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Eurasian empires: report on the final conference 24 June 2016
The final conference of the Eurasian Empires programme took place from 15 to 17 June 2016 in Leiden. The conference concluded a five-year research pro...
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Afro-Asian Visions – Blog launch 22 June 2016
The new blog Afro-Asian Visions showcases new and ongoing research on Afro-Asian interactions through networks of artists, intellectuals, technical ex...
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Six questions about the British referendum and a possible Brexit 20 June 2016
The shocking murder of MP Jo Cox has brought it home to the British public that the referendum debate is in disarray. How has the campaign been handle...
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New Master: Governance of Migration and Diversity 17 June 2016
In September 2016, the Leiden University Institute for History starts with a new MA sub-track 'Governance of Migration and Diversity'. This so-called ...
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Call for Papers and Kick-off Conference Research Group: From Disorder to Order 31 May 2016
On October 20 and 21, 2016, Leiden University will host an international conference under the title "From Disorder to Order: Conflict and the Resource...
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Book publication Wim Willems ‘Hagenezen die er mochten wezen’ 30 May 2016
What, and especially who has formed the city The Hague? Wim Willems, professor Social History and director of the Modern Urban Studies (MUS) Institute...
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Introducing Historians Without Borders 26 May 2016
In the summer of 2015 the former Finnish foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja, together with a group of Finnish historians, took an important initiative an...
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Gerda Henkel Research Grant for Meike de Goede 25 May 2016
Meike de Goede has received a research grant of €14,600 from the Gerda Henkel Foundation for her research on the post-colonial silencing of anti-colon...
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Introducing: Teuntje Vosters 17 May 2016
In the PhD project of Teuntje Vosters, which started in January 2016, she analyses the history of NGOs and their influence over time. The research que...
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Pax initiative, organizes idealab and presents results to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) 17 May 2016
On April 19, Pax Initiative, a youth led NGO, held its first ever event at the Museon in the Hague. The event, “International Court of Justice Ideal...
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Introducing: Wietse Stam 17 May 2016
Wietse Stam is a PhD candidate at the Leiden University Institute for History. His PhD thesis is about UNTAC; a United Nations peacekeeping operation ...
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Introducing Viola Müller 20 April 2016
Viola Müller is a PhD candidate at the Leiden University Institute for History. Her research focuses on slave refugees in the US South, 1800-1860.
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What drives universities? 12 April 2016
Studium Generale is organising a series of discussions about what universities are and what they ought to be. The first debate was on 4 April in the A...
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History and Linguistics in Leiden #19 and #28 in QS ranking 2016 22 March 2016
In QS’s World University Rankings of 2016, Leiden University’s History and Linguistics programme rank #19 and #28, respectively. This makes the Histor...
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NWO grant for project 'Human Security and Conflict in Ukraine: Local Approaches and Transnational Dimensions' 14 March 2016
Prof. André Gerrits and dr. Max Bader have been awarded a grant by the WOTRO Science for Global Development of NWO for their project on human securit...