About the CHC
On May 12th, 2006, the Center for Historical Culture (CHC) was established at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The Center initiates, coordinates and produces academic research on historical culture. The term historical culture refers to various forms of historical understanding and relationships to the past, articulated by individuals, groups, institutes and large communities in a broad array of narratives, media, ideologies and attitudes.
News about the CHC
GeneralIn 1978 the minister of Education gave permission to the Erasmus University to found a program History of Society. Forty years later we will celebrate this on 9 November with a conference.
GeneralThe anthropological documentary film The Feel of History (2017) by PhD Candidate PhD Lise Zurné, has been selected to screen at the Regard Bleu Film Festival in Zürich on 19 and 20 October.
GeneralSaskia Cluistra, a Master Global History and International Relations student, has received the Media Studies Grant from FIAT/IFTA (International Federation of Television Archives) for her proposal on
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Inaugural lectureProf.dr. Ben Wubs will be appointed as endowed professor of International Business History at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication.