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Brazil: from economics lab to world power 16 November 2017
Brazil is one of the world's largest emerging economies, but more is needed if it is to use this economic power for all parts of Brazilian society. Th...
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden 09 November 2017
Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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Raymond Buve: famous in Mexico 31 October 2017
Professor of Latin American Studies Raymond Buve was a pioneer in forging relations between Leiden and Mexico. Although he has since retired, he is st...
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The unexpected power of small states 31 October 2017
One of the baffling aspects of international power politics is the unexpectedly major influence exercised by particular small states. Professor of Int...
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A historian in the Pieterskerk: alumnus Ward is junior curator 30 October 2017
Looking for a job after a financial crisis is not easy, but Ward Hoskens (28) managed to take his fate into his own hands. During an internship, he fo...
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Leiden expands collaboration with Mexico 25 October 2017
A delegation from Leiden University is currently visiting Mexico to initiate collaboration with universities and science funding bodies in the country...
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Call for papers workshop 'Historians Without Borders. Writing Histories of International Organizations' 17 October 2017
This workshop intends to bring together early-career researchers from different fields working on international organizations, to discuss methodologic...
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Cleveringa lecture to focus on Jewish Professor Meijers 28 September 2017
Historian Marjan Schwegman is the new Cleveringa Professor. Her lecture on 27 November will focus on Eduard Meijers, the Jewish professor who was dism...
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Introducing: Anne Marieke van der Wal-Rémy 27 September 2017
Anne Marieke van der Wal-Rémy is a historian who recently joined the Institute for History as a lecturer in the International Studies programme. She i...
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Bernhard Rieger new professor of European History 26 September 2017
Bernhard Rieger leaves University College in London to research European History after 1945 at Leiden University. He will start as professor of Europe...
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Introducing: Camilo Erlichman 26 September 2017
Camilo Erlichman is a historian who recently joined the Institute for History as a lecturer in the International Studies programme. He introduces hims...
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Why southern Africa is full of North Korean monuments 25 September 2017
North Korean workers designed and built numerous monuments, museums and other buildings in southern Africa. This is clear from research by history stu...
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NWO KIEM Grant for the Digital Disability Archive 20 September 2017
Paul van Trigt (LUIH) in collaboration with Paul Bijl (KITLV) and Manon Parry (UvA) received a NWO Creative Industry – KIEM Grant for the research pro...
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Monika Baár receives Brocher Foundation fellowship 19 September 2017
Monika Baár received a two-month residential fellowship by the Brocher Foundation, an organisation located in Hermance (near Geneva) which supports re...
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The Relief of Leiden through the eyes of Spanish officers 19 September 2017
Did Francisco de Valdés indeed spare Leiden because his beloved Magdalena Moons had family living here? Historian Raymond Fagel gave a lecture on 24 S...