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Call for Panels, Papers and Posters APH Conference 2026
The APH Conference 2026 is titled “Dynamizing and Decentring Empires: A Recalibration of the History of the Political” and will be held at University of Münster, 11-13 June 2026. The Association for Political History (APH), Research School for Political History (RSPH/OPG), Utrecht University: Security History Network/History of International Relations (SHN), University of Münster: Centre for Imperial Studies (CES) and ZNS Centre for Dutch Studies are calling for submissions of papers, panels and posters. Deadline for submission: 1 December 2025.
Struggling for Sovereignty: Workshop on the Spanish Netherlands in the Late Seventeenth Century, 29-30 September 2025
Location: Paderborn, Germany
This two-day international workshop aims to reassess the quality and agency of the Spanish Netherlands as a state in the late seventeenth century. Organised by the Chair for Flemish History in collaboration with the Belgienzentrum of the University of Paderborn, the event brings together researchers from across Europe to explore how the Spanish Netherlands navigated the complex realities of early modern power politics, war, and state formation.
(more…)Algemene Rekenkamerscriptieprijs 2025
Het collegejaar is ten einde. Dat betekent: tijd om uitzonderlijke scripties te eren met de Algemene Rekenkamerscriptieprijs. Deze prijs beloont excellente master- en postmasterscripties met een cijfer van 8 of hoger, afgerond aan een Nederlandse universiteit in het afgelopen collegejaar.
Deze prijs bestaat onder meer uit een geldbedrag van € 2.000, € 1.000 of € 500.
(more…)KHMW Jan Brouwer Scriptieprijzen 2026
U kunt nu studenten voordragen voor de KHMW Jan Brouwer Scriptieprijzen 2026!
De prijzen zijn bedoeld voor (voormalige) studenten die in het academisch jaar 2024/2025 afstuderen in een masteropleiding van een Nederlandse instelling voor wetenschappelijk onderwijs.
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Training RSPH
‘When people (think they) have a choice’. From articulation to mobilization‘: OPG Summer School 2025 – Report
The conviction that a situation – previously understood as given – can be altered, provides the starting point for people to come together, define a common agenda, and attempt to acquire power. But how does this process from articulation to mobilization take shape in different historical settings? From 24 to 27 June 2025, the Summer School of the Onderzoeksschool Politieke Geschiedenis, hosted at the University of Amsterdam, explored this question. Looking for politics on the streets, interviewing people, and visiting local research institutions, we developed our insights in constant dialogue with the city around us.
RSPH Opening Academic Year 2025-2026 – Friday 19 September 2025
On Friday afternoon, September 19, the Research School Political History will officially open the academic year at the Allard Pierson in Amsterdam.
We are delighted to welcome historian prof. dr. Gert Oostindie as our keynote speaker. His lecture, titled ‘Colonialism & Memory Wars’, will explore the recent resurgence of interest in Dutch colonial history within Dutch society and politics. Oostindie will briefly ponder the reasons behind this renewed attention and the role historians have played in it. His primary focus, however, is to reflect on the merits, challenges and pitfalls of the present boom in critical colonial studies.
(more…)RSPH Training Program 2025-2026
The Training Program 2025-2026 for PhD’s and RMA students is currently being finalized. More information will be announced soon. Keep an eye on our website!
PhD defences Political History
Donderdag 18 september zal Antia Wiersma om 14.30 uur aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen haar proefschrift Hartstochtelijk. partijloos, feministe. Dr. W.H. Posthumus-van der Goot (1897-1989) verdedigen.
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