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A reminder of our slavery past 11 July 2018Karwan Fatah-Black of Leiden University, an expert in the area of Dutch colonial history, wrote the text for a slavery remembrance memorial that was u...
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Henk te Velde appointed as President of the Association for Political History 06 July 2018Prof.dr. Henk te Velde is appointed as the new President of the Association for Political History.
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NWO awards grants to Leiden University Humanities scholars 20 June 2018No fewer than three Leiden University Humanities scholars have been awarded funding from the NWO’s Free Competition in the Humanities programme: two g...
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Leiden Disability Studies Lunch 19 June 2018On 13 June the first Leiden Disability Studies Lunch was organized upon the initiative of the ERC Rethinking Disability team, based in the Institute f...
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Hugo Weiland steps back as president of the Foundation for Austrian Studies 12 June 2018On Friday 8 June 2018, Hugo Weiland’s long-standing service was celebrated with a festive lunch organized by board members Ida van Veldhuizen en Hans ...
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'If you weigh up the state of migration today, the outcome isn't bad' 04 June 2018Professor Leo Lucassen often adds his voice to the public debate on his specialist field. If there is talk of a 'flood of migration', he feels compell...
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'Relations with Morocco go much further back than the first migrant workers' 04 June 2018The Netherlands and Morocco: relations between the two countries go back a long way. Assistant professor Nadia Bouras is researching these relations. ...
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Vidis for nine Leiden researchers 01 June 2018Nine talented Leiden researchers have been awarded a Vidi subsidy by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Vidis are intended fo...
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Most escaped slaves remained in the south of the US 22 May 2018
Afro-American slaves in the 19th century did not always flee to the north of the United States, according to historical research. Most of the slaves w...
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How the Battle of Heiligerlee became a legend 22 May 2018The Battle of Heiligerlee, on 23 May 450 years ago, is famous as an epic battle in Dutch history. But was it really so momentous? Professor of Early M...
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Putting the history of squatting in Leiden on the map 08 May 2018When you think of squatting, the picture that comes to mind is of young people occupying derelict buildings in big cities. Leiden also has a history o...
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National Museum of Antiquities: 200-year partnership with Leiden University 30 April 2018From Caspar Reuvens to the royal grave in Oss, and from ancient images in the Hortus to a table from Naturalis. The National Museum of Antiquities is ...
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‘The favourite candidate in the Mexican presidential election is another Trump.' 26 April 2018Mexico will be electing a new president on 1 July. No matter who wins, there will be little change in the deep political crisis affecting the country....
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Introducing: Angus Mol 20 April 2018As of February, Angus Mol works as assistant professor at the Centre for Digital Humanities (LUCDH). His appointment is shared by the Institute for Hi...
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Judith Pollmann elected to KNAW 19 April 2018Judith Pollmann, Professor of Early Modern Dutch History and Academic Director of the Institute for History, has been elected to the Royal Netherlands...