1,175 search results for “history of slavery” in the Public website
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History
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.
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History: Colonial and Global History
Are you thinking about studying Colonial and Global History? Learn more and watch the introduction video.
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History
About the history of ProParte and its predecessors.
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Democracy in Europe. A Conceptual History
As one of the most influential ideas in modern European history, democracy has fundamentally reshaped not only the landscape of governance, but also social and political thought throughout the world.
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Patrick Dassen
Faculty of Humanities
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Joost Augusteijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Pieter Slaman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Mariana De Campos Francozo
Faculteit Archeologie
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The City Is Ours: Squatting and Autonomous Movements in Europe from the 1970s to the Present
Squatters and autonomous movements have been in the forefront of radical politics in Europe for nearly a half-century—from struggles against urban renewal and gentrification, to large-scale peace and environmental campaigns, to spearheading the antiausterity protests sweeping the continent.
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Why Leiden University
Leiden University offers ambitious students the freedom to develop their own area of expertise.
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History
The Flentrop Organ is the third organ to have been built for the Great Auditorium in the Academy Building in Leiden.
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History
The Old Observatory has a rich history. On this page you will find a short version of the history that took place in the observatory.
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Memorial stone points to turbulent history of Indonesian students
A new memorial stone on the facade of a student house in the Hugo de Grootstraat is a reminder of the dozens of Indonesian students who studied in Leiden before and during the Second World War. Some of them were active in the Resistance, which cost a number of them their lives.
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History (MA)
The History Master at Leiden University has a strong international orientation.
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History (BA)
Are you fascinated by the past and do you like to challenge yourself? In the Dutch-taught Bachelor's programme History at Leiden University you will approach the past with a sharp and analytic view and you will learn to look at the past from a completely new perspective. study the history of the ancient…
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Maritime History
Maritime History encompasses humankind’s relationships to the seas and oceans of the world.
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Juliette Roding
Faculty of Humanities
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Dennie Oude Nijhuis
Faculty of Humanities
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The Uses of Justice in Global Perspective, 1600–1900
The Uses of Justice in Global Perspective, 1600–1900 presents a new perspective on the uses of justice between 1600 and 1900 and confronts prevailing Eurocentric historiography in its examination of how people of this period made use of the law.
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Podcast: the history of self-tracking
Fenneke Sysling has recently launched a podcast: Het Gemeten Zelf (in Dutch). This five-part podcast series explores the history of self-tracking.
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Anne van Dam
Faculty of Humanities
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Lionel Laborie
Faculty of Humanities
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Legal History
Historical evolution law
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Lennart Bes
Faculty of Humanities
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Jeroen Duindam
Faculty of Humanities
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Marion Pluskota
Faculty of Humanities
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Histories Connected
Histories Connected seeks to explore social, cultural, and political issues that connect people of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Europe throughout different periods of time.
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History Painting
Rembrandt experts have been puzzling over this painting from 1626 for years. The work may have been commissioned by someone from University circles and may depict a judgment. It can be seen at Gravensteen, a building that served as a prison between 1463 and 1955. This historical building later became…
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The multicultural history of soya sauce
The soya sauce in our kitchen cabinets is not a recent acquisition. This sauce is an important element in a long history of exchange between Asia and Europe. This is what Anne Gerritsen claims in her inaugural lecture for the Kikkoman Chair on Friday 12 December.
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Helen Steele
Faculty of Humanities
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Jeroen Touwen
Faculty of Humanities
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Anita van Dissel
Faculty of Humanities
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Touching Treasures: The History of Photography
Due to an overwhelming amount of enthusiasm for Touching Treasures: The History of Photography, another workshop will be organised on 13 May 2019, from 15.00 to 17.00. There, the Beyond Content thematic program will continue in the Vossiusroom at the Leiden Univerisity Library (UBL). The workshop will…
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Women's Criminality in Europe, 1600–1914
Bringing together the most current research on the relationship between crime and gender in the West between 1600 and 1914, this authoritative volume places female criminality within its everyday context.
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Vacancy: PhD history of architecture (KU Leuven)
Het Departement Architectuur (Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen, Campus Heverlee KU Leuven), zoekt kandidaten voor het project: “Verloren middeleeuwse forten in de Lage Landen ontsloten in 3D”. Het betreft een volledig gefinancierde doctoraatsbeurs in het veld van de architectuurgeschiedenis. Deadline…
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Márcia Gonçalves
Faculty of Humanities
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Moving Romans. Migration to Rome in the Principate.
Moving Romans offers an analysis of Roman migration by applying general insights, models and theories from the field of migration history.
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Start project A New History of Fishes
The NWO just announced the results of the Vrije Competitie proposals. Paul Smith, professor at the French department is, as a member of LUCAS, one of three scholars within the Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University who has been awarded this grant.
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Exhibition on Suriname reveals a hidden history
Who still remembers that Leiden attracted a lot of reds from Suriname during the 1970s? The exhibition ‘Dynamic Suriname’ offers a number of surprising insights on the links between Leiden University and Suriname, which is celebrating the fortieth anniversary of its independence this year.
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History
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Leo Lucassen
Faculty of Humanities
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Fransiskus Widiyarso
Faculty of Humanities
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Ancient History (MA)
Leiden University's master’s programme in Ancient History is your opportunity to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the history of the Greek and Roman periods, with a focus on the mentality and social and economic history of the period between 400 B.C. and 400 A.D.
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About
History is being taught at Leiden University since the days of Justus Lipsius [1547-1606]. In 1860, following the appointment of Robert Fruin as Leiden professor of Dutch History, modern historical investigation started in the Netherlands.
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Ancient History (research) (MA)
In the research master Ancient History at Leiden University you will study the history of the Greek and Roman period, focused on the mentality and social and economic history in the period 400 B.C.- 400 A.D.
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Staff
The academic staff of the Leiden University Institute for History.
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Institute for History
The Leiden University Institute for History is responsible for the main part of the historical research carried out at Leiden University. The institute has a wide-ranging academic scope.
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Paul Kloeg
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Islamic Thought and History
Islamic Thought in History (ITH) is a peer-reviewed book series that publishes new approaches to Islamic thought and the history of ideas in the Islamic civilisation.
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Contact
Contact the Leiden University Institute for History.