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De Radboud Universiteit te Nijmegen werft een docent Middeleeuwse Geschiedenis aan (60% aanstelling voor 1 jaar; startdatum 1 september 2015). Solliciteren kan t.e.m. 28 maart 2015. Meer informatie vindt u hier.

De KULeuven nodigt u graag uit op de lezing van Walter Melion (houder van de Francqui-leerstoel) en de uitreiking van de IMRS-scriptieprijs aan Daan van Heesch op maandag 16 maart 2015. Meer informatie vindt u hier.

De deadline voor het betalen van het VWM-lidgeld is intussen al enige tijd verstreken. Op dit moment heeft 1 op 2 leden al betaald. Bij deze doet de VWM een warme oproep aan de andere helft om hun lidmaatschapsbijdrage zo snel mogelijk te regelen, graag ten laatste tegen 1 maart. De VWM is immers voor haar werking volledig afhankelijk van de bijdragen van haar leden. U kan dit doen via overschrijving of via automatische domiciliëring – het VWM-rekeningnummer en informatie over domiciliëring vindt u hier terug.

Hou alvast ook vrijdag 24 april 2015 vrij in uw agenda: op die dag vindt immers de eerste ledendag van de VWM plaats te Antwerpen!

Op 30 en 31 maart vindt in Maastricht het colloquium The Merchant and the Law: Mind the Gap? plaats.

“For present-day legal historians, the historical development of commercial law in early modern Europe is characterized by the definitive breakthrough of top-down legislation (royal ordinances, urban statutes, etc.) as the formal source of law par excellence. Thus far, the accretion of such legislative efforts in the early modern period has always been portrayed in a causal relationship with the lingering demise of custom as the most pre-eminent source of law in Europe, and consequently, also as the dynamic force behind every modification of private and commercial law.

Within the field of economic history, however, a different narrative is predominating. Here, changes in the organisation of trade, as well as commercial law, are primarily attributed to merchants as customarily operating actors within the world of European commerce. As such, the historical development of commercial law implies a bottom-up operation in the first place, whereby the dynamic usages and practices of merchants continued to function as the fundamental source of law, despite the growing number of legislative activities of local and central authorities.

Both interpretations not only seem to take for granted the existence of a gap between the merchant and the law; they also give proof of a well-maintained and structural lack of interdisciplinary cooperation between both fields of research. Therefore, the colloquium aspires to build bridges. It seeks to promote interdisciplinary cooperation between economic and legal historians. Likewise, and by means of dialogue and debate, the colloquium seeks to assess the actual significance of customary practices of merchants on the one hand and legislative efforts of local and central authorities on the other hand within the historical development process of early modern commercial law in a more nuanced manner.”

Dit is de website van het colloquium, alwaar ook het definitieve programma (en meer info m.b.t. tot de doelstellingen en inhoud) te vinden is: http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Faculties/FL/Theme/research_law/conferences_research_law/Past2015/TheMerchantAndTheLaw.htm

Het colloquium staat open voor iedereen, maar registratie is evenwel verplicht. Dit kan via de website van het colloquium. Voor één dag betaalt men 25 euro; voor twee dagen 40 euro (participation fee).  Het programma vindt u ook als bijlage bij dit bericht.Program.dockx

Graag vestigen we uw aandacht op onderstaand bericht.

Dear colleague,

In 2006 five institutions involved in opening up historical documents started a network called Porta Historica. The aim of the network is to bring together, at the international level, scholars and institutions that are involved or interested in editing, publishing (in print or digitally) and analyzing historical sources in a broad sense (editions, reference works, databases etc.), in order to promote cooperation among these scholars and institutions and to increase their expertise.

The founding  members were the Ecole Nationale des Chartes (ECN) – National School of Palaeography and Archival Studies – in Paris (France), the Institute of Historical Research of the University of London (UK), the Commission Royale d’Histoire/ Koninlijke Commissie voor Geschiedenis (CRH/KCG) – Royal Committee for History – in Brussels (Belgium), the Institut für Mittelalterforschung (IMAF) – Institute for Medieval Research – in Vienna (Austria) and Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis (Huygens ING) – Huygens Institute for the History of The Netherlands – in The Hague.

The founding institutes organized a modest network, establishing a board and a charter, set up a website (http://www.portahistorica.eu ) with reports on its activities and reviews, held annual meetings about the methodology and techniques of editing, and formulated quality criteria for digital editions of historical sources.

Now the next step we are taking is to expand our network to all scholars and institutions in Europe that are involved with or interested in historical sources.

