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1,559 search results for “history of is a” in the Public website

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  Marlisa den Hartog Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Esther Zwinkels PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• A History of Dutch Corruption and Public Morality (1648-1940) Research output

  A History of Dutch Corruption and Morality showcases 300 years of change, continuity, and diversity in the history of Dutch political corruption and public morality. It analyses a series of corruption scandals and shows how the following debates were connected to the big changes of that time: from the…

• Enlightened Fish Books: A New History of Eighteenth-Century Ichthyology (1686-1828) Research project

  How did learned natural historical inquiries into the underwater world develop in eighteenth-century Europe?

• Negotiating Custom: A History of the Galle Landraad (1740-96) Research output

  Nadeera Seneviratne defended her thesis on 21 January 2016.

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  Lauren Lauret Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tiffany Bousard PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Willem Otterspeer Professor emeritus of University History

  Faculty of Humanities

• New History of Fishes. A long-term approach to fishes in science and culture, 1550-1880 Research project

  From 1550 onwards, a great interest in the natural world developed across Europe. This interest was not only stimulated by a growing knowledge of local flora and fauna, but also by the import of numerous exotic animal and plant species. Think, for instance, of researches and collectors like Gessner…

• A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe Volume I, Negotiating Modernity in the 'Long Nineteenth Century' Research output

  A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe is a two-volume project, authored by an international team of researchers, and offering the first-ever synthetic overview of the history of modern political thought in East Central Europe.

• State, Society and Labour: A Social History of Iranian Textile workers, 1906-1941 Research project

  This research investigates everyday lives and workplace experiences of Iranian workers employed at textile industry, which was the second biggest industry after oil following the latter’s discovery in 1908.

• A connected history of eastern Christianity in Syria and Palestine and European cultural diplomacy (1860–1948) Research output

  This special issue of Contemporary Levant critically explores, at a micro and macro level, the structural role and religious, cultural and political interactions of the Greek-Orthodox, Melkite and Syriac communities in late Ottoman and Mandate Syria and Palestine.

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  Catia Antunes Professor History of Global Economic Networks

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Manon van der Heijden Professor Comparative Urban History

  Faculty of Humanities

• The dynamics of light verbs in the history of West Germanic languages Research project

  The main question of this research project concerns the extent to which light verbs in West Germanic languages participate in processes of language change.

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  Turaj Atabaki Emeritus Professor by special appointment of Social History of the Middle East and Central Asia

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bart van der Steen Head Faculty Liaison & Services

  Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden

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  Evelien Walhout Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Maria Pereira Bastiao PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Book: Sonic Modernities in the Malay World, A History of Popular Music, Social Distinction and Novel Lifestyles (1930s – 2000s) Research output

  Sonic Modernities situates Southeast Asian popular music in specific socio-historical settings, hoping that a focus on popular culture and history may shed light on how some people in a particular part of the world have been witnessing the emergence of all things modern.

• Governance, and the Environment in Ottoman Yemen, 1870-1924: Revisiting the History of the Late Ottoman Frontier Event - 27 January 2025

  Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series

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  Herman Paul Professor History of the Humanities

  Faculty of Humanities

• Valorization of Scientific Knowledge: Philosophy, History and Policy Research project

  This project aims to situate the current policy concept of ‘valorization of scientific knowledge’ in historical and epistemological perspectives. Conceptual understanding of the utility of scientific practices is developed in dialogue with historical analyses of the politics of knowledge in European…

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  Anais van Ertvelde PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Louis Sicking University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Robert Ross Professor emeritus of African Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

• Migration History in World History. Multidisciplinary Approaches | Studies in Global Social History, Volume: 3 Research output

  Migration is the talk of the town. On the whole, however, the current situation is seen as resulting from unique political upheavals. Such a-historical interpretations ignore the fact that migration is a fundamental phenomenon in human societies from the beginning and plays a crucial role in the cultural,…

• Oil, Labour and Revolution in Iran: A Social History of Labour in the Iranian Oil Industry, 1973-1983 Research output

  Peyman Jafari defended his thesis on 11 October 2018

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  Nicolette Mout Professor emeritus of European History

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ann Marie Wilson Assistant Professor

  Faculty Governance and Global Affairs

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  Jos Gommans Professor of Colonial and Global History

  Faculty of Humanities

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  John Kegel Guest Researcher

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Ethan Mark Senior University Lecturer Modern Japanese History

  Faculty of Humanities

• Between the Holy Land and the World. A connected history of Christian communities in the Near East via the unpublished photographic collections Research project

  The project ‘Between the Holy Land and the World’ proposes a connected history of the Christian communities in the Near East (1900-1948) by means of a study of unpublished Franciscan and Dominican photographic collections.

• State, Society, and Labour in Iran, 1906-1941: A Social History of Iranian Industrialization and Labour with Reference to the Textile Industry Research output

  Serhan Afacan defended his thesis on 23 June 2015

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  Ako Tsujita PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Manfred Horstmanshoff Professor Emeritus History of medicine

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Zhengshan Jiao PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Suzan ten Heuw PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Chie Arita PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Shenghao Yue PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• "If I deserve it, it should be paid to me": A social history of labour in the Iranian oil industry 1951-1973 Research output

  Maral Jefroudi defended her thesis on 11 October 2017

• Profile 3. Sources on Frisian medieval history Research output

  Due to the fact that the Frisian lands lacked major political centers in the Middle Ages and also because most of its monasteries suffered complete destruction in the second half of the 16th century, relatively few written documents concerning medieval Frisian history have survived. To analyze them…

• Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History Research output

  This seminal volume covers the entire global history of urbanization since the rise of cities in Mesopotamia in the 6th millennium BC. Leiden historians Wim Blockmans, Leonard Blussé, Luuk de Ligt and Leo Lucassen contributed survey and thematic chapters.

• History: Ancient History Ancient History (MA)

  Are you thinking about studying Ancient History? Learn more and watch the introduction video.

• History Profile

  Leiden University was the first university to be established in the Netherlands. William of Orange gave Leiden Academia Lugduno Batava in 1575, it is said in recognition of the city’s courageous resistance against the seige by the Spanish invaders.

• History ProParte

  About the history of ProParte and its predecessors.

• History: Colonial and Global History History (MA)

  Are you thinking about studying Colonial and Global History? Learn more and watch the introduction video.

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  Patrick Dassen University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Joost Augusteijn Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities