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Welcome to new HHH board member Paul van Trigt
Dr. Paul van Trigt, University lecturer in Social History at Leiden University, has recently joined the HHH board, as Gemma Blok is leaving the board in the upcoming period. In…
Read MoreGemma Blok will give a talk at the Huizinga Institute Academic Year Opening 2024-2025
On Friday afternoon, 4 October 2024, the Huizinga Institute will celebrate the opening of the academic year 2024-2025 with a festive event. Gemma Blok will give a special talk on…
Read MoreCrowdfunding campaign Canon Family Movement in Mental Healthcare
Crowdfunding for a Canon of the Family Movement in Mental Healthcare On October 25, Irene Geerts will defend her PhD thesis Family Matters on the history of the Dutch family…
Read MoreHistory of Medicine and Health Seminars – University of Groningen
The History of Medicine and Health Brown Bag Seminars at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen are held on the first Wednesday of each month from 12:00 to 13:00, and everyone is welcome to…
Read MoreSave the date: PhD defence Irene Geerts – 25 October 2024
On October 25th, Irene Geerts is set to defend her PhD dissertation on the history of the Dutch caregivers’ movement in mental health care at the Open University! Further details…
Read MoreSave the date: Symposium van het Historisch College FNI – 9 oktober 2024
Op woensdagmiddag 9 oktober 2024 organiseert het Historisch College FNI bij V&VN zijn jaarlijkse middagsymposium met dit keer als thema: Van puntenboekje tot professionele werkplaats. Over de waarde van geschiedenis…
Read MoreSave the date: Mini conference 40 years abortion legislation, November 1st 2024
Legal abortion access and provision cannot be taken for granted. While some states have made abortion illegal again today, there are also states that – on the contrary – ensure…
Read MoreSave the date! Inaugural lecture by Gemma Blok September 5th 2024
Since August 2023, Gemma Blok has been working at Utrecht University for two days a week as a professor of the History of Psychiatry. She succeeds Joost Vijselaar, who held…
Read MoreWelcome to the new HHH web editor, Eileen van der Burgh!
From this month, Chiara Lacroix will be leaving her role as the web editor of History Health & Healing to Eileen van der Burgh, PhD candidate at Leiden University. Let’s…
Read MoreArjan Nuijten defends PhD thesis on the history of Dutch drug policy
HHH member Arjan Nuijten has recently defended his PhD thesis entitled “Regulating Paradise. The Local Origins of Harm Reduction in the Netherlands” at the University of Amsterdam. His dissertation examined…
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