Events
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Cultural Historian’s Toolbox: Oral History and Cultural Memory. 20 and 27 February and 27 March 2026
Co-organized with Huizinga Institute for Cultural History. This hands-on, interactive course for PhD candidates (also open to RMA students) consists of three days, in Utrecht. Besides practicing with preparing, conducting and reflecting on an interview, we discuss key theoretical notions on working with oral sources. 20 and 27 February and 27 March 2026, Utrecht. Please send more »
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Jaarcongres De Moderne Tijd: Feest! Jubilea en herdenkingen in de moderne tijd, 1780-1940
De werkgroep De Moderne Tijd bestaat in 2026 vijftig jaar. In 1976 werd de Werkgroep De Negentiende Eeuw opgericht en in 2017 breidde ze haar activiteiten uit tot het bredere tijdvak waar ook de late achttiende en vroege twintigste eeuw onder vallen. Het vijftigjarig bestaan is reden voor een jubileumcongres met als thema Feest! Jubilea more »
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Module 8. Advanced Research Design: Presenting and Defending Your Thesis
The OPG module Advanced Research Design: Presenting and Defending Your Thesis has been redesigned. The new format is a two-day program with an overnight stay, replacing the previous one-day event. In this format, we offer you the opportunity to indulge yourself for two days and fully focus on your PhD while also socially engage with fellow OPG-members. During more »
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Symposium: It lân fan dream en winsken? Friezen en de Verenigde Staten (1776-2026)
KFG-Sieperda-symposium 10 april 2026 Dit jaar is het 250 jaar geleden dat dertien Amerikaanse staten zich onafhankelijk verklaarden van de Britse monarchie. In Fryslân bestond meteen sympathie voor dit streven. Een eeuw later zochten veel Friezen een betere toekomst aan de andere kant van de oceaan in wat het lân fan dream en winsken werd more »
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Conference: GAS! The Influence of Chemical Warfare Agents. Past and Present
The War Heritage Institute and the Royal Military Academy are pleased to announce the conference “GAS! The Influence of Chemical Warfare Agents. Past and Present.” The conference will take place on 23 and 24 April 2026 at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels (Belgium). The programme and further information about the conference can be found more »
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Conference ‘Ctrl-Alt-History: (Digital) Humanities meets AI’
This conference is organized by the Belgian Association for Contemporary History. They are calling for stand-alone papers, panels, and interactive workshops. More information can be found on the event website. The Conference will take place on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at the Hof van Liere on the City Campus of the University of Antwerp.
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Summer School: Writing (Past) Empires as National Histories – Legacies of Colonialism and Violence in the Netherlands and Germany – in an international comparative context
Münster , GermanyIn 2025-2026, the RSPH Summer School will focus on how historians have approached Dutch and German colonialism, with particular attention to the interaction between historical narratives and contemporary societal and political engagements with colonial legacies. Central themes include experiences of violence, systems of domination in international politics, and the positionality of the historian: Who can—or more »