Huizinga Instituut
Netherlands Research School for Cultural HistoryThe 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
Tiele-dag 2026 ‘Van middeleeuwers tot millennials: ontmoetingen rond het boek’
Op vrijdag 17 april 2026 organiseert de Tiele-Stichting de jaarlijkse Tiele-dag in de KB in Den Haag. Tijdens deze lezingenmiddag staan actuele ontwikkelingen en nieuw… read more
Vacancy: PhD Position Medieval Literature ‘Consent in Songs in European Narrative Traditions’ (RU)
Interested in curiosity‑driven research and medieval literature? For the ERC project CONSENT, you will study the theme of sexual consent in medieval European narrative songs.… read more
Seminar Femke Valkhoff & Tijmen van Voorthuizen: Writing women and drinking queers (CHS)
Speakers: Femke Valkhoff & Tijmen van Voorthuizen (Utrecht University) The Cultural History seminar series is organised by the Cultural History section of the History and Art History Department.… read more
News
Workshop ‘Depositing oral history data for reuse’ (The Hague, 24 April 2026) – register before 17 April 2026
‘Depositing oral history data for reuse’ is a hands-on workshop led by Susan Hogervorst (Open Universiteit), in collaboration with DANS. In this workshop, you will… read more
Historicity and Historicality: Talk by Luke O’Sullivan
Friday 15 May 2026 15.00-17.00 Amsterdam (English spoken) Speakers: Luke O’Sullivan (National University of Singapore) Organised by: Chiel van den Akker (Study Group Philosophy of… read more
PhD Position ‘Food for thought. The science of blockades, 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ (UvA) – deadline 17 April 2026
The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) invites applications for a fully-funded PhD position (4 years, 1.0 FTE). This position… read more
Upcoming HI Courses & Events
Workshop ‘Sound in the Colonial Archive’
13 May 2026 | 1 ECTS | ReMa, PhD
Dr Emily Clark, University of Amsterdam
Dr Renée Vulto, Utrecht University
Medieval & Early Modern Studies Spring School 2026: Materiality, Material Culture and Materialist Approaches
1 June - 5 June 2026 | 5 ECTS | ReMa, PhD
Huizinga Institute Summer School 2026: The Cultural Historian and the Museum
16 June - 19 June 2026 | 3-5 ECTS | ReMa, PhD
Dr Rosanne Baars, Leiden University
Dr Dirk Alkemade, Leiden University
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.