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Eighteenth Century Dutch slaves in Morocco already had orientalist views 09 January 2020
The idea that prejudices about the (Middle)-East came to be during the colonisation of North-Africa in the 19th century is false. Mounir el-Badri wrot...
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Leo Lucassen admitted as KNAW member 25 April 2019
Leo Lucassen was selected by KNAW on the basis of his academic achievements. Lucassen studied socio-economic history in Leiden, where he earned a PhD ...
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A New Network for Queer History at Leiden 25 February 2019
Ann Marie Wilson and Andrew DJ Shield have been recently awarded a Leiden Global Interactions SEED grant to support the launch of a new platform for s...
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Damian Pargas on his inaugural lecture "Promised Lands" 17 April 2018
On May 25th, Prof. Damian Pargas will hold his inaugural lecture "Promised Lands".
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New Master: Governance of Migration and Diversity 17 June 2016
In September 2016, the Leiden University Institute for History starts with a new MA sub-track 'Governance of Migration and Diversity'. This so-called ...
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DANS KDP grant to publish five centuries of coin production figures 09 February 2016
In the project ‘Coin production in the Low Countries: 1334-1789’, Leiden University, the International Institute of Social History, and Het Nederlands...