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
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
Seminar ‘Oral history over de islam aan de VU en de eerste Turkse studentenvereniging in Nederland (TSV) 1980-2020’
Op 8 mei 2026, 14:30-17:00 uur, vindt aan de Universiteit Utrecht (Janskerkhof 13, zaal 0.06) een bijeenkomst plaats van het Oral History onderzoeksnetwerk. Sprekers zijn… read more
News
PhD/RMA Writing Sessions – May 2026
The PhD/RMA council will be hosting new writing sessions in May of this year. Doing research can be quite isolating. Our writing sessions are… read more
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
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
Dr Jaswina Elahi, 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
Workshop ‘Doing Research with Digital Cartography: A Hands-On and Critical Training’
18 June - 19 June 2026 | 2 ECTS (3 ECTS variation possible in consultation with course coordinator Margriet Hoogvliet) | ReMa, PhD
Professor Julia Noordegraaf, University of Amsterdam
Professor Bram Vannieuwenhuyze, University of Amsterdam
Dr Margriet Hoogvliet, University of Amsterdam
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.