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When in LeidenIn this new column, colleagues share stories and experiences about working and living abroad. The first story is written by Marie-Agnes Dittrich, gues...
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Leo Lucassen admitted as KNAW memberLeo Lucassen was selected by KNAW on the basis of his academic achievements. Lucassen studied socio-economic history in Leiden, where he earned a PhD ...
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Five Leiden researchers elected as members of KNAWFive Leiden researchers have been nominated as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).They will be inaugurated on 16 Sep...
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Call for abstracts - Virtuous suffering: New perspectives on the Ethics of Suffering for Critical Global Health and JusticeCan suffering be positive? Currently dominant discourses, primarily voiced through human rights activism and humanitarianism, maintain the opposite: s...
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Rubicon grants for three researchers from LeidenOf the 17 Rubicon grants that NWO recently awarded, three have gone to researchers at Leiden University. They can spend a longer period of time doing ...
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Angus Mol: ‘It all began when I saw Super Mario Bros at a friend’s house.’He was so disappointed that he couldn't go on that archaeological field trip to the Caribbean, he spent most of his time at his computer working on hi...
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Monitoring Migrations: The Habsburg-Ottoman Border in the Eighteenth CenturyHow old is the phenomenon of states attempting to control migrations on external borders? What were the motives and outcomes of these policies? In his...
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Lecture Oliver Rathkolb - The End of Social Democracy?On 11 March, Oliver Rathkolb (University of Vienna) held a lecture about Social Democracy.
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Giles Scott-Smith appointed Roosevelt Chair in New Diplomatic HistoryThe Roosevelt Chair in New Diplomatic History is sponsored by the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) in Middelburg, and the new position ...
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Andrew Shield and Ann Marie Wilson receive seed grant for their project 'Transnational Gay/Lesbian Activism since the 1960s'Andrew DJ Shield (History) and Ann Marie Wilson (Leiden University College) have been awarded a seed grant for their project, “Transnational Gay/Lesbi...
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Sri Margana holds the Van Leur chair for early modern history of IndonesiaDr Sri Margana succeeded Bambang Purwanto last September as professor in the Faculty of the Humanities. Margana is a specialist in the early modern hi...
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Early-modern vices: why are they still around? Vici grant for Herman PaulOver the past few hundreds of years, the world has changed radically. However, cultural stereotypes from the 17th century are still alive and well tod...
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A New Network for Queer History at LeidenAnn Marie Wilson and Andrew DJ Shield have been recently awarded a Leiden Global Interactions SEED grant to support the launch of a new platform for s...
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Call for papers European Social Science History ConferenceThe ESSHC aims at bringing together scholars interested in explaining historical phenomena using the methods of the social sciences. The conference is...
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A world without American domination?America’s dominance of the world stage is coming to an end. These were the words of Professor Amitav Acharya in his guest lecture in The Hague on 5 Fe...