Second International PhD Conference | 4-6 September 2014 | Leiden, The Netherlands

The Second International PhD Conference on political history was organized by the Dutch / Flemish Research School for Political History.

The three-day conference covered a broad range of topics, reflecting the current transformations the field has experienced. The conference offered 16 workshops with 49 presentations.

The conference started with a discussion on the future of the history of politics with amongst others Willibald Steinmetz (Bielefeld University). Furthermore, Kiran Klaus Patel (Maastricht University) delivered a keynote address on transnational perspectives.