What are the advantages of becoming a member of Porta Historica?

In the first place, in the membership area you will find a membership list giving the names and institutional affiliation of scholars and details of individual institutes, with e-mail addresses and URL’s, as well as information about the period, documents and subject in which every member specializes or takes an interest. This will make it easy to get in touch with members who have the same interests as you.

Second, in the membership area there is the option to discuss specific topics with each other. To make a start, we placed on the forum a list of topics and themes that might be of interest to you to discuss. But feel free to discuss other problems or solutions, that you will want to share with other scholars. Every member may start a new conversation.

The website has a special area’s for forthcoming international events, such as conferences on historical sources and other news. As a member you will have the opportunity to add your own events or news to the list and draw attention to them.

We are planning to organize a conference every other year on the editing, opening up and analysis of historical documents. The first conference will be held in The Hague at the end of this year or maybe some months later. As a member of Porta Historica you will be kept informed about these conferences: we will send you the Calls for Papers, warn you about deadlines and provide information about transport, accommodation etc.

And in addition to all this, membership is free!

How can you join the network?

It is very simple. On the Porta Historica website you will find a button in the left-hand corner which says ‘Join our network’. Just click on it and follow the instructions: fill in the application form that will be send it to Eef Dijkhof, secretary general of Porta Historica (secretary@portahistorica.eu).

How can you help to develop the network?

• In the first place: become a member !
• Second, forward this mail to all scholars and institutions in your own network that might be interested, in order to make Porta Historica as well-known as possible.
• Inform your colleagues about the network: put this announcement on your university, department or institute website.
• Become an active member of Porta Historica: there are several interesting roles available
  • We need a moderator for discussions on the forum
  • We are looking for a coordinator for the news section of the website
  • We are interested in members who would like to join
    • the website committee
    • the committee for reviews
    • the program committee for the first Porta Historica conference
    • the planning committee for future conferences
    • the board of Porta Historica
    • in the future we might think of an e-newsletter, or even a peer reviewed e-journal.

I hope we can welcome you soon as a member of our network.

We realize that it is not inconceivable that you receive this email several times. We apologize in advance for this inconvenience.

Best wishes on behalf of the board,

Andrea Rzihacek, Institut für Mittelalterforschung (Vienna), Chair
Guy Vanthemsche, Commission Royale d’Histoire/Koninklijke Commissie voor Geschiedenis (Brussels)
Jane Winters, Institute of Historical Research (London)
Amélie de Miribel, École Nationale des Chartes (Paris)
Eef Dijkhof, Huygens Institute of the History of The Netherlands (The Hague), secretary general

Op vrijdag 12 december a.s. organiseert de VWM een uitstap naar Aachen, Duitsland. In Aken bezoeken we naast de Dom, het stadhuis en het Centre Charlemagne, ook de kerstmarkt. Voor degenen onder jullie die toch nog graag meegaan; er zijn nog vijf plaatsen over in de bus. Aanmelden kan nog bij renske.vannie@uantwerpen.be

De bus vertrekt om 9.00 uur uit Brussel, en zal daar rond 21.00 uur weer terugkomen. De kosten voor het vervoer komen neer op €20 p.p., de toegang voor de Dom en de musea op zo’n €17.

De excursie naar Aachen, begeleid door em. prof. dr. Jef Janssens zal plaatsvinden op vrijdag 12 december a.s. We willen iedereen die meegaat graag vragen zich aan te melden voor 14 november bij Renske; renske.vannie@uantwerpen.be. Er is dan nog tijd genoeg om geschikt vervoer te regelen.

Zoals gezegd zullen we rond 9.00 uur uit Brussel vertrekken en daar ongeveer om 21.00 uur weer terug zijn. We hopen op jullie in groten getale te zien in Aken!

Enkele collega’s zijn een petitie gestart die de geplande besparingen in de federale wetenschappelijke instellingen in België onder de aandacht brengt. U kan de petitie ondertekenen via volgende link: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/worries-about-belgian-hertitage (mét tikfout).

Aangezien er ongetwijfeld nog meer geïnteresseerden zijn voor het bezoek van de VWM aan Aachen, brengen we bij dezen graag nogmaals de link naar de Doodle onder de aandacht.

http://doodle.com/anxbta47b2bhx6cd

Op de planning staat o.a. een rondleiding van Jef Janssen en een broodnodig bezoek aan de jaarlijkse kerstmarkt! We vertrekken uit Brussel om ongeveer 9.00 uur en verwachten om en nabij 21.00 uur.