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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...

New book: Representation: The Birth of Historical Reality from the Death of the Past

14 October 2024 | News
On behalf of one of our members, I hereby announce that the following book has been published recently: Franklin R. Ankersmit, Representation: The Birth of Historical Reality from the Death of the Past (New York: Columbia University Press,2024)

New: Huizinga Writing Groups

14 October 2024 | News
Dear PhDs and RMAs of the Huizinga Institute, We are pleased to announce that the PhD/ReMa Council is organising HUIZINGA WRITING GROUPS. The first online session will be on Tuesday the 29th of October from nine to noon. We hope it will be an opportunity for members who are currently focused on writing to join...

Looking back: Spring School 2024

17 June 2024 | News
Medieval and Early Modern Studies Spring School 2024: Landscape History & Ecology (27-31 May, Ghent) By: Estel van den Berg DAY 1: On the 27th of May we gathered at the STAM museum in Ghent for the exhibition ‘Ghent’s Lands’, on the rich history of the city of Ghent’s agricultural lands from the 12th century...

Course registration new RMA students

27 May 2024 | News
If you are RMA students that starts in 2024-2025, but you are not yet registered with a National Research School by your local graduate school, you can already enroll in our courses and activities. Please enroll via the form on the specific course page(s). In the remarks section, mention that you will start your RMA...

In memoriam Willem Frijhoff (1942-2024)

16 April 2024 | News
Op 5 april overleed de bekende historicus Willem Frijhoff op 81-jarige leeftijd. Zijn invloed op de beoefening van de cultuurgeschiedenis in Nederland was groot en zijn betrokkenheid bij het Huizinga Instituut speelde daarbij een belangrijke rol. Frijhoff was persoonlijk al een schoolvoorbeeld van culturele vorming. Afkomstig uit een eenvoudig katholiek middenstandsgezin, ging het ‘knapste jongetje...

Willem Frijhoff (1942-2024)

15 April 2024 | News
It is with great sadness that the Huizinga Institute has learned of the passing of our esteemed colleague Professor Willem Frijhoff (1942-2024). Willem Frijhoff played a key role in the rise of cultural history in the Netherlands since the 1980s: in many inspiring books and articles he introduced new concepts and methods. He contributed to...

Join the HI Slack channel for Digital Humanities

1 March 2023 | News
Are you working with or interested in digital humanities/computational humanities? Then we invite you to join the Huizinga Instituut Slack channel dedicated to DH! The channel serves as a network and contact point for both junior and senior researchers in the field. It allows you to easily share tips and articles, ask questions, discuss topics,...

New: Huizinga Institute Alumni Directory

11 October 2022 | News
Over the last 27 years, the Huizinga Institute has supported over 650 PhD students in their projects. This makes for an extensive Huizinga alumni community with alumni working in various fields such as academia, governmental institutions, journalism, or as freelance historians. We are happy that many of them are also still active members of the...