News
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Alumni stand for European Parliament 17 May 2019
Fourteen of the candidates for the European parliamentary elections on 23 May studied at Leiden University. We ask four of them about their motivation...
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When in Leiden... 02 May 2019
In this new column, colleagues share stories and experiences about working and living abroad. The first story is written by Marie-Agnes Dittrich, gues...
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Leo Lucassen admitted as KNAW member 25 April 2019
Leo Lucassen was selected by KNAW on the basis of his academic achievements. Lucassen studied socio-economic history in Leiden, where he earned a PhD ...
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Five Leiden researchers elected as members of KNAW 23 April 2019
Five Leiden researchers have been nominated as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).They will be inaugurated on 16 Sep...
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Call for abstracts - Virtuous suffering: New perspectives on the Ethics of Suffering for Critical Global Health and Justice 15 April 2019
Can suffering be positive? Currently dominant discourses, primarily voiced through human rights activism and humanitarianism, maintain the opposite: s...
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Rubicon grants for three researchers from Leiden 09 April 2019
Of the 17 Rubicon grants that NWO recently awarded, three have gone to researchers at Leiden University. They can spend a longer period of time doing ...
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Angus Mol: ‘It all began when I saw Super Mario Bros at a friend’s house.’ 21 March 2019
He was so disappointed that he couldn't go on that archaeological field trip to the Caribbean, he spent most of his time at his computer working on hi...
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Monitoring Migrations: The Habsburg-Ottoman Border in the Eighteenth Century 20 March 2019
How old is the phenomenon of states attempting to control migrations on external borders? What were the motives and outcomes of these policies? In his...
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Lecture Oliver Rathkolb - The End of Social Democracy? 12 March 2019
On 11 March, Oliver Rathkolb (University of Vienna) held a lecture about Social Democracy.
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Giles Scott-Smith appointed Roosevelt Chair in New Diplomatic History 04 March 2019
The Roosevelt Chair in New Diplomatic History is sponsored by the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) in Middelburg, and the new position ...
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Andrew Shield and Ann Marie Wilson receive seed grant for their project 'Transnational Gay/Lesbian Activism since the 1960s' 28 February 2019
Andrew DJ Shield (History) and Ann Marie Wilson (Leiden University College) have been awarded a seed grant for their project, “Transnational Gay/Lesbi...
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Sri Margana holds the Van Leur chair for early modern history of Indonesia 26 February 2019
Dr Sri Margana succeeded Bambang Purwanto last September as professor in the Faculty of the Humanities. Margana is a specialist in the early modern hi...
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Early-modern vices: why are they still around? Vici grant for Herman Paul 26 February 2019
Over the past few hundreds of years, the world has changed radically. However, cultural stereotypes from the 17th century are still alive and well tod...
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A New Network for Queer History at Leiden 25 February 2019
Ann Marie Wilson and Andrew DJ Shield have been recently awarded a Leiden Global Interactions SEED grant to support the launch of a new platform for s...
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Laura van Broekhoven: ‘For me, it’s about the stories and who’s telling them’ 20 February 2019
Laura van Broekhoven always knew she wanted to study archaeology, and that’s exactly what she did. Now this Leiden alumna is director of the Pitt Rive...