Introduction to the discipline: What is Political History?
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 185, AmsterdamSupervisor: prof. dr. Ido de Haan (Utrecht University) In this tutorial, we will discuss the very general, yet at the same time crucial question ‘what is political history?’ The discipline of political history has changed quite dramatically in the last couple of decades. From a well-established, yet also rather stuffy history of national political institutions, more »
Outreach and Communication
Universiteit Utrecht, Drift 21Supervisor: prof.dr. Dirk Jan Wolffram (Groningen University) and dr. Adriejan van Veen (Radboud University Nijmegen) NB: This seminar takes place in Utrecht This seminar is dedicated to the science outreach and communication – vis-à-vis both academia and the public at large – of the individual PhD projects of the participants. Invited speakers from academia, publishing, more »
RMA Course – What is political history?
University of Amsterdam, Oudemanhuispoort, Room A 0.08Supervisors: dr. Peter van Dam and dr. Jeroen van Zanten (both University of Amsterdam) What is political history? Among historians and social scientists definitions of and approaches to political history have diverged immensely. In this course, students explore approaches relevant to the history of politics and discuss the conceptualization of political history and the use more »
Deadline CfP ‘Gender in Human-Animal History’ Yearbook of Women’s History
The Yearbook of Women’s History is looking for articles for their yearbook on ‘Gender in Human-Animal History’. Deadline for abstracts is 15 November 2022. For more information, see the attachment.CFP Animals and Gender YWH 2023
Interdisciplinary Approaches
Supervisors: dr. Iva Pesa (University of Groningen) and dr. Lorena de Vita (Utrecht University) This Workshop looks beyond the limits of the discipline of political history. How do/can other scientific disciplines inspire and inform political history research? Which debates outside the confines of political history are of interest, and to which debates can your PhD more »
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 »