527 search results for “dutch history” in the Staff website
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CFA: Summer school Global History in the 2020s, Leiden 27-29 June 2023
On 27-29 June, 2023, Leiden University's Institute for History will host a summer school on Global History in the 2020s, in collaboration with the Huizinga Institute-Research School for Cultural History, the Research School Political History, and the Flying University of Transnational Humanities (FUTH).…
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Peter VerstratenFaculty of Humanities
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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities
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Applying for jobs during the coronavirus pandemic: Ancient History alumni share their experiences
Three alumni of our Master’s degree programme in Ancient History talk to us about how they found a job after graduation during the coronavirus pandemic. During the interview, Gabriël hung a huge board covered in post-it reminders behind his laptop, Molly was glad that the members of the selection committee…
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Jay HuangFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Gina van LingFaculty of Humanities
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Marijana VujosevicFaculty of Humanities
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Francesco BustiFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Hans TheunissenFaculty of Humanities
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Peter WebbFaculty of Humanities
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Ruurd HalbertsmaFaculty of Humanities
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Havar SolheimFaculty of Humanities
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Rieneke SonneveltFaculty of Humanities
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Nina JaspersFaculteit Archeologie
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Kees Verduin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Göran SundholmFaculty of Humanities
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Jorrit SmitFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ivo SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Claire VergerioFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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Toon KerkhoffFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Paul Nieuwenburg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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Martijn MandersFaculteit Archeologie
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Thijs Brocades ZaalbergFaculty of Humanities
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Royal honour for emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer
Emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer received a royal honour from mayor Henri Lenferink on Tuesday 20 September. The university historian was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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Cleveringa lectures: how the Polish government is distorting the history of the Holocaust
In Poland the commemoration of acts of resistance is being misused to distort the history of the Holocaust. That is what Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabowski said in his inaugural lecture on 26 November. In her lecture, the second Cleveringa Professor, Barbara Engelking, pointed to the often indifferent…
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
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Raising the colonial debate: ‘You have to create a story that’s easy to understand’
How can we best tell the current generations about some of the darkest parts of our past? To answer this question, researchers from Leiden are working with the Gedeeld Verleden, Gezamenlijke Toekomst foundation on public programmes about the Dutch history of slavery.
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…
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Laurie Cosmo: ‘Dutch museums are very innovative’
The plan was to research the years surrounding the creation of the signature H.P. Berlage building of the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, but due to the lockdown, University Lecturer Laurie Kalb Cosmo has hardly been able to visit museums. Yet she succeeds in continuing her research for the Museums, Collections…
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Online exhibition – Yemen through the Dutch lens
Northern Yemen; a highland region often in the news as the center of the Houthi regime, has a political, social, and intellectual history spanning more than a millennium. This exhibition showcases some of the findings of the Early Modern State Development in Yemen project, based at Leiden University,…
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
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Dirk AlkemadeFaculty of Humanities
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Alexander GeurdsFaculteit Archeologie
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Hans-Jan van KralingenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mehdy Shaddel Basir
Faculty of Humanities
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Elsemieke DaalderFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en HenegouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Adriaan van der WeelFaculty of Humanities
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Leonor Veiga de Oliveira Matos Guilherme PonsarFaculty of Humanities
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Maria van der SchaarFaculty of Humanities
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Egbert KoopsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Abdourahamane Idrissa AbdoulayeAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Ahab BdaiwiFaculty of Humanities
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Carel SmithFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid