We warmly invite you for the inaugural session of the national Research School Political History. This gathering provides ample opportunities for political historians to meet each other and to welcome our new research master students and PhD candidates.

This year, the focus of the session is on writing the history of “ordinary citizens” and their relation to power. We warmly invite you for the inaugural session of the national Research School Political
History. This gathering provides ample opportunities for political historians to meet each
other and to welcome our new research master students and PhD candidates.
As always during our opening sessions, we discuss a specific theme relevant to our field. This
year, the focus is on writing the history of “ordinary citizens” and their relation to power.
Harm Kaal (Radboud University) and Marnix Beyen (University of Antwerp) will deliver an
introduction, after which author Kristien Hemmerechts and journalist and author Marcia
Luyten will give a lecture and discuss the theme.

Since the opening offers a sneak preview of the summer school scheduled at the end the
academic year, all research master students and PhD candidates are highly encouraged to
attend!

Date: 23 September 2022, 13.00 – 18.00 hrs. 2022
Location: Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, Amsterdam
Please register https://forms.gle/Y1fzX7kxteXqTUNq8

If there are problems with the registration, please contact
bureau@onderzoekschoolpolitiekegeschiedenis.nl