News
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Official Launch of the Global Abolitionisms Network in Baltimore 12 November 2015
To mark the official launch of the network, Maartje Janse and Peter Stamatov have organized a roundtable on Global Abolitionisms at the Annual Meeting...
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Four short films about four centuries of freedom at Leiden University 04 November 2015
Four videos tell the story of the history of Leiden University. The films were premiered on 2 November during the Leiden Film Festival.
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Michiel van Groesen new Professor of Maritime History at Leiden University 08 October 2015
As of 1 September 2015, Michiel van Groesen is Professor of Maritime History at Leiden University. He succeeds Professor Henk den Heijer, who retired ...
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Global Abolitionisms Network established 25 September 2015
Dr. Maartje Janse (History) and Prof.dr. Gert Oostindie (History, KITLV) have been awarded a seed grant for: "Global Abolitionisms Network", which wil...
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Gerda Henkel grant to dr. Alanna O'Malley 16 September 2015
Dr. Alanna O’Malley, from the Institute for History, has been awarded a research grant of €12,000 from the Gerda Henkel Foundation, based in Dusseldor...
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Leiden based research confirms systematic and excessive violence in Indonesia 03 September 2015
New research has confirmed that the Dutch military used systematic, extreme violence against Indonesians. In his book Soldaat in Indonesië (Soldier in...
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Introducing: Girija Joshi 01 September 2015
Girija Joshi will be doing research for her doctoral dissertation at Leiden University. She will be examining the ways in which the different constrai...
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Unique mosaic floor discovered in Israel 03 August 2015
A marvelous mosaic synagogue floor has been discovered at the Israeli excavation site of Horvat Kur. The timeworn stones of the mosaic clearly form th...
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Angry tweeting and general laughter 01 July 2015
This year the PhDs of the institute had their traditional day out (uitje) to The Hague. The last two years they had stayed in Leiden, so The Hague alr...
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Historian cracks Queen Juliana’s unstable image in Hofmans affaire 24 June 2015
Queen Juliana was not, as is often claimed, a monarch with an unstable character who was completely under the influence of spiritual healer Greet Hofm...
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Introducing: Maria Pereira Bastião 26 May 2015
Maria started as a team-member in one of dr. Catia Antunes' research projects in December 2014 as Early Stage Researcher of the Marie Curie – ITN Proj...
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Introducing: Adriejan van Veen 26 May 2015
Since February 1, 2015, Adriejan van Veen is working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for History. Here, he is preparing a NWO grant prop...
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Exhibition on Celebrating Curiosity: Four centuries of university history 26 May 2015
Fascinating images, articles of clothing and other unique objects from the past four centuries of the history of Leiden University can now be seen in ...
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Literary Award for Ali Al Tuma 21 May 2015
Ali Al Tuma, PhD candidate at the Leiden University Institute for History, has won the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity for his play ‘Yusuf Melik Esp...
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Leiden's first professor in International Studies 01 May 2015
The Board of Governors of Leiden University has confirmed the appointment of Professor André Gerrits (Institute for History, currently in the field of...