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Call for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-183013 April 2021For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and...
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History student wins thesis prize: ‘Look for the stories that didn’t make the history books’22 March 2021Envoys jumping out of windows, fights, and illegal diplomacy: history student Tessa de Boer encountered them all while writing her master's thesis on ...
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Tips from lecturers for lecturers16 March 2021In large numbers, lecturers from the History study programme responded to the call to share tips for online and hybrid education. Everyone can now tak...
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How to say goodbye to politics?15 March 2021New ministers, new state secretaries and new members of parliament. Around the time of the elections, we often talk about the new faces, but there are...
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Succesful online conference: Imperial Artefacts11 March 2021On January 28 and 29, 2021 the conference ‘Imperial Artefacts: History, Law and the Looting of Cultural Property’ took place online. This first of its...
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Three years of Urban Studies: 'Maybe it's time to think about a master's programme'05 March 2021A study programme all about cities and their issues. Three years ago, the bachelor's programme Urban Studies was a newcomer in The Hague. By now, the ...
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Lecturer and students taking action: 'Anton de Kom deserves a statue in The Hague’05 March 2021Why doesn't the Surinamese resistance hero and independence fighter Anton de Kom have a memorial site in his former hometown, The Hague, while there a...
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NWA-grant for project 'Streaming the past'21 December 2020Researchers from the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Archaeology, with the support of the communication departments of these Faculties and th...
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Podcast: the history of self-tracking10 December 2020Fenneke Sysling has recently launched a podcast: Het Gemeten Zelf (in Dutch). This five-part podcast series explores the history of self-tracking.
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New collaboration project will make the VOC archive of Kerala more accessible04 December 2020With financial support from the Dutch National Archives, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, as well as the Dutch Ministry of Foreig...
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How a Dutchman contributed to the rapid development of Singapore12 November 2020In 1960, Albert Winsemius started to help the city state of Singapore achieve its rapid rise out of economic misery. He helped the Singaporean governm...
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Student with coronavirus: ‘My lecturer helped me a lot’11 November 2020Two months ago, history student Willemijn contracted coronavirus. At the time she was taking a course given by lecturer Rens Tacoma. What can you do i...
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Kim Beerden: 'The programme accreditation was good for the team spirit.'22 October 2020Accreditations. All study programmes have to deal with them and once every six years they cause a good amount of tension. How do you survive the asses...
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New LDE Centre for Governance, Migration and Diversity15 October 2020The start of this year saw the opening of the LDE Centre for Governance, Migration and Diversity. The Centre looks at public administration and policy...
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Blogging about the Middle Ages: love magic, face masks and video games13 October 2020Three years ago, on 13 October 2017, the Leiden Medievalists Blog was established. In their blogs, Leiden researchers from all disciplines talk about ...