News
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When in Leiden... 02 May 2019
In this new column, colleagues share stories and experiences about working and living abroad. The first story is written by Marie-Agnes Dittrich, gues...
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Call for abstracts - Virtuous suffering: New perspectives on the Ethics of Suffering for Critical Global Health and Justice 15 April 2019
Can suffering be positive? Currently dominant discourses, primarily voiced through human rights activism and humanitarianism, maintain the opposite: s...
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Lecture Oliver Rathkolb - The End of Social Democracy? 12 March 2019
On 11 March, Oliver Rathkolb (University of Vienna) held a lecture about Social Democracy.
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Rethinking Disability through visual storytelling 11 December 2018
The ERC project Rethinking Disability has been selected to participate in the ERCcOMICS scheme which exploits the power of visual storytelling to inno...
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Paul van Trigt and Anna Derksen receive grants 02 October 2018
Paul van Trigt and Anna Derksen, both researchers in the project 'Rethinking Disability', received grants for research abroad.
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Lecture Adam Zamoyski - What were the Napoleonic Wars really about? 28 September 2018
On 27 september historian Adam Zamoyski held a captivating lecture on his new book Napoleon: the Man behind the Myth. During this lecture, which was a...
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Call for Papers: Criptic Identities. Historicizing the identity formation of persons with disabilities across the globe 12 September 2018
On 21 and 22 March 2019 the workshop 'Criptic Identities. Historicizing the identity formation of persons with disabilities across the globe' takes pl...
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Henk te Velde appointed as President of the Association for Political History 06 July 2018
Prof.dr. Henk te Velde is appointed as the new President of the Association for Political History.
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Leiden Disability Studies Lunch 19 June 2018
On 13 June the first Leiden Disability Studies Lunch was organized upon the initiative of the ERC Rethinking Disability team, based in the Institute f...
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Hugo Weiland steps back as president of the Foundation for Austrian Studies 12 June 2018
On Friday 8 June 2018, Hugo Weiland’s long-standing service was celebrated with a festive lunch organized by board members Ida van Veldhuizen en Hans ...
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Putting the history of squatting in Leiden on the map 08 May 2018
When you think of squatting, the picture that comes to mind is of young people occupying derelict buildings in big cities. Leiden also has a history o...
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‘The favourite candidate in the Mexican presidential election is another Trump.' 26 April 2018
Mexico will be electing a new president on 1 July. No matter who wins, there will be little change in the deep political crisis affecting the country....
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Beyond The Last Utopia? A Student Blog Series About the History of Human Rights 06 February 2018
As 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 Rieger 01 February 2018
Bernhard Rieger recently joined the Institute for History as our new Professor of European History. He introduces himself.
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Introducing: Mike Schmidli 01 February 2018
Mike Schmidli recently joined the Institute for History as a lecturer in American History. He introduces himself.