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NWA-grant for project 'Streaming the past'Researchers from the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Archaeology, with the support of the communication departments of these Faculties and th...
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Podcast: the history of self-trackingFenneke Sysling has recently launched a podcast: Het Gemeten Zelf (in Dutch). This five-part podcast series explores the history of self-tracking.
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New collaboration project will make the VOC archive of Kerala more accessibleWith financial support from the Dutch National Archives, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, as well as the Dutch Ministry of Foreig...
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How a Dutchman contributed to the rapid development of SingaporeIn 1960, Albert Winsemius started to help the city state of Singapore achieve its rapid rise out of economic misery. He helped the Singaporean governm...
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Student with coronavirus: ‘My lecturer helped me a lot’Two months ago, history student Willemijn contracted coronavirus. At the time she was taking a course given by lecturer Rens Tacoma. What can you do i...
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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...