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Call for Papers: Summer school 'Socioeconomic diplomacy and global empire building, 16th-19th centuries' 21 December 2022On 26-28 June, 2023, Leiden University’s Institute for History will host a summer school on Socioeconomic diplomacy and global empire building, 16th-1...
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Slavery excuses: 'Cabinet created its own problem by rushing in' 15 December 2022The excuses for the slavery past? It would have been better if the cabinet had taken some more time on that, thinks university lecturer and Atlantic s...
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Independent research into House of Orange-Nassau and Dutch colonial history 06 December 2022King Willem-Alexander has commissioned independent research into the role of the House of Orange-Nassau in Dutch colonial history. The research will t...
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Debate on courage, threats and an ounce of Cleveringa 25 November 2022‘If we all possessed just an ounce of Cleveringa, then all would be well in the world,’ said Professor Leo Lucassen. In the Cleveringa debate on the l...
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Maritime historians and vocational college students together create historical database 25 November 2022What do you do when you’re suddenly given access to a whole lot of data but don’t know how to organise and analyse it? Maritime historians in the Facu...
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Call for Papers and Panels: Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) Conference 2023 24 November 2022From 7-9 June 2023 Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) organises its second international conference in The Hague. Deadline for su...
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Cleveringa Lecture by Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history 24 November 2022It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural le...
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Six Leiden researchers receive ERC Starting Grant 22 November 2022Six researchers from Leiden University have received an ERC starting grant. This grant of on average 1.5m euros will enable the researchers to launch ...
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Matthew Broad wins the Carla Musterd Award for Teaching 18 November 2022At the latest Institute Council meeting in November, the institute’s biannual prize for teaching was awarded. The award is named after Carla Musterd, ...
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How is the economic and political turmoil affecting Britons? 10 November 2022These are turbulent times in the UK. The cost of living is high, leaving many people struggling to make ends meet, and these past few months have been...
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Sarah Cramsey appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’ 08 November 2022Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to in...
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Call for Papers: Negotiating Europeanness: Race, Class, and Culture in the Colonial World 04 November 2022The expansion of European powers overseas brought Europeans into contact and conflict with the inhabitants of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Historia...
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Letters of Johan de Witt give a glimpse behind the scenes at the Disaster Year 1672 31 October 2022The government, the people and the country were in desperate straits. This about sums up the state of affairs in the Disaster Year of 1672. It was 350...
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Rens Tacoma wins Research Prize Italian Studies Working Group 24 October 2022Associate professor Rens Tacoma has won the 2021 Research Prize for Historical Sciences. The prize is awarded annually by the Italy Studies Working Gr...
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Thea Hilhorst on her second appointment as a LDE professor 20 October 2022The Humanities Faculty welcomes Thea Hilhorst as a professor. Due to the cooperation between the universities in Leiden, The Hague and Rotterdam, she ...