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Peter KlinkhamerFaculty of Science
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Lydia Boer wins incentive prize for bachelor's thesis
History student Lydia Boer has won the Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt incentive prize. She receives the prize for her bachelor’s thesis The marriage between Johan de Witt and Wendela Bicker: a political affair?
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Wim van den Doel wins 2024 Boerhaave Biography Prize
Professor of Contemporary History Wim van den Doel has won the 2024 Boerhaave Biography Prize. Van den Doel receives the prize for his book 'Snouck: Het volkomen geleerdenleven van Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje'.
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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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Florian Schneider
Florian Schneider's research interests include questions of governance and public administration in the PRC, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, political communication strategies and political content of popular Chinese entertainment, recent Chinese economic developments, as well as Chinese foreign policy. He…
- Chibuike Uche
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Not Rifles but Books: FEC’s Book Programs (1954–1991)
Lecture, CHEI Seminar
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Maria Voltsichina
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Student Johan collaborated on three books: ‘1572 was not a celebration of tolerance’
This year marks the 450th anniversary of the Capture of Brielle by the Watergeuzen (lit. ‘Sea Beggars’) and therefore the birth of the Netherlands. Student Johan Visser is contributing to no fewer than three books about the extraordinary year of 1572.
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Gijs Dreijer
Gijs Dreijer is guest at the Institute for History and Editorial Assistant of the journal Itinerario, published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Leiden University Institute for History.
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Cigdem Billur-Ada
Cigdem Billur Ada is an external PhD candidate at the Institute for History.
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Ashleigh Morris
Ashleigh Morris is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.
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Filip Husko
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- Regina Noort
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Zara Ali
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Marlena Antczak-Mackowiak
Dr. Maria Magdalena (Marlena) Antczak is an archaeologist and anthropologist specializing in the archaeology of Northern South America and the Caribbean. She is currently a Guest at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, and serves as the Director of the Archaeological Research Unit (UEA) in…
- Paola D'anello Peralta
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Alistair Kefford on French television on the future of European cities
What does the retail crisis mean for the future of Europe's urban centres? Assistant professor Alistair Kefford answers this very question in the French television programme 27.
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Michel Wyss
Michel Wyss is a PhD student at the Institute for History.
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Sulakshana de Mel
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Eddie Meijer
Eddie Meijer is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.
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Orson McMahon
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Rosanne Baars
Rosanne Baars is a NWO-Veni postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for History.
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Willem de Vries
Willem de Vries is buitenpromovendus bij het Instituut voor Geschiedenis.
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Marinus van Hekken
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Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths is Professor Emeritus of International Studies.
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Harold van der Kraan
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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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‘You have no love for truth’: 19th-century British scientists accused each other at every turn
Lack of manliness, avaricious or too imaginative. These are just a few of the accusations with which British scientists discredited each other over a hundred years ago. PhD candidate Léjon Saarloos researched British scientists around the year 1900 and their idea of what makes a good - and therefore…
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Wreck in the Wadden Sea: ‘Objects tell the story’
More than 40 years ago, a wrecked merchant ship was found in the Wadden Sea. PhD student Geke Burger looked at this archaeological find from a historical perspective.
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Historical research helps improve biodiversity in the Leiden city centre
The Leiden municipality wants to make the city centre climate-proof and combat heat stress by greening it. But they want to do this in a way that does justice to the city’s heritage. Researcher Fenna IJtsma delves into historical greenery to offer inspiration.
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‘Plastic politics’: how ideological debate was supplanted by abstract jargon
Over the course of the 20th century, politicians increasingly came to rely on experts. Their language was peppered with terms like ‘policy pathways’ and ‘evaluation frameworks’. This made debates more abstract and less ideological.
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Rob Cullum
Rob Cullum is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for History.
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Min Zhang
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Nikki Ikani
Dr. Nikki Ikani is Assistant Professor Intelligence and Security. Her key interests are European Security and processes of warning and anticipation of international crises. Her work connects the fields of International Relations, Public Administration and Intelligence Studies. In 2023, Nikki won a NWO…
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Damien Van Puyvelde
Damien Van Puyvelde chairs the Intelligence and Security Group of the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University. His expertise lies in contemporary intelligence, technology and cybersecurity.