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Amsterdam School of Historical Studies

Newsletter February 2022

 

News ASH community

Hans Wallage PhD representative

Hans Wallage is temporarily replacing Rosa de Jong as ASH PhD representative. Rosa is in the US for the coming eight months on the Alexander Grass Memorial Fellowship. Next to work on his PhD research, Hans is a member of the Works Council (OR). Don't hesitate to reach out to Hans, he is here to help his fellow PhD researchers.

Moritz Föllmer joined the International Advisory Board of Transactions

Moritz Föllmer joined the International Advisory Board of the Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. Transactions welcomes submissions of articles from all historians. The journal publishes research articles, along with commentaries on historical practice, historiographical reviews and roundtable discussions. Read more

International perspective on the Middle Ages

Serena Ferente argues for an international perspective on the Middle Ages in her op-ed in de Volkskrant. It is a reply to Hans Mol's cry for losing Dutch Medieval Studies. Read more

CfP: Feeling Form/Forming Feeling?

The conference "Feeling Form/Forming Feeling?: Dialectics of Affect and Form in Anglophone Women’s Writing, 1550-1800" will be held at Ghent University, Carmelite Monastery, 14-15 October 2022 and the call for papers is now open. Deadline is 1 March 2022. Read more

CfA: Workshop Constructing Fantastical Worlds: from Antiquity to the Present

This interdisciplinary two-day workshop is devoted to the construction of fantastical worlds across various narrative media from antiquity to the present. The conference is hosted by the University of Amsterdam and will take place on Thursday 30th June – Friday 1st July 2022. Keynote Speakers are Dr Benjamin Stevens (Trinity University) and Dr Rutger Allan (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). Deadline is 15 March 2022. Read more

CfP&P: ‘The Making of the Humanities X’, Pittsburgh

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) will organize the 10th Making of the Humanities conference, from 3 till 5 November 2022. The Call for Papers and Panels is now open. Deadline is 15 May 2022. Read more

CfP: 9th Gewina Woudschoten Conference

On 17-18 June 2022 Gewina, the Belgian-Dutch Society for the History of Science and Universities, will hold its 9th biannual meeting in the Woudschoten Hotel & Conference Centre (Zeist). This two-day conference brings together historians of science, humanities, medicine, universities and technology; and all those from other fields with an interest in the history of knowledge. The theme of this year’s conference is Contested Expertise: Trust in Science and Technology. Deadline is 1 March 2022. Read more

In the Media

Wouter van Elburg

Shows the demolition of 19th century Amsterdam buildings in a vodcast by Diederik Boomsma (CDA Amsterdam).
 

Niek Pas

In de Volkskrant about the French presidential elections.

Bart Wallet

About the cold case mistakes around Anne Frank in various media outlets: OP1Reformatorisch Dagblad, Trouw, Het Parool, Le Vif
 

Remco Raben

On the problematic use of the word 'Bersiap' in de Kanttekening.

PhD defense

Sanne Albers

1 February 12:00 Agnietenkapel
Sanne Albers, ASH PhD candidate, has defended the dissertation entitled 'Dissecting the Chinese national historical narrative. A quantitative and qualitative analysis of ideological roles of women, ethnic minorities, and businesspeople in Chinese junior high school history textbooks' supervised by Prof. Remieg Aerts and Prof. Jeroen de Kloet. Read more

Jan Brauer

2 February 14:00 Aula
Jan Brauer, ASH PhD candidate, has defended the dissertation entitled 'Over de grens’. De sociaal-politieke dynamiek in de Nederlands-Duitse grensregio’s, 1930-1940' supervised by Prof. Peter Romijn and co-supervised by Dr Joost Rosendaal. Read more

Bob Pierik

11 February 11:00 Aula
Bob Pierik, ASH PhD candidate, will defend the dissertation entitled 'Urban Life on the Move. Gender and Mobility in Early Modern Amsterdam' supervised by Dr Danielle van den Heuvel and by Prof. Geert Janssen. Read more

