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Introducing: Anne Marieke van der Wal-Rémy 27 September 2017
Anne Marieke van der Wal-Rémy is a historian who recently joined the Institute for History as a lecturer in the International Studies programme. She i...
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Bernhard Rieger new professor of European History 26 September 2017
Bernhard Rieger leaves University College in London to research European History after 1945 at Leiden University. He will start as professor of Europe...
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Introducing: Camilo Erlichman 26 September 2017
Camilo Erlichman is a historian who recently joined the Institute for History as a lecturer in the International Studies programme. He introduces hims...
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Why southern Africa is full of North Korean monuments 25 September 2017
North Korean workers designed and built numerous monuments, museums and other buildings in southern Africa. This is clear from research by history stu...
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NWO KIEM Grant for the Digital Disability Archive 20 September 2017
Paul van Trigt (LUIH) in collaboration with Paul Bijl (KITLV) and Manon Parry (UvA) received a NWO Creative Industry – KIEM Grant for the research pro...
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Monika Baár receives Brocher Foundation fellowship 19 September 2017
Monika Baár received a two-month residential fellowship by the Brocher Foundation, an organisation located in Hermance (near Geneva) which supports re...
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The Relief of Leiden through the eyes of Spanish officers 19 September 2017
Did Francisco de Valdés indeed spare Leiden because his beloved Magdalena Moons had family living here? Historian Raymond Fagel gave a lecture on 24 S...
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Monika Baar new Professor of Central European Studies 24 August 2017
The Foundation for Austrian Studies and the Institute for History are very glad to announce that Monika Baár has been appointed as the holder of the S...
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African Diaspora in Ottoman Izmir 17 August 2017
An interesting Ottoman History podcast that deals with the slave trade and the African Diaspora in Ottoman Izmir.
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Cosmopolis Advanced: Call for International MA/PhD Applications 09 August 2017
The Institute for History is pleased to announce the launch of a new research program: Cosmopolis Advanced, an initiative of the Institute for History...
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Lecturers in the spotlight: the Education Award nominees 07 August 2017
Every year, Humanities students can nominate their favourite lecturer for the Humanities Education Award. Traditionally, the winner of the award will ...
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Walking a tightrope on the Mediterranean Sea 07 August 2017
Just off the coast of Libya, aid organisations try to rescue boat migrants. The confiscation of one of the rescue ships shows how important but diffic...
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Veni awards for four Leiden Humanities researchers 28 July 2017
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni funding to four Humanities researchers in at Leiden University. This award...
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Four PhD Scholarships at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies 13 July 2017
From September 1, 2017, the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) will be awarding several four-year scholarships to complete a PhD in Ameri...
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Damian Pargas new Professor of American History 06 July 2017
As of 1 August 2017, Damian Pargas is the new Leiden University Chair of the History and Culture of North America.