N.W. Posthumus Institute

The N.W. Posthumus Institute (NWP) is the Research School for Economic and Social History in the Netherlands and Flanders. It forms a durable platform for collaboration among scholars in the field of economic and social history, including non-Western history, world history and social-cultural history.

The N.W. Posthumus Institute promotes innovative and advanced interdisciplinary research in economic and social history by stimulating joint research programmes by participating institutes. Next to a PhD training in economic and social history, the N.W. Posthumus Institute also provides a four-course programme for Research Master students.

The administrative office rotates every five years between the universities and research institutes cooperating in the Posthumus Institute.
As of 1 July 2021, the administrative office of the NWP is hosted by the Department of History & Art History of Utrecht University:

N.W. Posthumus Institute
Utrecht University
Drift 6/room 1.09
3512 BS Utrecht
The Netherlands
phone +31 (0)30 253 63 28
e-mail posthumus@uu.nl

Staff
Scientific Director
Dr Jessica Dijkman
j.dijkman@uu.nl

Education Programme Director
Dr Rogier van Kooten
r.vankooten@uu.nl

Office Manager
René van Weeren BN BA
r.vanweeren1@uu.nl