Due to the COVID19 crisis (especially the impossibility to meet in person), the course "Foundations of Research-2" could not take place as scheduled. However, a second opportunity to participate in this course in October will be offered.

The course is aimed at PhD students who are about halfway with their research project and want to have their work scrutinized by invited specialists (who are not their supervisors). In preparation, participants will be expected to turn in a draft of the introductory chapter of their dissertation.

Hopefully, the course can take place in a real, physical class-room setting. Exact day(s) and location will be determined later, depending on the number of registrations. Those interested can register as from now.

This Panel at the Historians of Netherlandish Art Conference (Amsterdam, 2-5 June 2021) aims to explore how early modern individuals and groups branded themselves through their heraldic presentation on contemporary social media and materials. Although this call for papers focuses on the period 1500-1800, the panel host also welcomes proposals exploring the transition between the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period.

Terwijl er hard wordt gewerkt om een uitdagend en coronaproof onderwijsprogramma voor het academiejaar 2020-2021 op te stellen, is alvast de beslissing gevallen om de Mediëvistendag, die normaal in het najaar van 2020 zou plaatsvinden, uit te stellen tot het najaar van 2021.

Scholarships at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome for MA, MPhil and PhD students (deadline for applications: 15 May 2020)

Spatial humanities are developing fast at the moment. This international expert meeting intends to bring together specialists from different disciplines in order to discuss possibilities, challenges, and next steps for spatial humanities that are concerned with late-medieval and early modern urban history and urban spaces.

PhD Position in Christianity and the History of Ideas (University of Groningen) (deadline for submission: 17 May 2020).

PhD Position in ERC-funded Project on Historical Future Expectations in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period (University of Antwerp) (deadline for submission: 26 April 2020).

This two-day international conference organised by the 'Innovating Knowledge' Project aims to bring together researchers applying network analysis to premodern manuscripts and manuscript texts.

For many centuries, news about catastrophic events has been disseminated via media such as pamphlets, chronicles, poems, and prints. This conference welcomes contributions that engage with the cultural dimensions of disasters and reflect on representations of catastrophes in different media.

De voorjaarsvergadering van de Stichting Oudchristelijke Studiën vindt plaats op 7 maart 2020. De ochtendlezing wordt verzorgd door Prof. Gie Vleugels, terwijl Dr. Klazina Staat instaat voor de middaglezing.