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Digital skills at History 18 June 2021
In her teaching, University Lecturer of Ancient History Liesbeth Claes uses various digital tools. Using that experience and interest she started an i...
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Historical continuity helped form Dutch and Belgian identities 11 June 2021
Dutch people are far more law-abiding than they might like to think. And they are very different from the Belgians in that regard. The different appro...
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Eduard van de Bilt and Joke Kardux say goodbye to Leiden 18 May 2021
For more than 35 years they helped put American Studies on the map: Joke Kardux and Eduard van de Bilt. This spring, the couple retired. A farewell in...
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Wouter Linmans: 'The Netherlands did see World War II coming' 18 May 2021
On 10 May 1940, the Netherlands was taken completely by surprise by the attack of the German army. Wasn’t it? In his dissertation, Wouter Linmans debu...
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NWO grant for four humanities projects 18 May 2021
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has granted four grants to Leiden humanities scholars. They get to spend this money on research on a topic of their c...
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Leiden students give commentary on games live on Twitch 17 May 2021
Three Leiden students will be sharing their knowledge of history while playing video games. The livestreams are part of the ‘Streaming the Past’ proj...
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NIAS fellowship for Mike Schmidli 17 May 2021
Mike Schmidli has been awarded a fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS). From September 2021, he will spend 5 months at NIA...
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Introducing: Yusra Abdullahi, Maha Ali & Felipe Colla de Amorim 15 April 2021
Yusra Abdullahi, Maha Ali and Felipe Colla de Amorim recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidates. Together they work in an integrated,...
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Call for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-1830 13 April 2021
For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and...
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History student wins thesis prize: ‘Look for the stories that didn’t make the history books’ 22 March 2021
Envoys jumping out of windows, fights, and illegal diplomacy: history student Tessa de Boer encountered them all while writing her master's thesis on ...
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Tips from lecturers for lecturers 16 March 2021
In large numbers, lecturers from the History study programme responded to the call to share tips for online and hybrid education. Everyone can now tak...
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How to say goodbye to politics? 15 March 2021
New ministers, new state secretaries and new members of parliament. Around the time of the elections, we often talk about the new faces, but there are...
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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...