The Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) will host this year’s annual International PhD Seminar at its premises in Middelburg on 25-27 November 2026. The organisers kindly invite applications from current doctoral candidates whose research covers any aspect of American culture, media, society, politics, or foreign relations, recent or historical. Applicants are invited to submit...
The Huizinga Instituut Writing Sessions are back! This time the RMA/PhD council is hosting you online every Monday from 10:00 until 13:00 in October and November. Doing research can be quite isolating. Our writing sessions are open to all RMA and PhD students who want to work alongside peers in a supportive environment. You’re welcome...
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 on a subject of their choosing within the field of cultural history. For instructions and a checklist, see our page on organising activities. We are able to support several applications...
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 School NeoLEMoS: Neo-Latin for Early Modern Studies, which will take place at the University of Innsbruck from 26 July to 1 August 2026. NeoLEMoS is designed for MA students and...
On 9 and 10 March, the Rijksmuseum will host the fifth Women in the Museum symposium, featuring two days of lectures, panels, and hands-on workshops. Women in the Museum is a series of annual symposia organized by the Rijksmuseum as part of the Women of the Rijksmuseum research project. Find more information about our research programme...
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 Colonial North America’. The project will examine the interplay of communication practices and power relations in New England, New France, New Netherland, and Virginia in the first half of the...
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 his book, Visser provides a cultural history of a supremely annoying intellectual vice, and explains why know-it-alls get under our skin, and what their history can teach us. Date and...
Speakers: Femke Valkhoff & Tijmen van Voorthuizen (Utrecht University) The Cultural History seminar series is organised by the Cultural History section of the History and Art History Department. Date and time: 7 May 2026, 15:00-16:30 Location: Utrecht, Kromme Nieuwegracht 80 Registration: registration not needed More information TBA
Speakers: Carine Zaayman (independent artist, researcher ) with Jody Metcalfe (Utrecht University) The Cultural History seminar series is organised by the Cultural History section of the History and Art History Department. Date and time: 2 June 2026, 13:00-14:30 Location: Utrecht, Kromme Nieuwegracht 80, room 1.06 Registration: registration not needed More information TBA
Op 15 en 16 oktober 2026 organiseert de Belgisch-Nederlandse Stichting Colloquium ‘De Brabantse Stad’ haar XXIste driejaarlijkse publiekscolloquium over de stadsgeschiedenis van het oude hertogdom Brabant. Op 15 oktober vindt tevens een publiekslezing plaats. Thema Centraal dit jaar staat het stadsverleden als inspiratiebron en grabbelton voor stedelijke identiteit en de verbeelding hiervan. Een tiental sprekers...
