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Colm O'Flynn wins Best Thesis Award at SAIS Bologna 07 October 2016
Leiden alumn Colm O'Flynn joined the second MA programme at SAIS Bologna in 2015, and with good result: his final thesis was named the best of the ye...
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Call for papers 'Whose Welfare? Fresh Perspectives on the Post-war Welfare State and its Global Entanglements' 06 October 2016
This workshop will be held at the Institute for History, Leiden University, on 19-20 January, 2017. Keynote speaker during the workshop will be Profes...
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Stefano Bellucci on ENIUGH Steering Committee 12 September 2016
Stefano Bellucci has been nominated member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the next European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH) ...
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How Chilean exiles revalued democracy 08 September 2016
During Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973-1990) numerous left-wing Chileans fled to Europe. In exile some of their political views became more moderate. Ma...
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Kim Beerden wins 2016 LUS Teaching Prize 05 September 2016
Kim Beerden, lecturer in Ancient History, has won the 2016 LUS Teaching Prize.
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Jeff Fynn-Paul wins European History Quarterly Prize 30 August 2016
Jeff Fynn-Paul, lecturer at Leiden University’s Institute for History, was recently awarded the European History Quarterly’s 2016 Prize for his articl...
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Summer Institute on Culture, Propaganda and Intelligence in Cold War History 30 August 2016
During the week of 27 June - 2 July, the Institute of History was host to the first SHAFR Graduate Summer Institute held outside of the United States....
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Louis Sicking receives NWO grant for Maritime Conflict Management in Atlantic Europe 30 August 2016
Louis Sicking's Maritime Conflict Management in Atlantic Europe was awarded an 'Internationalisation in the Humanities' grant from NWO. What can we le...
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Vote for a super-talented Leiden scientist 22 August 2016
The New Scientist magazine has selected two young Leiden scientists for its Top 25 Young Talents in the Netherlands and Flanders: historian Karwan Fat...
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NWO Veni grant for Anne-Isabelle Richard 07 August 2016
Dr. Anne-Isabelle Richard has received a Veni grant for her research project ‘Eurafrica, African Perspectives, 1918-1970s’. The project will examine t...
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Wim van den Doel member of Executive Board of NWO 08 July 2016
Professor Wim van den Doel, dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University, has been appointed member of the Executive Board of the Netherland...
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Archaeology school in Israel 01 July 2016
Many mosaic stones and potsherds have been excavated, and a Byzantine synagogue is revealing its history layer by layer. The excavations at Horvat Kur...
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Introducing: Edmund Amann, new Professor of Brazilian Studies 29 June 2016
An introduction by Edmund Amann.
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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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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 ...