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Succesful online conference: Imperial Artefacts 11 March 2021
On January 28 and 29, 2021 the conference ‘Imperial Artefacts: History, Law and the Looting of Cultural Property’ took place online. This first of its...
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Three years of Urban Studies: 'Maybe it's time to think about a master's programme' 05 March 2021
A study programme all about cities and their issues. Three years ago, the bachelor's programme Urban Studies was a newcomer in The Hague. By now, the ...
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Lecturer and students taking action: 'Anton de Kom deserves a statue in The Hague’ 05 March 2021
Why doesn't the Surinamese resistance hero and independence fighter Anton de Kom have a memorial site in his former hometown, The Hague, while there a...
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Podcast: the history of self-tracking 10 December 2020
Fenneke Sysling has recently launched a podcast: Het Gemeten Zelf (in Dutch). This five-part podcast series explores the history of self-tracking.
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New collaboration project will make the VOC archive of Kerala more accessible 04 December 2020
With financial support from the Dutch National Archives, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, as well as the Dutch Ministry of Foreig...
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The enemy is brutal and violent. How do you put a human face on them? 13 July 2020
Raymond Fagel, university lecturer in General History, wrote a book about his research on Spanish commander Mondragón. He spared Zierikzee during the ...
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Honorable Mention for PhD Candidate Sam de Schutter 30 June 2020
Sam de Schutter (Phd Candidate at the Institute for History) received an Honorable Mention by the Disability History Association.
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Call for Papers: Imperial Artefacts. History, Law, and the Looting of Cultural Property 10 June 2020
On 28 and 29 January 2021 the conference 'Imperial Artefacts: History, Law and the Looting of Cultural Property' takes place at Leiden University. Key...
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Maxine David: ‘Have realistic expectations of what you can do in these difficult times’ 08 June 2020
Maxine David is a lecturer in European Politics in the Institute for History and is a busy bee when it comes to teaching. When countries started locki...
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André Gerrits: ‘Coronavirus is speeding up social developments' 05 June 2020
All the world leaders have had to choose an approach during the global Covid-19 crisis. But which approach is the most effective? André Gerrits, Profe...
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Black lives matter: ‘Why the American protests have resonated in the Netherlands’ 04 June 2020
The death of George Floyd at the hands of the police may have sparked the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States and here in the Netherlands...
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‘At first I thought it was a scam when I got an email from the UN’ 28 April 2020
Karen Smith is a university lecturer in International Relations at the Institute for History and she occupies a unique position: she has one foot in t...
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Citizenship, Migration & Global Transformation: an interdisciplinary research project 28 April 2020
A research team of fifteen people – representing domains such as political economy, international relations, law, history and public administration - ...
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#CoronaHulp: ‘There's a broad desire to help one another' 17 March 2020
Coronavirus is generating a great deal of uncertainty throughout the world. Fortunately, there are some bright spots, such as the residents of Italian...
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Paper Salvador Santino Regilme receives "Best Conference Paper Award" 09 March 2020
Salvador Santino Regilme's paper “One Great Nation Under Trump? Global Human Rights in Distress Amidst American Decline” has received the "Best Confer...