578 search results for “bart history” in the Student website
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General Jacques Pâris de Bollardière and the French Nonviolence Movement, ca. 1960s-1980s
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
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The Ptolemaic Ruler Cult in Egypt: The Greek Temple of Hermopolis Magna in its Religious and Socio-Historical Context
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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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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Hour of Remembrance on 4 May: ‘We commemorate war victims and draw links to the present’
During the ‘Hour of Remembrance’ on 4 May, the University community remembers its students and staff who were killed in the Second World War. It also looks at freedom and oppression today. Three questions for Sara Polak, chair of the Hour of Remembrance committee.
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New hub for entrepreneurial students from Campus The Hague
This Thursday saw the launch of PLNT The Hague, an entrepreneurial hub where Campus The Hague students can learn all about entrepreneurship. They will have the opportunity to develop entrepreneurial skills, build a network and begin an innovative startup.
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Punishment or refuge? ‘Women sometimes aimed to be convicted’
Over a thousand women ended up in a State workhouse between 1886 and 1934. This was a place for vagrants, beggars and drunkards: people who were said to be too lazy to work. Who were these women who were sent there? PhD candidate Marian Weevers found out.
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Sex, power and colonialism: 'Marriages and sexuality were fundamental to colonial power'
Sex and power are closely linked, and this was certainly true in the former Dutch colonies. PhD student Sophie Rose investigated how sexual and love relationships influenced eighteenth-century power structures there. 'You can see that there was constant fighting over who stood where in the social hi…
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Between Fires: Irradiated Imaginations and Anti-Nuclear Solidarities
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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The Dutch Transatlantic Slave Trade
Conference, Book presentation
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Building Epistemic Justice After Nuclear Weapons Testing: The Case of Kiritimati
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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Ilios WillemarsFaculty of Humanities
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Helen WestgeestFaculty of Humanities
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Pouwel van SchootenFaculty of Humanities
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Robert ZwijnenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Michael NewtonFaculty of Humanities
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Robbert StriekwoldFaculty of Humanities
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Angus MolFaculty of Humanities
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Anastasia Nikulina -
Cecilia-Louise von IlsemannFaculty of Humanities
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Onur AdaFaculty of Humanities
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Felipe Colla De AmorimFaculty of Humanities
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Jesse Doornenbal
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ugur DerinFaculty of Humanities
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Laura BertensFaculty of Humanities
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Danny JolFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Kitty ZijlmansFaculty of Humanities
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Sybille LammesFaculty of Humanities
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Ton van HaaftenFaculty of Humanities
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Sanjukta PoddarFaculty of Humanities
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Yunnan Ye -
Daniel SchadeFaculty of Humanities
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Catherine WoodFaculty of Humanities
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Maxine DavidFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah NelsonFaculty of Humanities
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Wouter WagemakersFaculty of Humanities
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Andrea WarneckeFaculty of Humanities
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The Helsinki Final Act at 50: Timeless Masterpiece or Relic of the Cold War?
Lecture, Studium Generale
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What did resistance look like in Indonesia during the Second World War?
Stories of resistance in the Second World War are widely covered in Dutch historiography: Hannie Schaft, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, and Professor Cleveringa are some of the best known. But these accounts largely focus on the Dutch domestic perspective. On the other side of the world, a complex colonial…
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From market-driven thinking to ‘Build, build, build’: Leiden experts on the housing crisis
The housing crisis is affecting a substantial group of Dutch citizens and is one of the main election themes this year. How did things get this far and what should the new cabinet do in the coming four years to address the problems? Three Leiden researchers give their answer.
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Spinoza and Stevin Prizes for three Leiden professors
Three Leiden professors have recently been awarded the most prestigious scientific accolade in the Netherlands: Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Marc Koper have been awarded a Spinoza Prize and Judi Mesman a Stevin Prize. They received their prizes on 13 October.
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Four famous alumni introduce their favourite films at Leiden International Film Festival
From a powerful documentary to a heartwarming classic: four Leiden alumni have chosen their favourite films and will introduce them at Leiden International Film Festival.
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Opening of the Herta Mohr Building: brand new and also recycled location for Humanities
Light, open and green: a description that fits the new, renovated location of the Faculty of Humanities. The official opening of the Herta Mohr Building took place on 8 October, and it has many remarkable features: for example, recycled ‘mushroom columns’, a pedestrian bridge to the University Library…
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Reflecting on our university’s colonial past: ‘We’re still too Eurocentric’
How do colonialism and historical slavery continue to impact the university today? And what should happen next? Students and staff discussed these questions on 11 March.
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Occupation makes for eventful Cleveringa Lecture: ‘Protect free spaces for debate’
Despite an eventful afternoon – with Students for Palestine occupying the Academy Building – political scientist Hélène Landemore gave her Cleveringa Lecture as planned on 26 November. She reflected on the protest and the importance of open debate, within the university and within a democracy.
- Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
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Susanna de BeerFaculty of Humanities
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Eelco van der MaatFaculty of Humanities