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Call: Organise a Huizinga Institute activity (e.g. masterclass, workshop) on ReMa/PhD level – DL: 1 March 2026

16 December 2025 | News
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 examples, instructions and a checklist, see our page on organising activities. We are able to support several...

Selma Leydesdorff (1949-2025)

20 October 2025 | News
The Huizinga Institute mourns the passing of our respected colleague professor Selma Leydesdorff (1949-2025). Selma was actively involved in the development of women’s history and women’s studies from the very beginning in the 1970s, yet it was oral history with which her name is most closely associated, also outside the academic field. Her intellectual, and...

Op 6 oktober overleed Selma Leijdesdorff in de leeftijd van 75 jaar

15 October 2025 | News
Selma Leijdesdorff was feministe, dwarsdenker, activist, en historica.[1] Haar ontwikkeling als wetenschapper viel samen met de tijd waarin het persoonlijke politiek werd, en ook onderwerp van geschiedwetenschappelijk onderzoek. Sinds het interbellum, en in Nederland vooral sinds de Tweede Wereldoorlog, was het weliswaar steeds gebruikelijker om individuele getuigenissen te documenteren en te gebruiken als historische bron....

PhD/RMA Writing Sessions – October/November 2025

2 October 2025 | News
Dear members of the Huizinga Institute, Following the successful writing groups last academic year, The PhD/RMA council will be hosting new writing sessions in October and November: Thursday, 16 October, 10:00–13:00, UvA Bushuis E1.02 – contact person Holden Carroll ([email protected]) Thursday, 23 October, 10:00–13:00 online (find the link here) – contact person Leah Niederhausen ([email protected])...

Boudien de Vries (1951-2025)

17 July 2025 | News
With great sadness the Huizinga Institute has received the news of the passing of our dear colleague Boudien de Vries (1951-2025). Originally trained as a socio-economic historian and member of the Posthumus Institute for economic and social history, since the 1990s Boudien was one of the foundational scholars in the field of nineteenth-century Dutch cultural...

Judith Pollmann Awarded Spinoza Prize

26 June 2025 | News
Judith Pollmann (Leiden University) has been awarded the 2025 Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific honour in the Netherlands. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) bestows this prestigious award on researchers who have made exceptional contributions to their fields. Pollmann is one of two laureates this year, alongside biomedical scientist Thijn Brummelkamp. A professor of Early Modern...

Impact & Valorisation

1 May 2025 | News
By embarking on our own Impact & Valorisation project, the Huizinga Instituut highlights the work of our members and alumni, making their impacts visible to our wider community. Click through the tabs below to explore current projects and works of a selection of Huizinga junior and senior members. Interested in sharing your work with the Huizinga...

Tentoonstelling Dordrechts Museum: De wereld van Johan de Witt. Kunst uit het hart van de 17de eeuw (27 april – 26 oktober 2025)

24 April 2025 | News
Het Dordrechts Museum staat in het 400ste geboortejaar stil bij het leven van Johan de Witt, een van de belangrijkste en bekendste politici uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis. In een historische kunsttentoonstelling met werken van de beroemdste kunstenaars uit de zeventiende eeuw, stelt het museum de vraag: wie was Johan de Witt? Meer informatie

Looking back: Spring School 2025

11 April 2025 | News
Medieval and Early Modern Studies Spring School 2025: History of Emotions (24-28 March, Groningen) Report by Estel van den Berg   DAY 1: On the 24th of March we gathered at the monumental Academy building of Groningen University, for the start of a week of insightful and exciting lectures, workshops and pitches. Lucas van der...

Book Announcement: Richard Calis, The Discovery of Ottoman Greece: Knowledge, Encounter, and Belief in the Mediterranean World of Martin Crusius (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2025)

22 January 2025 | News
In the late sixteenth century, a Lutheran scholar named Martin Crusius (1526-1607) compiled the richest record of Greek life under Ottoman rule. Though he never left his home in the university town of Tübingen, Crusius spent decades annotating books and manuscripts, corresponding with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch, and interviewing Greek Orthodox alms-seekers. Ultimately, he gathered...