Crucial Concepts in Political History
Supervisors: prof.dr. Annelien De Dijn (Utrecht University) and dr. Karin van Leeuwen (Maastricht University) Despite their crucial importance for defining a subject, concepts often receive only little attention in historical research projects. While the lessons on conceptual change learnt from scholars such as Koselleck and Skinner have resulted in the establishment of an entire subfield more »
Lecture Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger ‘King Frederick William I of Prussia and the History of Masculinity: Challenges of Biographical Writing’ (Utrecht Lectures in Political History)
The Political History Section of Utrecht University’s Department of History and Art History organizes the Utrecht Lectures in Political History to give insight into the main themes in current political historical scholarship. The first lecture (18 November) is by Professor Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger on ‘King Frederick William I of Prussia and the History of Masculinity: Challenges more »
Nexus Conference on ‘The War and the Future’
On Saturday 19 November 2022, a diverse and inspiring group of internationally renowned thinkers, artists, academics and politicians will be taking the stage of the National Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam for the Nexus Conference 2022. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘The War and the Future’, and revolves around questions such as: Why more »
Lecture Global Intellectual History ‘Cultivating Fraud: How Imperial Agents Harvested Anti-Ottoman Knowledge and its Consequences on the Islamic World’
You are cordially invited to the second lecture of the Global Intellectual History seminar this fall, which will take place at the University of Groningen on Thursday 24 November at 16.00. Dr. Isa Blumi (Stockholm University) will give a lecture entitled ‘Cultivating Fraud: How Imperial Agents Harvested Anti-Ottoman Knowledge and its Consequences on the Islamic more »
Deadline Application Masterclass with Glenda Sluga and Benjamin Teitelbaum on Antiliberal internationalism
On 12 January 2023, a masterclass on Antiliberal Internationalism takes place. As part of the international conference ‘Antiliberal Internationalism in the (long) 20th Century: Beyond Left & Right?’, organised by the universities of Groningen and Amsterdam, we invite a selection of PhD students from the research school political history OPG to present their research projects related more »
Deadline Application Master class prof. dr. Anthony Bogues on the Radical Thought of Sylvia Wynter
On 7 December, Prof. dr. Anthony Bogues (Brown University) will give a Master Class intended for PhD candidates and Research Master students on the radical thought of Sylvia Wynter. The Masterclass is organized by Prof. dr. Pepijn Brandon and the Graduate School of the Humanities, and will take place at the VU, from 14-17h in more »
Congres Constantijn Huygens. Een leven in brieven
Aula Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den HaagLocatie: Aula Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag Huygens Instituut, NL-Lab, KB | nationale bibliotheek van Nederland en Vrienden van de KB organiseren een congres ter gelegenheid van de voltooiing van het project Huygens’ Briefwisseling Online (resources.huygens.knaw.nl/briefwisselingconstantijnhuygens). Muziek, kunst, architectuur, politiek, wetenschap, parfum, nieuwe brieven en ontdekkingen. Met mooie verhalen over deze onderwerpen uit de briefwisseling van more »
Master class prof. dr. Anthony Bogues on the Radical Thought of Sylvia Wynter
On 7 December, Prof. dr. Anthony Bogues (Brown University) will give a Master Class intended for PhD candidates and Research Master students on the radical thought of Sylvia Wynter. The Masterclass is organized by Prof. dr. Pepijn Brandon and the Graduate School of the Humanities, and will take place at the VU, from 14-17h in more »
Symposium Montesquieu Instituut & VNG ‘Om de lokale democratie’ (in Dutch)
(in Dutch) Op 9 december wordt de twintigste bundel van het Montesquieu Instituut, met als thema lokale democratie, gepresenteerd in de aula van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Gemeenten en overhandigd aan VNG-voorzitter Jan van Zanen. Daarna zal een panel van auteurs en lokale politici in gesprek gaan over de conclusies uit de bundel. Voor meer more »
Congres Werkgroep De Moderne Tijd (in Dutch)
(in Dutch) Op vrijdag 9 december vindt het jaarcongres van De Moderne Tijd plaats over het thema ‘Oorlog op afstand. De Lage Landen tussen neutraliteit en betrokkenheid’. Het programma van deze dag vindt u in de bijlage. Programma Jaarcongres De Moderne Tijd 2022 'Oorlog op afstand' (vrijdag 9 december) Aanmelden kan tot 30 november 2021 more »