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 »
Conference ‘Food, Rules and the City’
On 16 and 17 November 2023, Posthumus alumni Dennis De Vriese (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Nicholas Brunmayr (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Robin Rose Southard (VUB) organise an international conference, entitled ‘Food, Rules and the City: Food Market Regulations and Their Social and Political Dynamics (15th-20th C.)’. Seeking to adopt such a long-term perspective and to explore more fully than before the more »
Conference: Setting the norm? Corruption and anticorruption in the late-colonial and post-independence period
Corruption is often understood as a form of misuse of public power and resources for private gain. Both past and contemporary issues of corruption have been linked to the history of colonial state formation as well as postcolonial developments. Despite some exploratory studies, the historical impact of colonial and postcolonial dynamics on (changing) understandings of 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 »
Amsterdam German Studies Lecture | Constantin Goschler
Waves of restitution, reparation and cultural memory after the Second World War. Datum: woensdag 7 februari 2024, 20.00 uur Locatie: SPUI25, Spui 25-27, Amsterdam en online Toegang gratis, aanmelden via SPUI25, voertaal: Engels Het Duitse debat over restitutie en herstel voor slachtoffers van oorlog, vervolging en mensenrechtenschendingen blijft een doorlopend proces. In zijn lezing zal Constantin more »
Congres ‘Water: beleving, beheer, beeldvorming in de lange negentiende eeuw’
Op vrijdag 22 maart a.s. organiseert Werkgroep De Moderne Tijd van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde haar jaarcongres. Het thema van dit jaar is ‘Water: beleving, beheer, beeldvorming in de lange negentiende eeuw’. Zoals gewoonlijk vindt het congres plaats in de Doelenzaal van de Universiteitsbibliotheek van de UvA (Singel 425). Aanmelden kan tot woensdag 13 more »
Seminar ‘Only that which has no history is definable’ (Nietszche) – lecture by Mark Philp (Warwick)
Organized by: Seminar Global Intellectual History, https://globalintellectualhistory.org/ Date and time: Tuesday 26 March 2024, 16.00-17.30 Entrance is free, no registration required Place: Universiteit Utrecht, Kromme nieuwegracht 80, 1.06 Abstract In this paper Mark Philp will discuss two strands of research that he has followed for more than 20 years – on democracy and on political more »
Congres – Protest! Activism through time
Op donderdag 9 april vindt het jaarlijkse congres van de Studievereniging GSV Excalibur en Historisch Tijdschrift Ex Tempore, beide verbonden aan de opleiding Geschiedenis aan de Radboud Universiteit plaats. Dit jaar staat het actuele thema van sociale bewegingen centraal. Het programma zal uit lezingen bestaan, waarbij verschillende sociale bewegingen en aspecten daarvan langskomen. Deelname aan more »
Seminar The Cultural Cold War: The Low Countries in a Global Network
Organized by Frank Keizer and Laurens Ham, NWO Open Competition XSproject The Secret Life of Writers: Dutch Intelligence Agencies and the Literary World during the Cold War Tuesday 23 April 2024, 13.15-17.00 Utrecht University, Janskerkhof 2-3, room 0.19 This symposium aimsto shed light on the formation of global cultural and intellectual cultural networks during the more »
Lecture Robert Saunders – Reform, Resistance and Revolution: The Challenge of Democracy in Britain, 1830-1928
Over the ‘long’ nineteenth century, Britain experienced a democratic revolution. The monarchy was pushed to the margins of British politics; the House of Lords was stripped of its veto; and the right to vote was extended to all adult men and women. It was a revolution that extended far beyond the state, reaching into every more »