RMA Course – Back to the Source: Political History Unravelled

Every Friday from 24 February until 31 March, 10-13.00h Supervisor: Dr. Carla Hoetink (Radboud University; RSPH/OPG Director of Studies) Long gone are the days when political history was only described from official state documents. In today's historical practice a great deal of attention is paid to multi-perspectivity, seeking opportunities to hear different voices. No one more »

RMA Summer School – Writing Political History from Below: Theory and Practice

Supervisors: Harm Kaal (Radboud University) and Marnix Beyen (University of Antwerp)  Registration: before 31 March 2023 (bureau@onderzoekschoolpolitiekegeschiedenis.nl, see below) Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands This year’s RSPH/OPG Summer School is dedicated to studying politics ‘from below’. This Summer School prepares students to apply a multifaceted approach in writing political history. Students will delve into key historiographical more »

Opening Academic Year 2023-2024

Amsterdam

The RSPH Opening of the Academic Year 2023-2024 will take place on Friday 22 September 2023, Allard Pierson, Amsterdam. Announcement and Program Please register at: bureau@onderzoekschoolpolitiekegeschiedenis.nl   

Masterclass Natalia Aleksiun: ‘Intimate Violence’.  Methodology and Sources for Microhistories of the Holocaust

Time: Monday 13 November 2023, 16.00-18.00 pm Place: Drift 23, 1.04, 3512 BR Utrecht In recent years, scholarship on the micro-dynamics of violence has become increasingly popular. Zooming in on the microlevel allows us to engage with the ‘softer tissue’ of history: with the emotions and perceptions of both victims and perpetrators as well as more »

Workshop: Constructing Citizens, Portraying the People

International transfer and mediatized, scientized and politicized constructions of ‘the people’ in 20th century Northwestern Europe Thursday 18 January 2024 - 9.00 AM - 5.30 PM Meeting  and Conference Centre Soeterbeeck Who are the people and what do they want, think and feel? Throughout the twentieth century, a strong preoccupation existed with determining the preferences more »

Promotie Kim Bootsma – Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Op 6 juni 2024 om 16.15 uur zal OPG promovendus Kim Bootsma haar proefschrift verdedigen aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. De titel van haar proefschrift luidt: Van ‘redelijke discriminatie’ naar begrensde integratie. Het debat over vrouwen in de Nederlandse krijgsmacht (1968-1989).