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Alanna O'Malley on the election of new United Nations secretary-general António Guterres 13 October 2016The election of a new secretary-general of the UN has reinvigorated the discussion on reform of the institution. Criticism on its functioning often fo...
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Elsevier: Five Leiden humanities degree programmes rated best 10 October 2016The Humanities Faculty bachelor’s degree programmes in History, and Greek and Latin language and culture were rated by students as the best. The maste...
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Wim Willems and Hanneke Verbeek are the winners of the Die Haghe prize of 2016 10 October 2016Wim Willems and Hanneke Verbeek were awarded with the Die Haghe Prize of 2016 for their book ‘Hier woonden wij. Hoe een stad zijn Joodse verleden hero...
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Colm O'Flynn wins Best Thesis Award at SAIS Bologna 07 October 2016Leiden alumn Colm O'Flynn joined the second MA programme at SAIS Bologna in 2015, and with good result: his final thesis was named the best of the ye...
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Call for papers 'Whose Welfare? Fresh Perspectives on the Post-war Welfare State and its Global Entanglements' 06 October 2016This workshop will be held at the Institute for History, Leiden University, on 19-20 January, 2017. Keynote speaker during the workshop will be Profes...
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Stefano Bellucci on ENIUGH Steering Committee 12 September 2016Stefano Bellucci has been nominated member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the next European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH) ...
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How Chilean exiles revalued democracy 08 September 2016During Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973-1990) numerous left-wing Chileans fled to Europe. In exile some of their political views became more moderate. Ma...
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Kim Beerden wins 2016 LUS Teaching Prize 05 September 2016Kim Beerden, lecturer in Ancient History, has won the 2016 LUS Teaching Prize.
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Jeff Fynn-Paul wins European History Quarterly Prize 30 August 2016Jeff Fynn-Paul, lecturer at Leiden University’s Institute for History, was recently awarded the European History Quarterly’s 2016 Prize for his articl...
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Summer Institute on Culture, Propaganda and Intelligence in Cold War History 30 August 2016During the week of 27 June - 2 July, the Institute of History was host to the first SHAFR Graduate Summer Institute held outside of the United States....
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Louis Sicking receives NWO grant for Maritime Conflict Management in Atlantic Europe 30 August 2016Louis Sicking's Maritime Conflict Management in Atlantic Europe was awarded an 'Internationalisation in the Humanities' grant from NWO. What can we le...
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Vote for a super-talented Leiden scientist 22 August 2016The New Scientist magazine has selected two young Leiden scientists for its Top 25 Young Talents in the Netherlands and Flanders: historian Karwan Fat...
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NWO Veni grant for Anne-Isabelle Richard 07 August 2016Dr. Anne-Isabelle Richard has received a Veni grant for her research project ‘Eurafrica, African Perspectives, 1918-1970s’. The project will examine t...
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New lecture series on Morocco at Leiden University 29 July 2016
A new elective course, 'History of Morocco and the Moroccans in The Netherlands", will start in September. The lectures (in Dutch) will be given by Dr...
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Veni grants for 19 young Leiden researchers 15 July 2016Nineteen researchers who have recently been awarded their PhD are to receive a Veni grant of up to 250,000 euros. Science funding agency NWO has awar...