS | ReMa, PhD
Prof Karina van Dalen-Oskam, UvA/Huygens ING
Workshop series ‘Image revolutions. Printmaking in the Low Countries from woodcut to lithography’
7 April - 15 April 2026 | 2 ECTS | ReMa, PhD
Dr Marlise Rijks, Ghent University
RMA Thematic course: ‘Writing Environmental History in the Anthropocene’
10 April - 29 May 2026 | 5 ECTS | ReMa, PhD
Prof Peter van Dam, University of Amsterdam
Propose an activity
Each year, the curriculum of the Huizinga Institute is enriched with several masterclasses and workshops. The Huizinga Institute relies on the input of its members – senior members, RMA students and PhD candidates – for designing and organising these events. We always welcome proposals and have funding available for selected plans. Proposed activities may take on different forms, such as a research seminar with (international) experts or a more practice-oriented workshop in the (work)field, and may be aimed at any subdiscipline in the broad cultural historical field.