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Workshop ‘Depositing oral history data for reuse’ (The Hague, 24 April 2026) – register before 17 April 2026

2 April 2026 | News
‘Depositing oral history data for reuse’ is a hands-on workshop led by Susan Hogervorst (Open Universiteit), in collaboration with DANS. In this workshop, you will learn how to deposit and share your oral history interview recordings in the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities. We will also look in more detail at the methodology...

Historicity and Historicality: Talk by Luke O’Sullivan

1 April 2026 | News
Friday 15 May 2026 15.00-17.00 Amsterdam (English spoken) Speakers: Luke O’Sullivan (National University of Singapore) Organised by: Chiel van den Akker (Study Group Philosophy of History), in consultation with the Huizinga Research Network Theory of History Room: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, MF-Building, room MF A307, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam The upcoming meeting of the Study...

PhD Position ‘Food for thought. The science of blockades, 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ (UvA) – deadline 17 April 2026

11 March 2026 | News
The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) invites applications for a fully-funded PhD position (4 years, 1.0 FTE). This position is part of the ERC Synergy-funded research project BLOCKADE, which explores the global blockades of the First and Second World Wars, and their aftermaths. A cooperation between the universities of...

CfP: Universities and Society at the End of Empire and Beyond (UniSoc) – 23-24 June 2026 (University of Birmingham)

27 February 2026 | News
Based upon an academic partnership between the Universities of Birmingham in the UK and Leiden in the Netherlands, Universities and Society at the End of Empire and Beyond (UniSoc) uses these two global seats of learning as a starting point to examine the role of universities in the transition from colonial to postcolonial and multicultural...

PhD/RMA Writing Sessions – February 2026

20 January 2026 | News
  The PhD/RMA council will be hosting new writing sessions in February. 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 researchers while...

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....

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...