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
CfA Aurora Summer School NeoLEMoS: Neo-Latin for Early Modern Studies
The University of Innsbruck, in collaboration with the University of Naples Federico II and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, is pleased to announce the Aurora Summer… read more
Call: Scriptieprijs Brabantse Geschiedenis
Heb jij voor je master een scriptie geschreven over de geschiedenis van Brabant? Stuur de scrip-tie dan in voor de Scriptieprijs Brabantse Geschiedenis 2026. De… read more
CfP: Graduate Conference in the History Thought – Vice, Corruption, and Decay in the History of Political Thought – 11-12 June 2026 (UCL)
The problems of vice, corruption and decay have always been central to the history of political thought. Since the earliest days of civilisation, humans have… read more
News
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
Call: Organise a Huizinga Institute activity (e.g. masterclass, workshop) on ReMa/PhD level – DL: 1 March 2026
The Huizinga Institute offers Research Master students and PhD candidates, as well as senior members, the opportunity to organise a masterclass, workshop, or other activity… 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.