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Highlights of 2017: our most read articles18 December 2017An online course to teach our international students their first words in Dutch, American presidents in Leiden and how Neanderthals made the very firs...
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Slavery Reparations: The difficult flowering of an unconstructive demand14 December 2017On the 13th of December 2017 Ana Lucia Araujo came to Leiden to discuss the long history of the demand for reparations for slavery. In the basement of...
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Call for Papers: 'Challenging the Liberal World Order: The History of the Global South, Decolonization and the United Nations, 1955-2000'30 November 2017On 8 and 9 May 2018 the Workshop 'Challenging the Liberal World Order: The History of the Global South, Decolonization and the United Nations, 1955-20...
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Monika Baár part of the European Parliament's MEP-Scientist Pairing Scheme29 November 2017Monika Baár is among the 17 scientists who have been invited to participate in the 6th edition of the European Parliament's MEP-Scientist Pairing Sche...
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NWO grant for project Civil Society against Corruption in Ukraine: Political Roles, Advocacy Strategies and Impact29 November 2017Max Bader has been awarded a € 300,000 grant by the WOTRO Science for Global Development of NWO for a project about the role of civil society in fight...
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‘War history of Eduard Meijers warrants place in memorial culture’28 November 2017A group of confidants including a former student of Meijers managed to avert his deportation to a death camp. In her lecture on 27 November, Clevering...
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Meet the History students in the Departmental Teaching Committee27 November 2017As always, 5 students take part in the Departmental Teaching Committee History. The five of us want to represent the history students to the best of o...
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Brazil: from economics lab to world power16 November 2017Brazil 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 Leiden09 November 2017Leiden 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 Mexico31 October 2017Professor 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 states31 October 2017One 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 curator30 October 2017Looking 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 Mexico25 October 2017A 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 2017This 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 Meijers28 September 2017Historian Marjan Schwegman is the new Cleveringa Professor. Her lecture on 27 November will focus on Eduard Meijers, the Jewish professor who was dism...