The Dutch East India Company (VOC) took healthcare seriously, albeit mainly for business reasons. Former GP Ton Zwaard’s PhD research reveals that although healthcare in Asia was well organised, the V...

A one-day workshop/symposium on 14 January 2027 at the National Maritime Museum, focusing on the disciplinary crossroads between medical, social, and maritime history

An intellectual biography of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century.Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) was one of the foremost European intellectuals of the twentieth cent...

Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling and Conference Committee: Dr Alex Bamji, Professor Shane Doyle, Megan Graham, Professor Robert Hornsby, Dr Will Jackson, Dr J…

Abstract. This article sheds light on a previously overlooked aspect of medical practice in colonial contexts: the involvement of medical practitioners in

Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling and Conference Committee: Dr Alex Bamji, Professor Shane Doyle, Megan Graham, Professor Robert Hornsby, Dr Will Jackson, Dr J…

Kolloquium von Prof. Dr. Ulinka Rublack (Advanced Fellow am Historischen Kolleg 2025/26) vom 10. bis 12. Juni 2026

Am Historischen Seminar der Universität Heidelberg, Professur für Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit, ist ab 1. April 2026 eine Stelle als Akademische:r Mitarbeiter:in (PostDoc) (w/m/d) in Vollzeit (100%) zu besetzen.

The International Balzan Foundation (Milan/Zurich) is funding a programme in support of early career researchers in the field of Global History.

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