915 search results for “africa history” in the Student website
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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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incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’
Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with…
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Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry
Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem like medieval methods of torture, but they are in fact therapies used in medicine. Willem van der Does writes about all of them in his new book. ‘Physicians…
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Kerstin WinkingFaculty of Humanities
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Kevin HorbachFaculty of Humanities
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Julian GrobFaculty of Humanities
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Jasper KrijnsFaculty of Humanities
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Rebecca WensmaFaculty of Humanities
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Pieter Slaman moved by the LUS Education Prize: ‘The most beautiful prize there is’
Interview with Pieter Slaman who received the LUS Education Prize. What makes the award so special to him and does he already know how he will use his prize money?
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Mehmet KentelFaculty of Humanities
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Congo’s vergeten oorlog? Geweld, mineralen en macht
Lecture, Leids Actualiteitencollege
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Comenius grant for more diverse ancient history: 'Especially in the first year of the bachelor, the impact of a project is great'
The History programme has been working for several years to make the curriculum more diverse and inclusive. With a Comenius grant, university lecturer Kim Beerden wants to take the next step.
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Dancing around the throne: networking in the time of King William I
Showing your face at dinners and parties at court: it was the way to get noticed by the king in William I's time. Joost Welten's latest book reveals how, during the reign of William I, the elite danced around his throne both literally and figuratively.
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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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Toon KerkhoffFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Jay HuangFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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ASCL Seminar: Waves of Memory in the Red Sea: Unpacking Mixedness through Italo-Eritrean Livescapes
Lecture
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Yann RyanFaculty of Humanities
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Fadly RahmanFaculty of Humanities
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Louie BuanaFaculty of Humanities
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Jasper van der SteenFaculty of Humanities
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Eline WestraFaculty of Humanities
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Suzan AbozyidFaculty of Humanities
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Kamila SmagulovaFaculty of Humanities
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Jasper DekkerFaculty of Humanities
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Floris de RuiterFaculty of Humanities
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Pratika DewiFaculty of Humanities
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Pablo Merayo MontesFaculty of Humanities
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Paul BeliënFaculty of Humanities
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Henk ZoomersFaculty of Humanities
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Marten van HartenFaculty of Humanities
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Eddie MeijerFaculty of Humanities
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Willem de VriesFaculty of Humanities
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Margaretha KleijnFaculty of Humanities
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Sulakshana de MelFaculty of Humanities
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Anouk KoenderinkFaculty of Humanities
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NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’
A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.
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Dominant style stifled innovation in 19th century seascapes
Long into the 19th century, seascapes were considered an expression of patriotism. Artists who painted in a 17th century style were valued more. This tradition stifled innovation in the genre, Cécile Bosman has concluded. She will defend her PhD thesis on 13 October.
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Jessica den Oudsten wins the eighth Uitgeverij Verloren/ Johan de Witt thesis award
Jessica den Oudsten won this year’s Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis award for history with her master’s thesis, entitled "The descendants of Norwegian and Danish Immigrants". The prize was awarded for the eighth time in collaboration with Elsevier Weekblad. The incentive award went to Amber…
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‘American’ Black Power movement was also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
In the 60s and 70s, Black Power groups were also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is what PhD candidate Debby Esmeé de Vlugt has discovered.
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Martijn van EtteFaculty of Humanities
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Nation Building, Historiography, and School History in a Multi-Cultural Context: Ethiopia’s Enigma of Our Time
Lecture, COGLOSS lecture
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Maartje van DijkFaculty of Humanities
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Lotte van HasseltFaculty of Humanities
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Corey WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
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at a Time of Death: A Global Microhistory between Britain and South Africa
Lecture, COGLOSS Seminar
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Rozemarijn VlijmFaculty of Humanities