In this newsletter, Margit van der Steen looks back on 14 years of RSPH, you can read Thomas van Gaalen’s report on the Solidarity in Action Symposium and you will find announcements of promotions and meetings. Enjoy reading!

June 24-27, 2025. Supervisors: Peter van Dam, Bram Mellink, Mart Rutjes (University of Amsterdam). Registration (only a few places left): bureau@onderzoekschoolpolitiekegeschiedenis.nl.
What makes people realize they have a choice in politics? How do members of social movements (or policymakers) define achievable options? And how do they ensure sufficient support to put their plans into action? This year’s Summer School of the Research School for Political History focuses on politics not as a separate sphere, but as a dimension in society. Hosted by the University of Amsterdam, it engages with the processes of political articulation and mobilization, focusing on ideas, institutions and practices.

Harm Kaal, hoogleraar aan de Radboud Universiteit / Faculteit der Letteren met de leeropdracht Toegepaste geschiedenis, spreekt op vrijdag 23 mei 2025 om 15.45 uur precies een inaugurele rede uit, getiteld: ‘Hoe merk je aan mij dat ik een historicus ben?’
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