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A historian in the Pieterskerk: alumnus Ward is junior curator30 October 2017Looking 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 Mexico25 October 2017A 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 2017This workshop intends to bring together early-career researchers from different fields working on international organizations, to discuss methodologic...
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Cleveringa lecture to focus on Jewish Professor Meijers28 September 2017Historian Marjan Schwegman is the new Cleveringa Professor. Her lecture on 27 November will focus on Eduard Meijers, the Jewish professor who was dism...
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Bernhard Rieger new professor of European History26 September 2017Bernhard 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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Why southern Africa is full of North Korean monuments25 September 2017North 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 Archive20 September 2017Paul 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 fellowship19 September 2017Monika 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 officers19 September 2017Did 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 Studies24 August 2017The 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 Izmir17 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 Applications09 August 2017The 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 nominees07 August 2017Every 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 Sea07 August 2017Just 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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Four PhD Scholarships at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies13 July 2017From September 1, 2017, the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) will be awarding several four-year scholarships to complete a PhD in Ameri...