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Huizinga Instituut

Netherlands Research School for Cultural History
The Huizinga Institute is the Dutch National Research School for Cultural History. We provide interuniversity education for PhD candidates and RMA students, and serve as a national forum for the discipline.

Cultural History Agenda & Calls

Vacancy: PhD Position on Royalist Radicalism and Parliamentary Democracy in Restoration France (UvA)

The history of democracy in nineteenth-century Europe is often written as a progressive march of liberals and socialists against the claims to power of conservative… read more

Jaarcongres Werkgroep Achttiende Eeuw: Kinderen in de achttiende eeuw: dromen, beelden en sporen

  Voor de beroemde achttiende-eeuwse schrijfster Elisabeth Wolff vormde de grote aandacht voor kinderen hét verschil tussen haar eeuw en de eeuwen daarvoor. Maar voor… read more

Vacature: Promovendus ‘Dynamieken van historische narratieven in tijden van crisis’ (UU)

Versterk het Adapt!-project over de dynamiek van historische narratieven in tijden van crisis en conflict. Als promovendus werk je onder begeleiding van prof. Beatrice de Graaf… read more

News

Selma Leydesdorff (1949-2025)

The Huizinga Institute mourns the passing of our respected colleague professor Selma Leydesdorff (1949-2025). Selma was actively involved in the development of women’s history and women’s… read more

PhD/RMA Writing Sessions – October/November 2025

Dear members of the Huizinga Institute, Following the successful writing groups last academic year, The PhD/RMA council will be hosting new writing sessions in October… read more

Boudien de Vries (1951-2025)

With great sadness the Huizinga Institute has received the news of the passing of our dear colleague Boudien de Vries (1951-2025). Originally trained as a… read more

Upcoming HI Courses & Events

Lecture Marijke Huisman: ‘Engagement, Activism & Professionalism in History’

Dr Marijke Huisman, Utrecht University

Workshop ‘Trauma-informed oral history’ with Erin Jessee (University of Glasgow)

Dr Erin Jessee, University of Glasgow

RMA Thematic course: ‘To See the World in a Grain of Sand: Reading and Writing Microhistory’

Dr David van der Linden, University of Groningen

Propose an activity

Each year, the curriculum of the Huizinga Institute is enriched with several masterclasses and workshops. The Huizinga Institute relies on the input of its members – senior members, RMA students and PhD candidates – for designing and organising these events. We always welcome proposals and have funding available for selected plans. Proposed activities may take on different forms, such as a research seminar with (international) experts or a more practice-oriented workshop in the (work)field, and may be aimed at any subdiscipline in the broad cultural historical field.