The PhD/RMA council will be hosting new writing sessions in May of this year. 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 to ask questions share ideas or simply enjoy the company of other...
~ English version below ~ In 2026 stelt het Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap (KOG) voor de tweede keer een scriptieprijs beschikbaar voor studenten in hun masterfase of reeds afgestudeerden binnen de studies kunst- en (cultuur)geschiedenis en erfgoed- en restauratieonderzoek aan Nederlandse universiteiten en hogescholen (WO/HBO). De prijs bedraagt € 1000 per winnende scriptie en wordt eens...
Op 19 juni 2026 vindt in het Academiegebouw te Utrecht de boeklancering plaats van Oral history – Handboek voor onderzoek, onderwijs en erfgoed van de auteurs Susan Hogervorst en Marloes Hülske en uitgegeven door Amsterdam University Press. Het boek is een leidraad voor iedereen die met oral history aan de slag gaat. Het is opgebouwd volgens...
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 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...
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 sought to define what it means when things go wrong, doing their utmost to detect any trace of rot in their rulers, their enemies, or themselves. Designed to prevent further...
On Friday 6 March, the Utrecht University Centre for Early Modern Studies (UUCMS) will organise the launch of the volume Lottery fantasies, follies, and controversies. A cultural history of European lotteries. The volume explores the ways in which the lottery was imagined in early modern Europe, ranging from inviting fantasies to social misery. The book...
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...
Leicester, a city in the English East Midlands, was among the most active centres of HIV/AIDS activism in the country. This lecture explores the efforts which were employed to reach men who had sex with men in Leicester, especially Black and Asian men. Not only did Black and Asian activists radically rethink how sexual health...
Het Centre for Media and Journalism Studies verricht interdisciplinair onderzoek naar onderwerpen die essentieel zijn voor het begrijpen van de rol van media en communicatie in een steeds verder gemediatiseerde samenleving. Het onderzoek van het centrum richt zich op vier onderling samenhangende aandachtsgebieden. Dit onderzoek past binnen het thema New Interdependencies of Journalism en sluit...
