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New LDE Centre for Governance, Migration and DiversityThe 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 gamesThree years ago, on 13 October 2017, the Leiden Medievalists Blog was established. In their blogs, Leiden researchers from all disciplines talk about ...
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William Michael Schmidli: ‘Regardless of the vote count, Trump will not leave the White House easily’With only a month until the 2020 United States elections, William Michael Schmidli, University Lecturer of American history, reflects on the latest de...
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The Dutch Revolt through Italian eyesItalian historiographers in the 16th and 17th centuries wrote remarkably often about the Dutch Revolt, better known as the Eighty Years' War (1568-164...
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The United Nations at 75: what are the challenges for the future?The United Nations celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. With the corona crisis and rising nationalism, there’s not much cause for celebration. W...
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Pilgrim conference: high time for an indigenous and more diverse perspectiveHistorians and experts in American studies from Leiden University are holding an online international conference about the arrival of the Pilgrims in ...
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Vineet Thakur and Karen Smith on western dominance in International RelationsUniversity lecturer Vineet Thakur hosts a series of webcasts for the Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement. Karen Smith and Aud...
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‘The Rooseveltian Century’: one of the best MOOCs according to New York MagazineAccording to New York Magazine, the massive open online course (MOOC) ‘The Rooseveltian Century’ by Professor by Special Appointment Giles Scott-Smith...
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Funding for three new Humanities’ PhD candidatesThree new PhD candidates at the Faculty of Humanities will receive funding from the Programme Office Sustainable Humanities and NWO. The aim of the gr...
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‘Lectures with the teacher talking for 90 minutes are completely outdated’
Historian Robert Stein is a lecturer in Medieval History. He was recently awarded the Senior Teaching Qualification. What did he learn from the STQ tr...
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The enemy is brutal and violent. How do you put a human face on them?Raymond Fagel, university lecturer in General History, wrote a book about his research on Spanish commander Mondragón. He spared Zierikzee during the ...
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'Migration and integration policies for the future only work with knowledge from the past.'An inclusive society in which everyone has equal access to health and wealth is the focus of the new Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre on the Governance of ...
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Honorable Mention for PhD Candidate Sam de SchutterSam de Schutter (Phd Candidate at the Institute for History) received an Honorable Mention by the Disability History Association.
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The life of nomads in turbulent timesIn recent years, the Walad Djifir from Chad found themselves in a turbulent environment due to the unrest in Nigeria, Libya and the Central African Re...
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Working from home during corona: Mike SchmidliWe continue to work from home as much as possible. How are the staff members of the Institute for History doing? Mike Schmidli shares his experience b...