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1,446 search results for “history of collections and collecting” in the Public website

• Art History (MA)

  The master’s programme in Arts and Culture at Leiden University is uniquely positioned at the intersection of Art History and Museum Studies. Informed by leading interdisciplinary research, this degree provides you with a strong academic foundation for a variety of careers in museums, galleries and…

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  Marlou Schrover Professor of Economic and Social History

  Faculty of Humanities

• The history of the possessions of the “Teutonic House” and the bailiwick of Utrecht, 1231-1619 Research project

  The acquisition and administration of the possessions of the “Teutonic House” in Utrecht, and its dependencies, in the Middle Ages until c.1600.

• Colonialism and Slavery: An Alternative History of the Port City of Rotterdam Research output

  Unlike most city histories, this book focuses exclusively on the city’s connections with colonialism and slavery.

• The Future is Elsewhere: Towards a Comparative History of the Futurities of the Digital (R)evolution Research project

  How did digital intermediality symbolise and facilitate the transfer of content from popular culture into policy statements and vice versa in the period between 1945 and the new millenium?

• Making Matters. Collective Material Practices in Critical Times Academy of Creative and Performing Arts

  The NWO-funded research project Critical Making engages with practices that cross the disciplinary boundaries of art, design, engineering and technological making, and (artistic) social intervention.

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  Bianca Angelien Claveria PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Library staff aim to maintain services and collections News - 7 April 2020

  The people behind the Leiden University Libraries aim to maintain the level of their services to clients as much as possible. They are making thankful use of internet, but not everything can be put online.

• Explorations in History and Globalization Research output

  Considering the ways in which the ‘global turn’ is changing the theory and practice of historical disciplines, Explorations in History and Globalization engages with the concept and methodology of globalization, challenging traditional divisions of space and time to offer a range of perspectives on…

• A Social History of Painting Inscriptions in the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644) Research output

  Wenxin Wang defended her thesis on 26 October 2016

• CEEDs, the Collective Experience of Empathic Data Systems Research project

  The Collective Experience of Empathic Data Systems (CEEDs) consortium developed novel integrated technologies that support experiencing, analysing and understanding of very large datasets.

• A History of Dutch Corruption and Public Morality (1648-1940) Research output

  A History of Dutch Corruption and Morality showcases 300 years of change, continuity, and diversity in the history of Dutch political corruption and public morality. It analyses a series of corruption scandals and shows how the following debates were connected to the big changes of that time: from the…

• Enlightened Fish Books: A New History of Eighteenth-Century Ichthyology (1686-1828) Research project

  How did learned natural historical inquiries into the underwater world develop in eighteenth-century Europe?

• Negotiating Custom: A History of the Galle Landraad (1740-96) Research output

  Nadeera Seneviratne defended her thesis on 21 January 2016.

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  Guus Heerma van Voss Professor of Labour law

  Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Marlisa den Hartog Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Esther Zwinkels PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Medieval and Early Modern History: Europe in its Global Context

  Leiden’s Institute for History has an exceptionally strong expertise in premodern European history in its global context, with specialists whose interests cover virtually the whole continent.

• New History of Fishes. A long-term approach to fishes in science and culture, 1550-1880 Research project

  From 1550 onwards, a great interest in the natural world developed across Europe. This interest was not only stimulated by a growing knowledge of local flora and fauna, but also by the import of numerous exotic animal and plant species. Think, for instance, of researches and collectors like Gessner…

• A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe Volume I, Negotiating Modernity in the 'Long Nineteenth Century' Research output

  A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe is a two-volume project, authored by an international team of researchers, and offering the first-ever synthetic overview of the history of modern political thought in East Central Europe.

• State, Society and Labour: A Social History of Iranian Textile workers, 1906-1941 Research project

  This research investigates everyday lives and workplace experiences of Iranian workers employed at textile industry, which was the second biggest industry after oil following the latter’s discovery in 1908.

• A connected history of eastern Christianity in Syria and Palestine and European cultural diplomacy (1860–1948) Research output

  This special issue of Contemporary Levant critically explores, at a micro and macro level, the structural role and religious, cultural and political interactions of the Greek-Orthodox, Melkite and Syriac communities in late Ottoman and Mandate Syria and Palestine.

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  Tiffany Bousard PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Willem Otterspeer Professor emeritus of University History

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Lauren Lauret Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• The dynamics of light verbs in the history of West Germanic languages Research project

  The main question of this research project concerns the extent to which light verbs in West Germanic languages participate in processes of language change.

• Business Against Markets: Employer Resistance to Collective Bargaining Liberalization During the Eurozone Crisis Research output

  Employer organizations have been presented as strong promoters of the liberalization of industrial relations in Europe. This article, in contrast, argues that the preferences of employers vis-à-vis liberalization are heterogeneous and documents how employer organizations in Spain, Italy, and Portugal…

• Representations of the Overseas World in the De Bry Collection of Voyages, 1590-1634 Research output

  This book reveals how one publishing firm's editorial strategy helped to legitimate European colonialism in the early modern era.

• Book: Sonic Modernities in the Malay World, A History of Popular Music, Social Distinction and Novel Lifestyles (1930s – 2000s) Research output

  Sonic Modernities situates Southeast Asian popular music in specific socio-historical settings, hoping that a focus on popular culture and history may shed light on how some people in a particular part of the world have been witnessing the emergence of all things modern.

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  Catia Antunes Professor History of Global Economic Networks

  Faculty of Humanities

• Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives News - 8 May 2024

  Taking responsibility concerning colonial heritage and restitution is a pressing issue for countries and museums worldwide. On 23 and 24 May, a Leiden University interdisciplinary symposium will explore new perspectives as a basis for policies. Organising professors Carsten Stahn and Pieter ter Keurs…

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  Manon van der Heijden Professor Comparative Urban History

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Maria Pereira Bastiao PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Turaj Atabaki Emeritus Professor by special appointment of Social History of the Middle East and Central Asia

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bart van der Steen Head Faculty Liaison & Services

  Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden

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  Evelien Walhout Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Valorization of Scientific Knowledge: Philosophy, History and Policy Research project

  This project aims to situate the current policy concept of ‘valorization of scientific knowledge’ in historical and epistemological perspectives. Conceptual understanding of the utility of scientific practices is developed in dialogue with historical analyses of the politics of knowledge in European…

• Reuse of Tombs in Eastern Arabia Research project

  The main focus of this research project is to investigate why people in Eastern Arabia chose to reuse ancient tombs and how this can be linked to collective memory.

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  Herman Paul Professor History of the Humanities

  Faculty of Humanities

• Migration History in World History. Multidisciplinary Approaches | Studies in Global Social History, Volume: 3 Research output

  Migration is the talk of the town. On the whole, however, the current situation is seen as resulting from unique political upheavals. Such a-historical interpretations ignore the fact that migration is a fundamental phenomenon in human societies from the beginning and plays a crucial role in the cultural,…

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  Anais van Ertvelde PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Oil, Labour and Revolution in Iran: A Social History of Labour in the Iranian Oil Industry, 1973-1983 Research output

  Peyman Jafari defended his thesis on 11 October 2018

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  Louis Sicking University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Robert Ross Professor emeritus of African Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

• State, Society, and Labour in Iran, 1906-1941: A Social History of Iranian Industrialization and Labour with Reference to the Textile Industry Research output

  Serhan Afacan defended his thesis on 23 June 2015

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  Nicolette Mout Professor emeritus of European History

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jeroen Duindam Academic director/ Professor of Early Modern History

  Faculty of Humanities

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  John Kegel Research staff member

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Ann Marie Wilson Assistant Professor

  Faculty Governance and Global Affairs

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  Ethan Mark Senior University Lecturer Modern Japanese History

  Faculty of Humanities