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Students go on virtual exchange to Virginia: 'This is the most fun programme there is'22 June 2023University lecturer Dario Fazzi and postdoctoral researcher Gaetano Di Tommaso set up a virtual collaboration with the United States last year thanks ...
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NWO funding for three new humanities PhD students15 June 2023Three PhD candidates from the Faculty of Humanities have successfully applied for funding from NWO for new PhD candidates. The three upcoming research...
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The Chains of Holland’s Glory: research into South Holland's slavery past completed08 June 2023Karwan Fatah-Black and Lauren Lauret are co-authors of Geketend voor Hollands Glorie (The Chains of Holland’s Glory) that studies the political and ec...
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Conference ‘Power and Counterpower in Democracy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives'02 June 2023As both old and new democracies experience increasing democratic backsliding, there is a critical societal need to rethink the design and effectivenes...
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Struggle in the region: China and Taiwan fight for support in Central America01 June 2023Honduras recently severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan after 82 years. In doing so, the country is following the trend of other Central American countr...
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NWO Open Competition grants for six researchers22 May 2023Six researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. This funding gives them the opportunit...
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India in the Making of the Global Esoteric: 1200-200017 May 2023On 15-16 June, Jos Gommans, Marieke Bloembergen, and Carolien Stolte will organize an international conference entitled “India in the Making of the Gl...
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Treating military matters as military science - a lecture on Russian military concepts from 1853 to the present day12 May 2023Recently, Engin Yüksel gave a lecture on Russian military concepts from 1853 to the present day and his observations on the Russo-Ukrainian war at the...
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Manon Schouten: ‘I’m the kind of teacher who also works on her profession during the weekend.’15 April 2023After a detour via the ANWB in Munich, alumna Manon Schouten works as a history teacher at two schools. ‘It's so rewarding to see the material resonat...
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Sex, power and colonialism: 'Marriages and sexuality were fundamental to colonial power'05 April 2023Sex and power are closely linked, and this was certainly true in the former Dutch colonies. PhD student Sophie Rose investigated how sexual and love r...
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In memoriam: dr. Karin Willemse (1962-2023)29 March 2023
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former colleague dr. Karin Willemse, who passed away on Saturday 18 March 2023.
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While the men are away, the Scheveningen women do it their way27 March 2023Women confined to the kitchen? Not in Scheveningen around 1900. There, some women ran entire shipping companies. This is according to new research by ...
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‘Podcast gives its listeners a sense of identity and belonging’23 March 2023In the Netherlands, when we talk about the United Nations, the conversation is almost always about the member states from the northern hemisphere. But...
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Food destruction and depopulation. How the Dutch East India Company gained a clove monopoly on the Ambon islands17 March 2023Nutmeg, mace and cloves: spices the Dutch East India Company (VOC) wanted to get its hands on. PhD candidate Tristan Mostert conducted research into t...
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Lauren Antonides wins Roggeveen thesis prize07 March 2023Alumna Lauren Antonides has won the Roggeveen Prize for her thesis on the regional identity of Zeelandic Flanders. She will receive a sum of 1,000 euros.