News
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Monika Baár receives Brocher Foundation fellowship 19 September 2017
Monika Baár received a two-month residential fellowship by the Brocher Foundation, an organisation located in Hermance (near Geneva) which supports re...
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The Relief of Leiden through the eyes of Spanish officers 19 September 2017
Did Francisco de Valdés indeed spare Leiden because his beloved Magdalena Moons had family living here? Historian Raymond Fagel gave a lecture on 24 S...
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Monika Baar new Professor of Central European Studies 24 August 2017
The Foundation for Austrian Studies and the Institute for History are very glad to announce that Monika Baár has been appointed as the holder of the S...
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African Diaspora in Ottoman Izmir 17 August 2017
An interesting Ottoman History podcast that deals with the slave trade and the African Diaspora in Ottoman Izmir.
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Cosmopolis Advanced: Call for International MA/PhD Applications 09 August 2017
The Institute for History is pleased to announce the launch of a new research program: Cosmopolis Advanced, an initiative of the Institute for History...
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Lecturers in the spotlight: the Education Award nominees 07 August 2017
Every year, Humanities students can nominate their favourite lecturer for the Humanities Education Award. Traditionally, the winner of the award will ...
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Walking a tightrope on the Mediterranean Sea 07 August 2017
Just off the coast of Libya, aid organisations try to rescue boat migrants. The confiscation of one of the rescue ships shows how important but diffic...
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Veni awards for four Leiden Humanities researchers 28 July 2017
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni funding to four Humanities researchers in at Leiden University. This award...
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Four PhD Scholarships at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies 13 July 2017
From September 1, 2017, the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) will be awarding several four-year scholarships to complete a PhD in Ameri...
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Damian Pargas new Professor of American History 06 July 2017
As of 1 August 2017, Damian Pargas is the new Leiden University Chair of the History and Culture of North America.
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An Introduction to the Indian Ocean Slave Trade 29 June 2017
When many people think of slavery, they think of the translatlantic trade that took place between Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean.
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Succesful workshop 'Traditions of Authority' 20 June 2017
As part of the Leiden University ‘Profile Area’ Political Legitimacy, a number of colleagues from Political Science, History, Law, Business Administra...
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‘Social deprivation on Curaçao deliberately maintained’ 13 June 2017
From the 19th century, Dutch colonisers on Curaçao relied heavily on the Catholic church. Missionaries provided not only teaching and spiritual care f...
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Early modern traders circumvented rules of states and companies 06 June 2017
Individual traders should be at the forefront of the study of early modern world trade rather than institutions such as states and companies, argues P...
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Large Vidi subsidies for 5 humanities scholars 01 June 2017
5 talented Leiden humanities scholars have received a Vidi research subsidy of 800.000 euros to set up or expand their own line of research.