News
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New publication with editions of papyri and ostraca in the Leiden Papyrological Institute 18 April 2023
This volume contains the first edition of 66 papyri and ostraca in the collection of the Leiden Papyrological Institute.
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How do people best learn a language? 'It's incredible what you do when you talk' 17 April 2023
According to Nivja de Jong, second language acquisition is 'the most fascinating subject in linguistics'. As a recently appointed professor of Second ...
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Manon Schouten: ‘I’m the kind of teacher who also works on her profession during the weekend.’ 15 April 2023
After a detour via the ANWB in Munich, alumna Manon Schouten works as a history teacher at two schools. ‘It's so rewarding to see the material resonat...
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Austrian Studies Annual Lecture 2023 given by Professor John Connelly 14 April 2023
The Fourth Annual Leiden Austrian Studies Lecture “Was the Habsburg Empire an Empire?” was given by Professor John Connelly on Monday, March 20, 2023 ...
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Dorine Schellens and Peter Verstraten win the LUCAS Public Engagement Award 2023 12 April 2023
The LUCAS Impact Committee, consisting of Jan van Dijkhuizen, Rick Honings, Casper de Jonge, Angus Mol, Thijs Porck and Aafje de Roest, has offered th...
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Steven Verburg wins Hugo Weiland Thesis Prize 2022 11 April 2023
Steven Verburg wins the 2022 Hugo Weiland Prize for best thesis in Central European Studies; Caroline Schep and Anneke Romijnders awarded “Honorable M...
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How migration policy in autocracies and democracies differs from what we expect 11 April 2023
What is the effect of a certain regime on a country’s migration policy? Political scientist Katharina Natter compared the migration policy of autocrat...
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CFA: Summer school 'Global History in the 2020s', Leiden 27-29 June 2023 05 April 2023
The International Summer School ‘Global History in the 2020s’ (27-29 June 2023) for PhD candidates, is looking for applicants. The summer school is or...
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Sex, power and colonialism: 'Marriages and sexuality were fundamental to colonial power' 05 April 2023
Sex and power are closely linked, and this was certainly true in the former Dutch colonies. PhD student Sophie Rose investigated how sexual and love r...
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Netherlands and Japan united by a tradition of mutual curiosity 04 April 2023
The Netherlands and Japan share a long and unique history with knowledge exchange playing a leading role. And knowledge exchange still proved to form ...
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President of the European Parliament in The Hague: ‘Your friends don’t want to vote? Let me call them’ 03 April 2023
‘We have to have accountability.’ That was Roberta Metsola’ for her audience on Thursday evening. The President of the European Parliament had come to...
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In memoriam: dr. Karin Willemse (1962-2023) 29 March 2023
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former colleague dr. Karin Willemse, who passed away on Saturday 18 March 2023.
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One history, different memories. Does this always lead to conflict? 28 March 2023
Different groups can have different memories of the same historical event. This can lead to conflict but does not have to. How is this, and how can co...
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While the men are away, the Scheveningen women do it their way 27 March 2023
Women confined to the kitchen? Not in Scheveningen around 1900. There, some women ran entire shipping companies. This is according to new research by ...
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‘Podcast gives its listeners a sense of identity and belonging’ 23 March 2023
In the Netherlands, when we talk about the United Nations, the conversation is almost always about the member states from the northern hemisphere. But...