Amsterdam School of Historical Studies

You are warmly invited to the conference: From Josephus to Josippon and Beyond: A Digital, International Conference, August 23 – 26, 2021 (online). Registration is required but open to all. Please see the flyer for the programme and the following link for further info and registration. Read more

The University of Kent published a call for papers for the conference '(In)Tangible Heritage(s)', a conference on design, culture and technology in past, present, and future on 15-17 June 2022 in Canterbury, UK. Deadline is 30 June 2021. Read more

Rosanne Baars has given the online lecture 'Betrouwbaar nieuws in de tijd van Willem van Oranje' in the Goetgevonden project lecture series. The lecture is recorded and can be viewed here.

23 June 16:00 Agnietenkapel
Sandra den Dulk, ASH PhD candidate, will defend the dissertation entitled 'Longing for green walks: The creation of the Dutch city park 1600-1940' supervised by Prof. Erik de Jong and Prof. Lex Bosman. Read more

The board of the Stichting Gastronomische Bibliotheek invites students and researchers to submit requests for the Professor J.M. van Winter Stipend 2022. Deadline 15 August.

Each year, the Stichting Gastronomische Bibliotheek makes a stipend of €1000 available for research that makes particular use of the History of Food collection of the Allard Pierson, the heritage collections held at the University of Amsterdam. This research is intended to throw further light on a particular aspect of the history of food and drink. The stipend is to be used as compensation for travel, accommodation and research costs and must be fully spent within one year of allocation. Read more

The Boekmanstichting organises the Boekman Dissertatieprijs in collaboration with NWO for the fifth time. The best Dutch PhD research on art, culture and society will be awarded €10.000. The Boekman Dissertatieprijs aims to present PhD research on art, culture and society to a broad public. Deadline 15 September.

The Boekman Dissertation Prize, an initiative of the Boekman Foundation and NWO, is awarded once every three years to the best dissertation at a Dutch university in the working area of the Boekman Foundation. Dissertations from the year 2018 and later are eligible for the award in 2021. Read more

The Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR) provides scholarships to early career scholars who can benefit from a research stay in the academic hub of Rome. Rome’s many international research institutes, museums and libraries offer a vibrant academic climate fore specially Archaeology, Classics,  ArtHistory, History, Anthropology, Political Science, Museology and Heritage studies - and the Humanities  and Social Sciences at large. KNIR fellowship holders form an interdisciplinary, close-knit community, engaging in field and lab work, debates, workshops and excursions. Scholarships are open to (R)MA students, (prospective) PhD students and postdocs. Depending on the career stage and plan, the KNIR facilitates research stays from 2 up to 20 weeks.

Read more about the different scholarships and grants and how to apply. 

For the next three years, four Dutch researchers each year will be given the opportunity to write a Dutch-language non-fiction book (grant 37,500 euros). The next deadline is 1 July 2021. Read more