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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

30 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...

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

27 June 2025 | News
The Huizinga Institute offers Research Master students and PhD candidates, as well as senior members, the opportunity to organize masterclasses, workshops, or other activities on a subject of their choosing within the field of cultural history. For examples, see our page on organising activities. We are able to support several applications in this call and...

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...

Huygens Instituut – Gebruikersonderzoek historische bronnen

18 November 2024 | News
Het Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse geschiedenis en cultuur maakt bijzonder veel historische bronnen en literaire teksten digitaal toegankelijk. In de onderzoeksprojecten van het instituut wordt gewerkt aan en met allerlei verschillende bronnen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis: van de brieven van Johan de Witt, archieven van de VOC, de resoluties van de Staten-Generaal en registratiekaarten van...

National protest 25 November 2024

7 November 2024 | News
Dear all, Monday next week, 25 November 2024, there will be a national protest against the extreme budget cuts that the Dutch government has set for higher education (of a billion euro). These cuts will have far-reaching consequences for all universities, and in particular for the humanities. The protests are organized by the trade unions...

New book: Hanneke Ronnes, Wouter van Elburg, ‘SLOOP: Utopie en Protest in Amsterdam van 1800 tot nu’ (Uitgeverij Panchaud: 2024)

15 October 2024 | News
Op 14 oktober verscheen het boek SLOOP: Utopie en Protest in Amsterdam van 1800 tot nu. Het boek gaat over de dynamiek van slopen, bouwen en beschermen op lange termijn. De golfbeweging begint in Amsterdam al in de late middeleeuwen, terwijl na 1800 steeds vaker discussie ontstaat over het slopen van bebouwing uit de 16e-17de...