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History MOOC 'The Rooseveltian Century' returns 10 January 2017
Prof. Giles Scott-Smith has made the first History MOOC (Massive Online Open-Access Course) produced by Leiden University. The MOOC 'The Rooseveltian ...
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A nation of headstrong nationalists 09 January 2017
For the Netherlands, like many other European countries, the nineteenth century was a period of strengthening national identity. Anne Petterson descr...
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CfP 'Calendar Propaganda' of Human Rights? Historical Perspectives on the United Nations’ Global Observances 04 January 2017
Conference to be held at Leiden University, The Hague Campus, 14-16 June, 2017. Keynote speakers: Professor Thomas G. Weiss (The Graduate Center, CUNY...
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Introducing: Monika Baar 07 December 2016
Monika Baar started working in Leiden in September 2015. She's currently the project leader of the ERC Research Project 'Rethinking Disability'.
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Introducing: Paul van Trigt 07 December 2016
Since 1 February 2016, Paul van Trigt is postdoctoral researcher in the project Rethinking Disability: the Impact of the International Year of Disable...
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Introducing: PhD candidates ERC project 'Rethinking Disability' 07 December 2016
Three PhD candidates have recently started working in the ERC project 'the Global Impact of the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981) in Histo...
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Introducing: Sam de Schutter 07 December 2016
Sam de Schutter recently started working as a PhD candidate in the ERC project 'Rethinking Disability: the Global Impact of the International Year of ...
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Introducing: Anaïs van Ertvelde 07 December 2016
Anaïs Van Ertvelde is a PhD candidate at the Leiden Institute for History. She is working on a thesis that investigates the cross-Iron Curtain impact ...
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Introducing: Anna Derksen 07 December 2016
Anna Derksen is a PhD candidate at Leiden University Institute for History. Her thesis examines the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981) with...
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Five History projects selected for Research Traineeship Programme 2016-2017 24 November 2016
Five research projects of the Institute for History have been selected for the Research Traineeship Programme 2016-2017. The programme was initiated b...
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Under the spell of right and wrong 07 November 2016
Today, radical right-wing parties like the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV) are full partners in debates in the political arena. In the 1980s and 1990s, ...
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Call for papers 'Whose Welfare? Fresh Perspectives on the Post-war Welfare State and its Global Entanglements' 06 October 2016
This workshop will be held at the Institute for History, Leiden University, on 19-20 January, 2017. Keynote speaker during the workshop will be Profes...
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How Chilean exiles revalued democracy 08 September 2016
During Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973-1990) numerous left-wing Chileans fled to Europe. In exile some of their political views became more moderate. Ma...
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Summer Institute on Culture, Propaganda and Intelligence in Cold War History 30 August 2016
During the week of 27 June - 2 July, the Institute of History was host to the first SHAFR Graduate Summer Institute held outside of the United States....
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Call for Papers and Kick-off Conference Research Group: From Disorder to Order 31 May 2016
On October 20 and 21, 2016, Leiden University will host an international conference under the title "From Disorder to Order: Conflict and the Resource...