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Vote for a super-talented Leiden scientist 22 August 2016
The 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 2016
Dr. 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 2016
Nineteen 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...
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Wim van den Doel member of Executive Board of NWO 08 July 2016
Professor Wim van den Doel, dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University, has been appointed member of the Executive Board of the Netherland...
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Archaeology school in Israel 01 July 2016
Many mosaic stones and potsherds have been excavated, and a Byzantine synagogue is revealing its history layer by layer. The excavations at Horvat Kur...
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Introducing: Edmund Amann, new Professor of Brazilian Studies 29 June 2016
An introduction by Edmund Amann.
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Eurasian empires: report on the final conference 24 June 2016
The final conference of the Eurasian Empires programme took place from 15 to 17 June 2016 in Leiden. The conference concluded a five-year research pro...
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Afro-Asian Visions – Blog launch 22 June 2016
The new blog Afro-Asian Visions showcases new and ongoing research on Afro-Asian interactions through networks of artists, intellectuals, technical ex...
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Six questions about the British referendum and a possible Brexit 20 June 2016
The shocking murder of MP Jo Cox has brought it home to the British public that the referendum debate is in disarray. How has the campaign been handle...
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New Master: Governance of Migration and Diversity 17 June 2016
In September 2016, the Leiden University Institute for History starts with a new MA sub-track 'Governance of Migration and Diversity'. This so-called ...
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Call for Papers and Kick-off Conference Research Group: From Disorder to Order 31 May 2016
On October 20 and 21, 2016, Leiden University will host an international conference under the title "From Disorder to Order: Conflict and the Resource...
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Book publication Wim Willems ‘Hagenezen die er mochten wezen’ 30 May 2016
What, and especially who has formed the city The Hague? Wim Willems, professor Social History and director of the Modern Urban Studies (MUS) Institute...
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Introducing Historians Without Borders 26 May 2016
In the summer of 2015 the former Finnish foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja, together with a group of Finnish historians, took an important initiative an...
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Gerda Henkel Research Grant for Meike de Goede 25 May 2016
Meike de Goede has received a research grant of €14,600 from the Gerda Henkel Foundation for her research on the post-colonial silencing of anti-colon...