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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
