At the Posthumus Conference 2026, the TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History announced the nominees and winner of the TSEG Essay Prize 2025. Below, you will find the pitches of the winner and the nominees.

The full articles will in due time be published in the TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History. If you want to keep up to date and in time read the full articles, visit the free open-access online version or take a (paid) subcription to the printed version of the TSEG – The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History.

The N.W. Posthumus Institute congratulates all nominees and the winner with their achievement!

Winner

Sanne Hermans ‘All you see is the past. De historicus als therapeut van de samenleving’

Nominees (in alphabetical order)

	Silke Baas and Josie Läuferts ‘A Call to Action: Rethinking the Historian’s Responsibility in Turbulent Times’
	Pauline Daelman ‘Who is afraid of insect capital? Rethinking the role of nature in economic history’
	Koen Hoogendoorn ‘Drugs: een debat zonder geheugen’
	Dulce van Vliet ‘Speaking the Same Language: Re-imagining Wellbeing Monitors for Social and Economic (and Environmental) History’