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Towards New Horizons of Scholarly Publishing: National Meeting – 5-6 February 2026

Date: 5 February 2026 | Agenda/Calls
The academic publishing system has arrived at an impasse. Our universities continue to funnel money towards profit-driven commercial publishers, that obtain revenues higher than any other sector, with profit margins sometimes exceeding 30%-40%. This is possible only because in academic publishing the bulk of the work is shouldered by researchers for free, so the costs...

AMResearch Conference 2026

Date: 6 February 2026 | Agenda/Calls
Our first annual research conference aims to bring together different researchers from various disciplines to strengthen and build on the Amsterdam Museum research network. The aim is to connect, exchange insights and platform multidisciplinary research on upcoming Amsterdam Museum research themes, as well as methods of research for the new museum. To do so, this...

Seminar Antonia Weiss: Sprouting pasts. A counterhistory of urban gardening in Amsterdam, ca. 1970-present (CHS)

Date: 10 February 2026 | Agenda/Calls
In this Cultural History seminar, Antonia Weiss (Wageningen University) sketches a counterhistory of urban gardening in Amsterdam from 1970 onwards. By looking at the obscured history of gardening amongst migrants, she demonstrates that migrants are knowledgeable contributors to shaping our future food systems and cities. The Cultural History seminar series is organised by the Cultural History section of the History and Art...

Seminar Katariina Parhi: What is the place for oral history in the history of science and knowledge? (CHS)

Date: 12 February 2026 | Agenda/Calls
Speaker: Katariina Parhi (University of Oulu & Finish Academy of Science& Letters) The Cultural History seminar series is organised by the Cultural History section of the History and Art History Department. Date and time: 12 February 2026, 15:25-16:30 Location: Utrecht University Library, Tielezaal E1.25 Registration: registration not needed More information TBA

2 PhD positions on the early modern language sector in Northwestern Europe – Leiden University

Date: 15 February 2026 | Agenda/Calls
Leiden University currently has 2 vacancies for PhD positions within the ERC project LangPro (Professional Opportunities in the Early Modern Language Sector). LangPro is funded for 2026-2031 by the European Research Council and directed by dr. Alisa van de Haar (university lecturer in historical French literature at Leiden University). Prof. Nadine Akkerman (professor in early...

Workshop: Teaching Theory of History & Philosophy of the Humanities

Date: 27 February 2026 | Agenda/Calls
The Huizinga Research Network Theory of History is organizing a workshop for all teachers of theory of history, historiography and philosophy of the humanities at universities in the Netherlands and Flanders. About the workshop This workshop offers a platform for teachers to exchange experiences about our teaching and learn from each other to strengthen the...

CfA Aurora Summer School NeoLEMoS: Neo-Latin for Early Modern Studies

Date: 28 February 2026 | Agenda/Calls
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...

Women of the Museum XL: The (Museum’s) Future is Female – 9-10 March 2026

Date: 9 March 2026 | Agenda/Calls
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...

Book talk: On Pedantry. A Cultural History of the Know-it-All (CHS)

Date: 19 March 2026 | Agenda/Calls
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...

Seminar Femke Valkhoff & Tijmen van Voorthuizen: Writing women and drinking queers (CHS)

Date: 7 May 2026 | Agenda/Calls
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