684 search results for “dutch history” in the Student website
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New murals depict archaeological profiles of Dutch soil
On September 5, at the festive opening of the Faculty Year, a range of new murals will be officially presented in the Van Steenis’ Reuvens Hall. The wall paintings reflect a variety of Dutch soil stratigraphies, from Oss to burial mounds. Aside from being a striking new addition to our Faculty building,…
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Krista Murchison in History Today on medieval pen-twisters
Minims are letters that are made up of short, vertical pen strokes, such as 'm', 'i', 'n' and 'u'. In Gothic script, there is often little distinction between letters composed of minims. Assistant professor of medieval literature Krista Murchison has written an article in History Today on the hidden…
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More Dutch at the university? ‘We desperately need internationals’
He did an English-taught degree, completed a master’s abroad and now teaches on an English-taught programme at Leiden University College The Hague. Jan Meijer is the definition of an international researcher and he’s proud of it.
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Curator of the National Museum Marion Anker: ‘History can cause friction'
Marion Anker is a junior curator at the Rijksmuseum, the National Museum of the Netherlands. She studied History in Leiden and Amsterdam. Together with her team, she organised the controversial exhibition ‘Revolusi! Indonesië onafhankelijk!’ What did studying History teach her?
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Historical continuity helped form Dutch and Belgian identities
Dutch people are far more law-abiding than they might like to think. And they are very different from the Belgians in that regard. The different approaches of the two governments towards the coronavirus crisis, for example, can be explained from the history of both countries since the Middle Ages. Historians…
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Se Young Jang
Faculty of Humanities
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New publication reviews Dutch colonial sources on the Indigenous Brazilian Tapuia people
New publication reviews Dutch colonial sources on the Indigenous Brazilian Tapuia people: ‘For them the Dutch were another piece on the political chess board’
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Jeroen Duindam appointed new academic director of the Institute for History
The Institute for History has a new academic director. Professor of Early Modern History Jeroen Duindam will take on this role from 1 September. ‘You can only do this job properly if you make time for it.’
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for research into Het Dorp: ‘We are going to tell the lesser-known history’
It is one of the most famous moments in Dutch TV history: the twenty-three hour long marathon broadcast of Open het Dorp. But what happened to the commune for people with disabilities after that? Monika Baár and Paul van Trigt received a NWO grant of 750,000 euros to map the development of Het Dorp.
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Revolutionary Historiography: How Leftist Debated the Historical Sociology of the Ottoman Empire in Cold War Turkey
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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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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Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too
Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at the Rijksmuseum. What this change comprises and how it has come about is the subject of her keynote speech at the D&I Symposium on 11 January.
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What influence did French really have on Dutch?
Just as some people today dislike English influences on the Dutch language, in early modern times people also criticised the Frenchification of Dutch. But to what extent did French actually leave its mark in our language? PhD student Brenda Assendelft made a surprising discovery. PhD defence 24 May.
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Students Sander, Linde and Melle create an online exhibition for the University Library
With a recently published major research project and an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, the struggle for independence in Indonesia has been thrusted back into the spotlight. Leiden University is devoting attention to this topic as well. History students Sander van der Horst and Melle van Maanen joined…
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Jos Raadschelders
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Alex Tutwiler
Faculteit Archeologie
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Anne Heyer
Faculty of Humanities
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Fransiskus Widiyarso
Faculty of Humanities
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Surya Suryadi
Faculty of Humanities
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Jialong Liu
Faculty of Humanities
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Tommie van Wanrooij
Faculty of Humanities
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Secondary school students grapple with Dutch texts: ‘I liked the feminist part best’
University lecturer Olga van Marion invited pupils from Ashram College in Alphen aan den Rijn to take part in a series of Dutch workshops organised at the University. Some the students and workshop leaders reflect on the busy morning.
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Bastian Still
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Maria Zisimopoulou
Faculty of Humanities
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Michael Herzfeld
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kate Brackney
Faculty of Humanities
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Michel Doortmont
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Mirjam de Bruijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Koen de Ceuster
Faculty of Humanities
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Hakan Külcü
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Laurens van Apeldoorn
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Alisa van de Haar
Faculty of Humanities
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Thomas Maguire
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Aad van Mastrigt
Faculty of Humanities
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Gabrielle van den Berg
Faculty of Humanities
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Simon Willmetts
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Bart Zantvoort
Faculty of Humanities
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Patrick Gouw
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Leonor Faber-Jonker
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Andrew Gawthorpe
Faculty of Humanities
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Willem Zwalve
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maia Casna
Faculteit Archeologie
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Roosje Peeters
Faculty of Humanities
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Stefano Bellucci
Faculty of Humanities
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Cisca Hoogendijk
Faculty of Humanities
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Willem Heiser
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kai Hebel
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Liselore Tissen
Faculty of Humanities
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Marcel IJsselstijn
Faculteit Archeologie
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Martijn Defilet
Faculteit Archeologie