591 search results for “modern history” in the Student website
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Peter Liebregts
Faculty of Humanities
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Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history
Two statues of gorillas abducting women: they were what led PhD candidate Dick van Broekhuizen to write a new type of history of nineteenth-century sculpture. ‘If you view nineteenth-century art history from a less narrow perspective, the narrative changes completely.’ PhD ceremony on 21 June.
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appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’
Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to incorporate different scholarly approaches into my work and raise the profile of Central European Studies in Leiden.'
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Who was the owner of the drowned books near Texel? 'It must be someone who travelled a lot'
When hobby divers revisited a nearly 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Texel, they discovered more than 1,000 objects in wooden boxes. Eight years later, postdoc Janet Dickinson used recovered books to compile a profile of the mysterious owner.
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Damian Pargas
Faculty of Humanities
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Lennart Bes
Faculty of Humanities
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Oran Kennedy
Faculty of Humanities
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Paul Kloeg
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam
From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…
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Book Launch | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Lecture, Book Launch
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Panel Discussion | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Debate, Panel Discussion
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Herman Paul
Faculty of Humanities
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New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd'
A shepherd, but also a comparativist and historian with very broad interests. That is how Professor Philippe Buc describes himself. As of 1 August 2021, he will hold the chair of professor of Medieval History at the university. In an introductory interview, Buc introduces himself, his research and his…
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Kiri Paramore
Faculty of Humanities
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Andrew Shield
Faculty of Humanities
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Pieter Slaman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Paul van Trigt
Faculty of Humanities
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Patrick Dassen
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Meel
Faculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth Rosen Jacobson
Faculty of Humanities
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Anne van Dam
Faculty of Humanities
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Jeffrey Fynn-Paul
Faculty of Humanities
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Alicia Schrikker
Faculty of Humanities
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Beatrice Gründler: ‘Literary text can help us understand Europe better’
'Consider languages in their shared context.' That is the message of Professor and Arabist Beatrice Gründler, who will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on 8 February. ‘I would like people to learn that Arabic history has a close connection with Europe.’
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Maarja Seire
Faculty of Humanities
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Hans Mol
Faculty of Humanities
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Robert Ross
Faculty of Humanities
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Geke Burger
Faculty of Humanities
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Limin Teh
Faculty of Humanities
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Caroline van Eck
Faculty of Humanities
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Elisabeth Dieterman
Faculty of Humanities
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Doreen Müller
Faculty of Humanities
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Robert Stein
Faculty of Humanities
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Da Jin
Faculty of Humanities
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Carolien Stolte
Faculty of Humanities
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Luc Bulten
Faculty of Humanities
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Alanna O'Malley
Faculty of Humanities
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Miko Flohr
Faculty of Humanities
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Gerhard-Jan Nauta
Faculty of Humanities
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A preposterous mix? Willem Otterspeer covers the University’s history one more time
The biographer of Leiden University, Willem Otterspeer, has a new book out. In ‘De stad, de dood en de dichters’ (The City, Death and the Poets) he combines his love for the University and poetry with autobiographical reflections. ‘With my magnifying glass I discovered yet more new details in the pr…
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Koen Marijt is crazy about history: 'So much has happened within one kilometre of Rapenburg'
Anyone who has taken a walk through the centre of Leiden before might have come across him, an attentive group of tourists gathered around. After studying history, Koen van Toen, or Koen Marijt, started his own business. He now organises historical walks, among other things.
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Stefan Landsberger
Faculty of Humanities
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Gerrit van Uitert
Faculty of Humanities
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Andrew Sorensen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Eric van Hoof
Bestuursbureau
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Ekaterina (Kate) Pukhovaia
Faculty of Humanities
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Nira Wickramasinghe
Faculty of Humanities
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Jesse Sarneel
Faculty of Humanities
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Wei Chu
Faculteit Archeologie
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam
‘Islam and Muslims are not something that happened to Europe; they are part of Europe. In fact, Islam is one the biggest constants in European history,’ argues Professor Maurits Berger in the new eight-part History of Islam in Europe podcast series of the Leiden University Faculty of Humanities.