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Bernhard Rieger new professor of European History26 September 2017Bernhard 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 Erlichman26 September 2017Camilo 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 monuments25 September 2017North 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 Archive20 September 2017Paul 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 fellowship19 September 2017Monika 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 officers19 September 2017Did Francisco de Valdés indeed spare Leiden because his beloved Magdalena Moons had family living here? Historian Raymond Fagel gave a lecture on 24 S...
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Monika Baar new Professor of Central European Studies24 August 2017The Foundation for Austrian Studies and the Institute for History are very glad to announce that Monika Baár has been appointed as the holder of the S...
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African Diaspora in Ottoman Izmir17 August 2017
An interesting Ottoman History podcast that deals with the slave trade and the African Diaspora in Ottoman Izmir.
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Cosmopolis Advanced: Call for International MA/PhD Applications09 August 2017The Institute for History is pleased to announce the launch of a new research program: Cosmopolis Advanced, an initiative of the Institute for History...
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Lecturers in the spotlight: the Education Award nominees07 August 2017Every year, Humanities students can nominate their favourite lecturer for the Humanities Education Award. Traditionally, the winner of the award will ...
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Walking a tightrope on the Mediterranean Sea07 August 2017Just off the coast of Libya, aid organisations try to rescue boat migrants. The confiscation of one of the rescue ships shows how important but diffic...
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Veni awards for four Leiden Humanities researchers28 July 2017
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni funding to four Humanities researchers in at Leiden University. This award...
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Four PhD Scholarships at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies13 July 2017From September 1, 2017, the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) will be awarding several four-year scholarships to complete a PhD in Ameri...
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Damian Pargas new Professor of American History06 July 2017As of 1 August 2017, Damian Pargas is the new Leiden University Chair of the History and Culture of North America.
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An Introduction to the Indian Ocean Slave Trade29 June 2017
When many people think of slavery, they think of the translatlantic trade that took place between Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean.