717 search results for “history of centre and eastern europese” in the Student website
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Renée JoosseFaculty of Humanities
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Inge LigtvoetFaculty of Humanities
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Merel Vesseur-van LeeuwenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hora Hester Bijl! Farewell to a rector who steered the university through turbulent times
The university bid farewell to its Rector Magnificus, Hester Bijl, on 13 January during the ‘Hester’s Highlights’ symposium.
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Sarah CramseyFaculty of Humanities
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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
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Isaac ScarboroughFaculty of Humanities
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Josette DaemenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Roberto ArcieroFaculty of Archaeology
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Abhimanyu ChettriFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sanjukta PoddarFaculty of Humanities
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Petra de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Ab de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Miriam MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Ilan PeledFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan SilkFaculty of Humanities
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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
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Ben HaringFaculty of Humanities
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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Rong YuanFaculty of Humanities
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Catherine WoodFaculty of Humanities
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Leonardo Arias AlvisFaculty of Humanities
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Carmen KurpershoekFaculty of Humanities
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Seraina RenzFaculty of Humanities
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Marcin RabizaFaculty of Humanities
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Xuan Dong
Faculty of Humanities
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Tony van der Togt
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Koen van der LijnFaculty of Humanities
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Ghulam Ali Murtaza
Faculty of Humanities
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Yusra AbdullahiFaculty of Humanities
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Judith Leferink
Faculty of Humanities
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Anthony Coxeter
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Postma
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Athanasios StathopoulosFaculty of Humanities
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Robertus Benning
Faculty of Humanities
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Stephen HarrisFaculty of Humanities
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Thomas FossenFaculty of Humanities
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Student section of University Council more fragmented
In the University elections in April, the eight student seats on the University Council have gone to six parties, and newcomers the Liberal Student Party and the Party for Biomedical Students have each won one seat.
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University Council at 50: ‘Everything in Leiden was a tad more Leiden’
After the May elections a new University Council has now taken seat. The university democracy is the result of the long-lived national student protests in 1969. Students from Leiden joined the protests for greater representation, although their actions were less revolutionary than at other universities.…
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Peter PelsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Zane Kripe
Faculty of Science
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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DNA study reveals remarkable stability in prehistoric Low Countries populations
For thousands of years, the prehistoric communities of the Low Countries followed their own path, compared with the rest of Europe. An international research team has now published these findings in Nature.
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A special procession – just like 450 years ago
An extra-long procession with musical accompaniment will mark the beginning of the university’s 450th birthday celebrations on 7 February.
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Tim MeijersFaculty of Humanities
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Library closures around 3 October
Library
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Dies Natalis all about innovating and connecting
‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the new Strategic Plan on the University’s 447th Dies Natalis. The new Strategic Plan therefore focuses on innovating and connecting, among disciplines and…
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The Leiden students who sailed to England during the Second World War
In a sailboat, a canoe or stowed away on a ship: during the Second World War, many Leiden students tried to cross the sea to join the Allies in Britain. ‘Soldier of Orange’ is the most famous, but who were the other ‘England voyagers’ or Engelandvaarders as they are known?
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship
Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that symbolise retiring Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker and the research in Leiden. With direct references, playful associations and the odd nod and wink.