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How two metal detectorists discovered a complete Roman treasure17 January 2019In 2017, in an ordinary field, two brothers from Brabant discovered more than 100 ancient coins. The Leiden historian who examined the coins concluded...
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Marieke Bloembergen appointed Professor of Archival and Postcolonial Studies11 January 2019On 1 November 2018, Marieke Bloembergen was appointed Professor of Archival and Postcolonial Studies at the Institute for History.
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Andrew Gawthorpe wins the Carla Musterd Award for Teaching 201809 January 2019At the Institute’s Council meeting of last December the Institute’s biannual prize for teaching was awarded.
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Rethinking Disability through visual storytelling11 December 2018The ERC project Rethinking Disability has been selected to participate in the ERCcOMICS scheme which exploits the power of visual storytelling to inno...
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Herman Paul appointed Professor of History of the Humanities11 December 2018The Executive Board has appointed Herman Paul (Institute for History) as Professor of History of the Humanities. He will take up the role from 1 Janua...
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Latin American diplomats come together at Wijnhaven05 December 2018Every year diplomatic representatives of Latin American countries, researchers and students come together during a conference of the GRULAC region gro...
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Stefano Bellucci receives grant by the British Library Endangered Archives Programme14 November 2018Stefano Bellucci, university lecturer at the Institute for History, has been awarded a grant by the EAP for a pilot project for the preservation and d...
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Midterm elections: surprising results, or not so much?07 November 2018In the midterm elections in the United States on 6 November, the Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives, thus regaining control of...
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Call for Papers - Conflict Management in the Atlantic, the North Sea and the Baltic, 1200-1600: Actors, Institutions and Practices of Dispute Settlement06 November 2018From the late Middle Ages onwards, maritime conflict has developed hand in hand with international trade. Over time, specific institutions were establ...
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‘It’s time to breathe new life into the United Nations’01 November 2018Historian Alanna O’Malley has been appointed to a brand-new Professorial Chair in United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice in The Hague. This extra...
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Catholics in the Dutch Republic were creative directors of their own lives24 October 2018The Catholics were by no means pitiable victims over the two centuries that they had to practise their religion underground, Caroline Lenarduzzi write...
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Paul van Trigt and Anna Derksen receive grants02 October 2018Paul van Trigt and Anna Derksen, both researchers in the project 'Rethinking Disability', received grants for research abroad.
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Lecture Adam Zamoyski - What were the Napoleonic Wars really about?28 September 2018On 27 september historian Adam Zamoyski held a captivating lecture on his new book Napoleon: the Man behind the Myth. During this lecture, which was a...
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Mexican drugs world pans out into hybrid war12 September 2018Drugs-related violence in Mexico is similar in terms of dynamics and strategy to the IS hybrid war in the West. This is the claim made by Teun Voeten....
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Call for Papers: Criptic Identities. Historicizing the identity formation of persons with disabilities across the globe12 September 2018On 21 and 22 March 2019 the workshop 'Criptic Identities. Historicizing the identity formation of persons with disabilities across the globe' takes pl...