This book on Alba is edited by Maurits Ebben, Margriet Lacy-Bruijn and Rolof van Hövell tot Westerflier. Each of its fifteen chapters are dedicated to developing a new understanding of a sometimes misunderstood figure in European history.

Vol. V, Sections 1-2

Promotor: Prof.dr. J. Brouwer, Co-promotor: Dr. Remus Th. Dame

How do first-hand narratives of war of commanders in the front line relate to the official narrative of the Eighty Years’ War?

The genomic DNA of every organism is organized and compacted in order to fit inside the cell. This is achieved by the joint action of numerous architectural proteins that aid in folding the genome. Genome folding is tightly interconnected with transcription, with genes in certain regions being silenced,…

Did Francisco de Valdés indeed spare Leiden because his beloved Magdalena Moons had family living here? Historian Raymond Fagel gave a lecture on 24 September on the siege of Leiden, looking at the many myths that still exist.

The Battle of Heiligerlee, on 23 May 450 years ago, is famous as an epic battle in Dutch history. But was it really so momentous? Professor of Early Modern History Judith Pollmann unravels the myths about ‘Heiligerlee’ and the Eighty Years' War.

Key research articles and book chapters of the Chromatin group.

The NVIC has published a series of scholarly publications in Arabic and several European languages.

In 2020, many of our staff and students have again won prestigious prizes and been awarded important research subsidies.

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