444 search results for “intellectual history” in the Staff website
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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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for research into Het Dorp: ‘We are going to tell the lesser-known history’
It is one of the most famous moments in Dutch TV history: the twenty-three hour long marathon broadcast of Open het Dorp. But what happened to the commune for people with disabilities after that? Monika Baár and Paul van Trigt received a NWO grant of 750,000 euros to map the development of Het Dorp.
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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 BasirFaculty 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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Carel SmithFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marike van AerdeFaculteit Archeologie
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Mirjam de BaarFaculty of Humanities
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Basic project management: a primer for postdocs
Working effectively
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Societal impact
You can apply various means to increase your societal impact: through interaction with professionals, the commercial sector or general audiences. The University can support you in this process in a number of ways.
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ERC Advanced Grant for six Leiden researchers
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to six Leiden researchers. It awards these significant grants to established principal investigators for ground-breaking, high-risk research.
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Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun
On 1 July – Keti Koti, in the year ahead, our university community will be able to reflect extensively on the history of slavery by engaging in research, education and many other activities.
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While the men are away, the Scheveningen women do it their way
Women confined to the kitchen? Not in Scheveningen around 1900. There, some women ran entire shipping companies. This is according to new research by history student Sjors Stuurman. He compiled the results in a book he wrote for Muzee Scheveningen.
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Wayfarers: Roma and Sinti’s bumpy ride through education
Access to education for people from the lower socio-economic class has improved immensely in Europe from the 1950s onwards. Yet the Roma and Sinti were unable to reap benefits from this. PhD candidate Anita van der Hulst researched why so few Roma and Sinti went on to higher education. PhD defence on…
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Creating a partnership agreement
A partnership with a university or organisation outside of the Netherlands must be based on an agreement. In some cases, Leiden University will not have exchanged students or staff with this university before, and you will first need to create a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
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Robert ZwijnenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew FrearFaculty of Humanities
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Quintijn MauerFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Melanie GrossFaculty of Humanities
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Nicolas Rodriguez IdarragaFaculty of Humanities
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Vincent ChangFaculty of Humanities
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Mark RutgersFaculty of Humanities
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Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies
The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean has ancestors from different continents due to colonial activity, which profoundly affects the area to this day. Caribbean writers, both in the Caribbean…
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Circulation as Relational History
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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‘We have to stay alert and keep on feeling the past’
Space for open dialogue on historical slavery was created at the Keti Koti Table at Museum De Lakenhal, organised by Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden. There, just metres away from 17th-century paintings, Leideners shared a ritual meal and spoke about the effects of slavery and our colonial…
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Rens Tacoma wins Research Prize Italian Studies Working Group
Associate professor Rens Tacoma has won the 2021 Research Prize for Historical Sciences. The prize is awarded annually by the Italy Studies Working Group for the best scholarly publication in the field of Italy Studies in Dutch or Flemish academia.
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Jonathan StöklFaculty of Humanities
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Tobias van der WalFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maarten JansenFaculteit Archeologie
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Wouter van BeekAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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Frits van der MeerFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Paula HarveyFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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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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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…
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Colonial and Global History Seminar
Lecture, COGLOSS
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Digital assessments
Tests and assessments give you a better idea of how well students are doing. Keep reading to find out which ICT resources are available for the various assessment methods.
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Copyright
All the sources (both textual and visual) you use for your educational video or online course need to meet the requirements of Dutch copyright law. Below, you’ll find some guidelines for how to include references and attributions for visual resources in your video work, and where to find usable imagery…