This two-day workshop, held at Antwerp University, focuses on developing the skills, insights, and confidence needed to participate fully in international academic life, whether through publishing, conferencing, or building professional networks.

Throughout the programme, established scholars will share best practices and common pitfalls in international collaboration. Together with fellow RSPH PhD candidates and colleagues from Antwerp University, you will explore the future of academic publishing, discuss the role of conferences in a changing academic landscape, and reflect on how to position your research in international debates.

We are also very pleased to announce that dr. Burak Sayim (SNSF Ambizione Fellow, University of Basel and PI of the project “Anticolonial Internationalism in the Interwar Middle East) will join the workshop. He will speak about his own international academic trajectory and act as a sparring partner during the development and presentation of your assignments.

Finally, the workshop will guide you in developing a concrete proposal for a symposium or conference panel, prepared in collaboration with one or two fellow PhD candidates.

Registration & Accommodation
The Research School Political History can provide free hotel accommodation for participating PhD candidates.

Registration deadline with accommodation: 15 December 2025. Please note that the number of rooms is limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration deadline without accommodation: 19 January 2026 bureau@onderzoekschoolpolitiekegeschiedenis.nl