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Introducing: Angus Mol20 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 KNAW19 April 2018Judith Pollmann, Professor of Early Modern Dutch History and Academic Director of the Institute for History, has been elected to the Royal Netherlands...
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Five Leiden professors elected to KNAW18 April 2018The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected five Leiden professors from different disciplines as new members. Two of the new member...
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Damian Pargas on his inaugural lecture "Promised Lands"17 April 2018On May 25th, Prof. Damian Pargas will hold his inaugural lecture "Promised Lands".
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Ariadne Schmidt appointed professor of the Cultural History of Leiden06 April 2018Ariadne Schmidt will be appointed professor by special appointment of the Magdalena Moons chair at Leiden University. From 1 September 2018 she will ...
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Lobbying citizens had a lot of influence in the Golden Age19 March 2018Thanks to fanatical lobbying various groups of citizens and traders had a lot of influence on the initial success of the Dutch colony in Brazil. This ...
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Memorial stone points to turbulent history of Indonesian students06 March 2018A new memorial stone on the facade of a student house in the Hugo de Grootstraat is a reminder of the dozens of Indonesian students who studied in Lei...
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History and Classics rank high in QS Rankings by Subject28 February 2018Leidens's Classics and History rank 6th and 15th place in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. Every year, QS ranks universities all over the ...
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Four new Research Trainee Projects at the Institute for History21 February 2018This year four research trainee projects were approved by the faculty to be carried out at the Institute for History this semester.
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Beyond The Last Utopia? A Student Blog Series About the History of Human Rights06 February 2018As a result of the MA-course History of Human Rights, dr. Paul van Trigt and students who participated in the course wrote a series of blogs concernin...
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Introducing: Bernhard Rieger01 February 2018Bernhard Rieger recently joined the Institute for History as our new Professor of European History. He introduces himself.
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Introducing: Mike Schmidli01 February 2018Mike Schmidli recently joined the Institute for History as a lecturer in American History. He introduces himself.
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‘Expats get red-carpet treatment'18 January 2018Expats in the Netherlands receive a much warmer reception than other migrants, Leiden University's Aniek Smit has discovered. ‘But municipalities nee...
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Call for papers: Power, Silence and the Production of History in Africa15 January 2018On 24 May 2018 the workshop 'Power, Silence and the Production of History in Africa' will take place at Leiden University.
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Propaganda Art- From the 20th to the 21st Century12 January 2018On January 25th, artist Jonas Staal will defend his dissertation which explores the development of propaganda art from the 20th to the 21st century.