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Introducing: Anna Derksen 07 December 2016
Anna Derksen is a PhD candidate at Leiden University Institute for History. Her thesis examines the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981) with...
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Five History projects selected for Research Traineeship Programme 2016-2017 24 November 2016
Five research projects of the Institute for History have been selected for the Research Traineeship Programme 2016-2017. The programme was initiated b...
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Under the spell of right and wrong 07 November 2016
Today, radical right-wing parties like the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV) are full partners in debates in the political arena. In the 1980s and 1990s, ...
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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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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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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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Call for Papers and Kick-off Conference Research Group: From Disorder to Order 31 May 2016
On October 20 and 21, 2016, Leiden University will host an international conference under the title "From Disorder to Order: Conflict and the Resource...
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Call for papers for conference 'The Persona of the Historian: Repertoires and Performances, 1800-2000' 11 February 2016
What does it take to be a good historian? What are the capacities or dispositions needed to thrive as an historian? Put differently, what are the tale...
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Referendum in Bolivia: test for democracy 09 February 2016
The Bolivian people will make their opinion known on a change to the constitution in a referendum on 21 February. Leiden University organised a sympos...
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Thorbecke Fund Grant for Herman Paul 01 December 2015
Herman Paul has received a €140,000 grant from the Thorbecke Fund (KNAW) for a project entitled “The Demands of Our Time: Epochal Thinking from 1800 t...