News
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New journal based at the Institute for History: 'Diplomatica: A Journal of Diplomacy and Society' 19 December 2017
Diplomatica addresses the broad range of work being done across the social sciences and the humanities that takes diplomacy as its focus of investigat...
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Highlights of 2017: our most read articles 18 December 2017
An online course to teach our international students their first words in Dutch, American presidents in Leiden and how Neanderthals made the very firs...
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Slavery Reparations: The difficult flowering of an unconstructive demand 14 December 2017
On the 13th of December 2017 Ana Lucia Araujo came to Leiden to discuss the long history of the demand for reparations for slavery. In the basement of...
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Call for Papers: 'Challenging the Liberal World Order: The History of the Global South, Decolonization and the United Nations, 1955-2000' 30 November 2017
On 8 and 9 May 2018 the Workshop 'Challenging the Liberal World Order: The History of the Global South, Decolonization and the United Nations, 1955-20...
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Monika Baár part of the European Parliament's MEP-Scientist Pairing Scheme 29 November 2017
Monika Baár is among the 17 scientists who have been invited to participate in the 6th edition of the European Parliament's MEP-Scientist Pairing Sche...
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NWO grant for project Civil Society against Corruption in Ukraine: Political Roles, Advocacy Strategies and Impact 29 November 2017
Max Bader has been awarded a € 300,000 grant by the WOTRO Science for Global Development of NWO for a project about the role of civil society in fight...
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‘War history of Eduard Meijers warrants place in memorial culture’ 28 November 2017
A group of confidants including a former student of Meijers managed to avert his deportation to a death camp. In her lecture on 27 November, Clevering...
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Meet the History students in the Departmental Teaching Committee 27 November 2017
As always, 5 students take part in the Departmental Teaching Committee History. The five of us want to represent the history students to the best of o...
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Brazil: from economics lab to world power 16 November 2017
Brazil is one of the world's largest emerging economies, but more is needed if it is to use this economic power for all parts of Brazilian society. Th...
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden 09 November 2017
Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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Raymond Buve: famous in Mexico 31 October 2017
Professor of Latin American Studies Raymond Buve was a pioneer in forging relations between Leiden and Mexico. Although he has since retired, he is st...
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The unexpected power of small states 31 October 2017
One of the baffling aspects of international power politics is the unexpectedly major influence exercised by particular small states. Professor of Int...
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A historian in the Pieterskerk: alumnus Ward is junior curator 30 October 2017
Looking for a job after a financial crisis is not easy, but Ward Hoskens (28) managed to take his fate into his own hands. During an internship, he fo...
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Leiden expands collaboration with Mexico 25 October 2017
A delegation from Leiden University is currently visiting Mexico to initiate collaboration with universities and science funding bodies in the country...
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Call for papers workshop 'Historians Without Borders. Writing Histories of International Organizations' 17 October 2017
This workshop intends to bring together early-career researchers from different fields working on international organizations, to discuss methodologic...