Benoît Verstraete-Hansen

18 February 16:00 Agnietenkapel
Benoît Verstraete-Hansen, ASH PhD candidate, will defend the dissertation entitled 'Leven in dienst van de Heiland. Peter Martin Legêne als zendeling en schrijver' supervised by Michiel van Kempen and co-supervised by Prof. Bert Paasman. Read more

Upcoming events

ACSEM Object Colloquium: The Shell

8 February 15:30 - 17:00 Doelenzaal, University Library
Art historian Hanneke Grootenboer (Radboud University Nijmegen), Dutch literature expert Marrigje Paijmans (UvA) and PhD candidate Cynthia Kok (Yale University / Kress Fellow Leiden) will carry out a philosophical and decolonial exercise, engaging with images and stories of shells. Following in the footsteps of seventeenth-century collectors, they wonder: What will happen when we play and think with shells? Read more

Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food 2022

11 ad 12 February Aula
On 11 and 12 February, the 7th Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food will take place in the Aula of the University of Amsterdam. This year’s topic is "Food and the Environment: The Dynamic Relationship Between Food Practices and Nature". Read more

Current Issues with Flavia Buzzetta

14 February 16:00 - 17:30 OIH E.014B
Flavia Buzzetta will give the lecture ‘Christian Kabbalah: New Perspectives' in the programme Current Issues in Religious Studies and Western Esotericism. Read more

Early Modern Food Provision in Amsterdam & The Rise of Nonfamily Households in Post-War Western European Cities

17 February 15:30 - 16:30 Bushuis E1.02 and online
During this work in progress session, Maroesjka Verhagen and Tim Verlaan will respectively present papers on food provision in early modern Amsterdam and the post-war history of solo living in northwestern European cities. Read more

Vossius Seminar

21 February 16:00 - 18:00 BG1 0.16
At the next Vossius Seminar Geert Somsen and Tom Kayzel will present their research. Geert Somsen will give the talk “Enacting Internationalism – Community Building in Chemistry Conferences, 1893-1914 ” and Tom Kayzel "Prediction and Predicament: Economic Planning and Imagined Futures in Dutch Politics, 1918—1999". Read more

Grant news and upcoming deadlines

CfA: Marilena Laskaridis Visiting Research Fellowships 2022-2023

The Marilena Laskaridis Visiting Fellowships in Modern Greek Studies are sponsored by the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, which is also the main sponsor of the Marilena Laskaridis Chair of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Amsterdam, held by Prof. Maria Boletsi. The fellowships are offered annually on a competitive basis and by application. The call is open to projects from all disciplines in the humanities and/or social sciences that engage with aspects of Modern Greek culture and/or history. The fellowships aim to strengthen research in the field of Modern Greek studies at the University of Amsterdam and internationally, encourage academic collaborations and exchanges, and give the opportunity to young and more experienced scholars in this field to advance their research. Deadline is 1 March 2022. Read more

Vossius Fund for Research Fellows open for applications

The Vossius Center offers funding for Research Fellows. The next deadline is 15 May 2022 for fellowships between September 2022 and June 2023. Applicants are invited to submit a proposal for obtaining a subsidy for research fellows. Read more

HCMH Visiting PhD scholarship

The Haifa Center for Mediterranean History (HCMH) invites international PhD students to conduct research on a project relating to the history of the Mediterranean, during one or two semesters.

HCMH, which began its work in 2016, promotes the historical study of the pre-modern Mediterranean at the University of Haifa, and aims to connect it to the vibrant international networks of Mediterranean research. Proposed PhD projects should engage meaningfully with a Mediterranean theme and show relevance to the current historiographical discourse. Read more

Veni 2022: new planning

In 2022, the planning for the next Veni rounds in NWO Talent Programme will be fully aligned, just as it was prior to the changes that took place last year as a result of the coronavirus crisis and hack at NWO. The decision about the 2021 Veni SSH is planned for April next year, and NWO has considered the best starting dates for 2022 by taking into account the desire not to create an overlap of rounds or introduce new changes to the current evaluation procedures.

The new Veni-planning for all domains is as follows: Deadline for the (mandatory) preproposal is Tuesday 6 September 2022; Deadline for full proposals is Tuesday 24 January 2023; The decision about the Veni proposals for the 2022 round will take place in June 2023. Read more

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