Davide Martino (Cambridge) will join the Amsterdam Centre for Urban History coming term. During his stay, he will work in Dutch archives and libraries in order to further his understanding of Amsterdam and its ...

The University of Amsterdam’s Centre for Urban Studies is inviting applications for a postdoctoral research fellow in the field of the Urban Commons. The position is aimed at researching the threats and opportunities ...

The European Association for Digital Humanities (EADH) has awarded ACUH member Gamze Saygi a grant for her research project 'A digital exploration of spatial movements in Amsterdam during premodern times'. The EADH ...

During this Zoom seminar, Carlos López Galviz (Lancaster) will examine the relationship between new transport and mobility technologies in London and Paris during the nineteenth century. All are welcome to attend.

More information to be announced.

During this work in progress session, Bob Pierik and Rukayyah Reichling will respectively present papers titled 'Speed in the Street: Vehicular Space in Early Modern Amsterdam' and 'Keeping an Eye on Imperial Mecca: ...