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NWO Open Competition funding for three humanities scholars 25 July 2019
Manon van der Heijden and Leo Lucassen, and Maarten Mous will receive NWO Open Competition funding. This funding amounts to a maximum of 750,000 euros...
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The impact of the slave trade on the Dutch economy 04 July 2019
To what extent did the Netherlands grow rich from the Transatlantic slave trade? In his dissertation 'Walcherse Ketens', Gerhard de Kok looks at Vliss...
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Alumnus Chris Colijn on his traineeship at a think tank, his master’s degree and advice for other graduates 01 July 2019
What does life look like after International Studies? For Chris Colijn who graduated in 2018, it involves working on his master’s in Russian and Euras...
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Prestigious Japanese Fukuoka Prize for Leonard Blussé 27 June 2019
Leonard Blussé, emeritus Professor in the History of European and Asian relations, will receive the prestigious Japanese Academic Fukuoka Prize. Bluss...
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Historian Jeroen Duindam receives Austrian Cross of Honour for Arts and Sciences first class 17 June 2019
On June 14th, Jeroen Duindam, Professor of History at the Faculty of Humanities, was awarded an exceptionally high distinction for his achievements in...
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Something else than writing an essay: Ruben made a documentary for an assignment 27 May 2019
Ruben van Gaalen used a very unique approach for a course of the research master Colonial and Global History: instead of writing an essay, he went to ...
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Habsburg family pulled strings to bring raiders of English North Cape expedition to justice 24 May 2019
Richard Chancellor, the English Willem Barentsz, discovered the North Cape during the first English expedition to attempt to find a northeast passage....
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Call for Papers: Relocating Governance in Asia: state and society in South- and Southeast Asia, c. 1800-2000 23 May 2019
Call for Papers for the conference Relocating Governance in Asia: state and society in South- and Southeast Asia, c. 1800-2000, Leiden University, 22-...
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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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Leo Lucassen admitted as KNAW member 25 April 2019
Leo Lucassen was selected by KNAW on the basis of his academic achievements. Lucassen studied socio-economic history in Leiden, where he earned a PhD ...
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Five Leiden researchers elected as members of KNAW 23 April 2019
Five Leiden researchers have been nominated as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).They will be inaugurated on 16 Sep...
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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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Rubicon grants for three researchers from Leiden 09 April 2019
Of the 17 Rubicon grants that NWO recently awarded, three have gone to researchers at Leiden University. They can spend a longer period of time doing ...
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Angus Mol: ‘It all began when I saw Super Mario Bros at a friend’s house.’ 21 March 2019
He was so disappointed that he couldn't go on that archaeological field trip to the Caribbean, he spent most of his time at his computer working on hi...
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Monitoring Migrations: The Habsburg-Ottoman Border in the Eighteenth Century 20 March 2019
How old is the phenomenon of states attempting to control migrations on external borders? What were the motives and outcomes of these policies? In his...