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Introducing: Karen Smith 30 May 2017Karen Smith recently joined the Institute for History as a lecturer in International Relations. She introduces herself.
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Travelling Caribbean heritage under the microscope 24 May 2017What does it mean to be Aruban, Bonairian or Curaçaoan? In the Traveling Caribbean Heritage project historian Gert Oostindie studies this question tog...
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Three Leiden professors appointed members of KNAW 10 May 2017The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has appointed 26 new members. Three of them are Leiden professors: Luuk de Ligt, Lisa Cheng ...
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€ 18.8 million grant for research into innovation processes in antiquity 04 May 2017Successful innovation requires more than technological progress alone. Every new concept must first be firmly anchored into an existing context. At le...
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NEW!! Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies 02 May 2017
The University of Bonn, Germany, is happy to announce the opening of the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS).
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Partnership with Roosevelt Institute gives impetus to American Studies 18 April 2017It's easier to understand Trump's America if you have a sound knowledge of the country's history. Research on the US has been given an impetus with t...
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International Workshop Maritime Conflicts and their Resolution in Atlantic Europe (13th-17th Centuries) 11 April 2017The International Workshop 'Maritime Conflicts and their Resolution in Atlantic Europe (13th-17th Centuries)' takes place at the University of La Lagu...
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Jan-Bart Gewald new director of Leiden's African Studies Centre 10 April 2017Professor Jan-Bart Gewald has been appointed as the new director of the African Studies Centre in Leiden with effect from 1 September 2017, for a peri...
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‘Belief in the end of time slowed down modernisation’ 10 April 2017In the nineteenth century many Dutch people believed in the end of time and the coming of God's thousand-year reign. This belief effectively slowed do...
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‘International isolation is not an option’ 05 April 2017Security in the broadest sense of the word was the key focus in the Interfaculty Conference on 4 April in Leiden. With almost 200 attendees and such w...
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Call for Papers 'Epistemic Vices: Continuities and Discontinuities, 1600-2000' 04 April 2017Impartiality, objectivity, honesty, and accuracy are qualities that generations of scholars have regarded as necessary for the pursuit of scholarly in...
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A deeper understanding of Brazil 29 March 2017This year, the Chair of Brazilian studies celebrates its 20 year anniversary. The chair invites professors from Brazilian universities to come to Leid...
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Introducing: Salvador Santino Regilme 23 March 2017
Salvador Regilme recently joined the Institute for History as a lecturer in International Relations. He introduces himself.
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History and Religious Studies #1 and #2 in The Netherlands in QS World University Rankings 2017 08 March 2017History and Religious Studies in Leiden rank # 17 and #32 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. With this, History in Leiden ranks as the be...
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ZonMw Grant for Project on Competitive Research Funding 07 March 2017Herman Paul of the Leiden University Institute for History receives a € 150,000 grant from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Develo...