As conclusion of her research fellowship at the Zeeland Archives (Zeeuws Archief), Valérie Slijkerman gave a public lecture for the Friends of the Zeeland Archives on Friday 2 October 2026. She presented the results of the research project that she completed during the past year, drawing on the archives and collections of the Zeeland Archives,…
On 24 September 2026, dr. Maurits den Hollander organised a seminar titled ‘The City as Space. ‘Spatializing’ History and Future of Urban Law and Governance?’ at Tilburg Law School. Dr. Marco in ‘t Veld and prof. dr. Dave De ruysscher were also among the speakers. Together with specialists of law and public governance, we reflected…
From 2-5 September 2026, our team joined the 17th Conference of the European Association for Urban History. This edition was organised in the beautiful city of Barcelona, with as main theme “City Networks of Europe and Beyond”. This topic closely connects to the idea of ‘Multilevel Governance in Premodern Cities of Commerce’ that we develop…
🏰🌊🌴 In je eerste werkweek direct naar Barcelona?! Bij het Department of Public Law & Governance at Tilburg University hebben we een vacature waarbij dat kan! Voor ons project ‘Governing the Commons in the Rhine Delta’ zoeken Merlijn van Hulst en ik een PhD-candidate 🎓. Vier jaar lang ga je onderzoeken hoe steden in de…