Op 11 maart 2020 vindt in Antwerpen het jaarlijkse OPG seminar militaire geschiedenis plaats. Thema’s zijn onder meer de omgang met het koloniale verleden vanuit militair-historisch perspectief en het herdenken van oorlog. Voor meer informatie: Margit van der Steen. Programma volgt

All PhD candidates RSPH are invited to present their work during the  two day seminar “Work in Progress” (Utrecht 23-24 April 2020). Read more

Our seminar in Ghent on 19th-century popular politics and the ways in which ordinary people could shape the world around them is open for registration. Our starting point is the work of the eminent historical sociologist Charles Tilly, who put forth the idea of protest repertoires. Like street musicians, ordinary people resort to a limited amount of pre-written “scripts” to express their discontent, even though many other “tunes” seem possible in theory. This metaphor proved to be an intricate instrument for historical more »