Royal Netherlands Historical Society

The Royal Netherlands Historical Society (Dutch: Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap, or KNHG), founded 1845 under the name Historisch Gezelschap, is a historical society that also functions as a professional association of academic historians in the Netherlands.^[1] It represents the Netherlands in the International Committee of Historical Sciences.

Royal Netherlands Historical Society

Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap
Abbreviation	KNHG
Formation	1845
Type	Historical society
Headquarters	Korte Spinhuissteeg 3, 1012 CG Amsterdam
President	Susan Legêne
Main organ	BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review
Affiliations	International Committee of Historical Sciences
Website	knhg.nl

The KNHG holds two annual conferences, one in the spring and one in the autumn, and publishes an open access journal, BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review.

Studies

• Leen Dorsman and Ed Jonker, Anderhalve eeuw geschiedenis: (Nederlands) Historisch Genootschap, 1845-1995 (The Hague, 1995).