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New Book: A Grammar of Mandarin 12 October 2015
A fascinating description of a global language, A Grammar of Mandarin by Jeroen Wiedenhof combines broad perspectives with illuminating depth. Crammed...
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Recently published: Encoded correspondence - edited by Nadine Akkerman 14 September 2015
Coming four years after part II, and totalling more than one thousand pages, the long awaited first part of the Correspondence of Elizabeth Stuart (15...
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Book recommendation from ... Robert Stein 28 April 2015
Every month a member of the Institute for History tells about a book that inspired him or her. Afterwards, the pen is passed on to another colleague. ...
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Recently published: 'Rediscovering Architecture. Paestum in Eighteenth-Century Architectural Experience and Theory' 07 April 2015
The 18th-century rediscovery of the three archaic Greek-Doric temples in Paestum in southern Italy turned existing ideas on classical architecture ups...
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Recent publications by Dr. Marcel Cobussen 24 January 2014
Recently, four books have been published which contain a chapter by ACPA senior researcher, lecturer and PhD-supervisor Dr. Marcel Cobussen.
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Political influence of ‘women above stairs’ 21 October 2013
A new volume, co-edited by Nadine Akkerman of the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, shows how ladies-in-waiting, by 'creatively manipu...
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'Turkey. A Modern History' now in nine languages 21 May 2013
The book on Turkey. A Modern History written by Professor Erik-Jan Zürcher, Professor of Turkish Studies, is now available in nine different languages...
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What soy sauce can teach us about the history of South Korea 14 December 2012
‘Three books published within a year – that happens only once in a lifetime!’ This was the reaction of Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan S...
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2012 Publication 'Stemmen op berkenbast' 14 May 2012
Jos Schaeken has just published a book entitled 'Stemmen op berkenbast. Berichten uit middeleeuws Rusland: dagelijks leven en communicatie'.
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Catholics were slow to respond to the Revolt in the Netherlands 04 October 2011
Historians have long known that Catholics played a significant role in the Revolt of the Netherlands (1520-1635). But what did the Revolt mean to indi...
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Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010 06 February 2011
Cambridge History of South Africa, volume 1: From early times to 1885 (edited by Carolyn Hamilton, Bernard K. Mbenga, and Robert Ross) made Choice mag...
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Book recommendation from ... Meike de Goede
Every month a member of the Institute for History tells about a book that inspired him or her. Afterwards, the pen is passed on to another colleague. ...