Save the date: The Making of the Humanities XII (Torun 2026)
The Society for the History of the Humanities is thrilled to announce that the next Making of the Humanities conference will be held in Poland!
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Vossius Center for the History of Humanities and Sciences
Bringing together researchers from all faculties of the University of Amsterdam who share an interest in the history of humanities and science, as well as in university history
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CfA: Matija Murko Fellow in Intellectual History at the University of Ljubljana
The University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, and the project 'Towards a History of Comparative Literature in a Global Perspective: Matija Murko and his International Collaborators' are pleased to announce the first ...Read more -
Vossius Research Fellow: Wenrui Zhao
Wenrui Zhao joins the Vossius Center for three months for May and June 2025 as a Research Fellow with the project: "Mining and Medicine between Central Europe and West Sumatra, 1650-1750".Read more -
Vossius Research Fellow: Leendert van der Miesen
Leendert van der Miesen joins the Vossius Center for three months from March 2025 as a Research Fellow with the project "A Natural History of Music".Read more -
Vossius Research Fellow: Blaž Zabel
Blaž Zabel joins the Vossius Center for three months from April 2025 as a Research Fellow with the project "A History of Disciplinary Histories in the Humanities: Philology, Literary Studies, Comparative Literature".Read more -
Vossius Research Fellow: Giacomo Bonan
Giacomo Bonan joins the Vossius Centre for the month of April 2025 as a research fellow with research that is part of a broader project on the role of wood during industrialisation, titled Industrial Wood: European ...Read more -
Vossius Research Fellow: Floris Solleveld
Floris Solleveld joins the Vossius Centre for three months from March 2025 as a research fellow with the project “Concepts and Compilations: A data history of the humanities, 1700-1900”Read more -
Call for Papers: The History of Knowledge Conference
In November 2023, the first ever international History of Knowledge Conference was organized in Porto, bringing together experts from a wide range of historical research fields. Following this successful event, the ...Read more
Upcoming events
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Het unieke dier
4 Nov 2025Waarin verschillen we van andere dieren, en wat delen we met hen? Begrijpen we werkelijk wie we zijn? Rede, moraal, abstract denken, taal en religie golden lang als uniek menselijk, maar onderzoek heeft laten zien ... -
Digital Round Table on the Global Perspectives on the History of the Humanities
5 Dec 2025On December 5th 2025, the Society for the History of the Humanities is hosting a digital symposium and round table discussion on the global state of the history of the humanities. For the digital event, we have ...
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About the Vossius Center
Vossius brings together researchers from all faculties of the University of Amsterdam who share an interest in the history of humanities and science, as well as in university history.Read more -
Research
Vossius aims to investigate the position and development of knowledge-making disciplines, in past and present.Read more