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 News & Calls
CFP: AHM Annual Conference ‘Witnessing, Memory, and Crisis’ – DL: 10 March 2022
Our societies today are characterised by ‘epistemic instability’, where previously shared truths are increasingly scrutinised and contested (Harambam, Gramsci). In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, our responsibilities for one another’s safety… read more
PhD Defence Bob Pierik (UvA)
On 11 February 2022, 11:00, Bob Pierik will defend his dissertation entitled ‘Urban Life on the Move. Gender and Mobility in Early Modern Amsterdam’ supervised… read more
PhD Defence Berrie van der Molen (UU)
On 17 January 2022, Berrie van der Molen will defend his PhD thesis ‘Talking XTC; Drug discourse in post-war Dutch newspaper and radio debates’. The… read more
Apply to CEU’s Department of Medieval Studies’ PhD program by February 1, 2022
Deadline for MA and PhD applicants who wish to be considered for financial aid: February 1, 2022, 23:59 CET. Read more on CEU’s applications hub.… read more
PhD Defence Victor Guanmian Xu (UL)
On 10 November 2021, Victor Guanmian Xu defended his PhD thesis “Pepper to Sea Cucumbers. Chinese Gustatory Revolution in Global History, 900-1840”. His research was… read more
Upcoming HI Courses & Events
Workshop ‘Knowing and Manipulating Natures: Cultural History, Science and Global Environment in the Anthropocene’
7 February - 8 February 2022 | 3 ECTS | ReMa, PhD
Dr Robert-Jan Wille , Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University
Prof. Bert Theunissen , Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University
Masterclass ‘Food & the environment: Rethinking the history of consumption’ by Dr. Peter van Dam (UvA)
11 February - 12 February 2022 | 1 ECTS | ReMa, PhD
Dr Peter van Dam, University of Amsterdam
PhD Core Course 1: Positioning and designing your research
2 March - 22 April 2022 | 4 ECTS | PhD
Prof. Harald Hendrix, Utrecht University
Sustainability in Research Practices Part I: Photography for Research
16 March 2022 | 1-2 ECTS | ReMa, PhD
Dr Marieke Hendriksen, HuC KNAW
Dr Marjolijn Bol, Utrecht University
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.