This research master course explores how traditional historical expertise can be productively combined with digital methods. It offers both methodological perspectives and hands-on training in researching political history using a wide range of primary sources: analog, digitised, and born-digital. Registration deadline: 19 March 2026, via bureau@onderzoekschoolpolitiekegeschiedenis.nl.

The age of information has profoundly changed how historians work with archives and primary sources. While digital access has expanded enormously, only a small portion of archival collections is fully digitised. At the same time, historians increasingly rely on digital workflows and tools. What does this mean for historical research and practice?

This research master course explores how traditional historical expertise can be productively combined with digital methods. It offers both methodological perspectives and hands-on training in researching political history using a wide range of primary sources: analog, digitised, and born-digital. Participants will work with concrete examples drawn from two state-of-the-art Huygens Institute research projects, REPUBLIC (early modern history) and MIGRANT (contemporary history), and will be supervised by an interdisciplinary team of researchers.

Dates: Thursdays 16, 23 (at the National Archive, The Hague), 30 April; 7, 21 May 2026
Time: 14:00-17:00

Location: Spinhuis, room 2.18, Amsterdam
Registration deadline: 19 March 2026, via bureau@onderzoekschoolpolitiekegeschiedenis.nl