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The RSPH-OPG Newsletter February 2025 is out
This packed February Newsletter informs you about the change in the General Board of the RSPH, the departure of managing director Margit van der Steen and about the many activities that are planned in the near future. You can read it all here.
21-22 February: Workshop ‘Principles of Representative Government’: Thirty Years Later
Published in French 1995 and translated into English in 1997, Bernard Manin’s Principles of Representative Government stands as one of the classic works on the question of political representation. Favorably reviewed as soon as it came out, the book has since enjoyed considerable success, both in academia and beyond. Bridging historical analysis and political theorising, Manin offered a lasting contribution, which still shapes discussions of election, representation, democracy or sortition to this day. This workshop is the occasion for a critical reappraisal of the core ideas of the book, as well as a study of its reception and its impact in debates on political representation.
Margit van der Steen: transfer news
After 14 years, her work as managing director of the Research School for Political History is ending. As of May 1, 2025, Margit will step down from her position to have time to write.
Call for Papers: Legitimate spying? Challenging or supporting intelligence services in Europe
We are pleased to invite you to submit a paper abstract for the workshop ‘Legitimate spying? Challenging or supporting intelligence services in Europe’ at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, on 3-4 November 2025. Abstracts should be submitted before Monday 17 March 2025 to Eleni Braat (e.c.braat@uu.nl).
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Uitstapje promovendi Den Bosch: uitnodiging
Op donderdag 20 februari 2025 organiseert de promovendiraad van de OPG een bezoek aan het Brabants Historisch Informatiecentrum in Den Bosch. Het BHIC is een regionaal historisch centrum en bewaart allerlei archieven van rijks-, provinciale, lokale en particuliere instellingen uit Noord-Brabant.
Meet OPG-members: Jelle Lammerts van Bueren
We would like to introduce you to the members of our School and show the diversity of the themes that are studied within it. In every Newletter we give you a glimpse into one researchproject. This edition: PhD candidate Jelle Lammerts van Bueren (UU). Jelle is also a member of the PhD council.
How to Decolonize Political History
The 12th Annual Conference of the Association for Political History
- Date: Wednesday 18 till Friday 20 June 2025
- Location: University of Antwerp – Conference center Grauwzusters
International cooperation: an introduction
PhD candidates from the RSPH recently participated in a workshop dedicated to working in an international academic community. Attached are presentations by amongst Eric de Lange and Frank Sterkenburgh on e.g. writing your first academic publication and international cooperation. The workshop was organized by Jacco Pekelder (ZNS Centre for Dutch Studies University of Münster) in Münster.