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International Summer School Global History in the 2020s
Conference, Summer School
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Travelling Caribbean heritage under the microscope
What does it mean to be Aruban, Bonairian or Curaçaoan? In the Traveling Caribbean Heritage project historian Gert Oostindie studies this question together with PhD candidate Joeri Arion and heritage specialist Valika Smeulders. Other researchers and the islanders themselves are also collaborating…
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How Leiden became 'the wonder of Europe'
Curiosities from the anatomical theatre, swords from the fencing school and 17th-century portraits of the University's founders. The new University Room in Museum De Lakenhal portrays the turbulent first hundred years of Leiden University.
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Invisible but ever-present: female spies in the 17th century
For a long time it was thought that there were few or no female spies in history. However, nothing could be further from the truth. In her book Invisible Agents, Nadine Akkerman reconstructs the stories of the many British women spies in the 17th century.
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Masterclass in International History with Patrick O. Cohrs
Lecture, INVISIHIST Masterclass
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Gianne Derks new Scientific Director of the Mathematical Institute
As of 1 May Gianne Derks is the new Scientific Director of the Mathematics Institute. Derks succeeds Hermen Jan Hupkes who temporarily assumed the role. Derks has been appointed for a period of four years.
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‘You have no love for truth’: 19th-century British scientists accused each other at every turn
Lack of manliness, avaricious or too imaginative. These are just a few of the accusations with which British scientists discredited each other over a hundred years ago. PhD candidate Léjon Saarloos researched British scientists around the year 1900 and their idea of what makes a good - and therefore…
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Mandela symbolised reconciliation
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Madiba, honorary doctor of Leiden university, was one of the iconic politicians of the late twentieth century. Mandela has died at the age of 95. Analysis by Robert Ross, Professor in African history.
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Russians continue to use age-old military concepts
Russian military concepts developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries still exist and have not lost their strategic relevance. The Russians used them to annex Crimea and are now applying them in the war in Ukraine. Although the concepts have been around for a long time, it does not mean they…
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Introducing: Karolien Pazmany
Karolien Pazmany is a PhD student in the ERC granted research project 'An Empire of 2000 Cities: urban networks and economic integration in the Roman empire', directed by Luuk De Ligt and John Bintliff (Archaeology).
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How Charles Darwin became an Honorary Doctor in Leiden
Charles Darwin received an Honorary Doctorate from Leiden University on 9 February 1875. What traces did he leave behind in Leiden?
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Concert and book launch "The Oud: An Illustrated History"
Arts and culture
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‘At first I thought it was a scam when I got an email from the UN’
Karen Smith is a university lecturer in International Relations at the Institute for History and she occupies a unique position: she has one foot in the academic world and the other in the world of the United Nations. As a Special Adviser, she helps the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to remind…
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Women and Peacebuilding: A Multilevel Perspective
Where are the Women in Global Governance and in peace processes?
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Forum Essays
Forum essays provide a framework for intellectual exchange and debate about the role of diplomacy around a particular theme. The essays are argumentative contributions and are shorter than research articles.
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GLOBOX
GLOBOX is a spatially differentiated multimedia fate, exposure and effect model. It is used for the calculation of spatially differentiated LCA characterisation factors on a global scale.
- Crisis Management / Crisis Diplomacy
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- China's Diplomacy
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The Master’s Health, Ageing and Society stimulates interdisciplinary thought. Meaning that motivated students with a broad scale of Bachelor backgrounds will potentially be admitted to the programme.
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An Introduction to the Arabic Language History and Origins
Alumni event, Lunch webinar
- Book Launch Leiden University Centre for Islamic Thought and History
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Rijpma presents at a Workshop in Florence on the occassion of the 25th jubilee of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
On 23 and 24 November scholars working on European Justice and Home Affairs, united at the European University Institute in Florence on the occassion of the 25th year jubilee of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. The EU policy area covering migration, asylum and criminal justice cooperation.
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Willemijn Aerdts on Dutch news website NOS.nl on enlisting Dutch intelligence services in the fight against organised crime
On Tuesday 24 September the Marengo trial, also known as the trail against the so-called Mocro Maffia, continued behind closed doors after the fatal shooting of barrister Derk Wiersum. The main suspect is Ridouan Taghi. He is believed to be residing abroad along with several accomplices.
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Nationalism Studies – From the State of the Art to Future Challenges
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Gerda Henkel Research Grant for Meike de Goede
Meike de Goede has received a research grant of €14,600 from the Gerda Henkel Foundation for her research on the post-colonial silencing of anti-colonial resistance in Congo-Brazzaville.
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Looking back on an extraordinary Remembrance Day
This year’s Remembrance Day on 4 May was more intimate than ever. Although it was not possible to come together as usual, an online lecture by Ethan Mark, who specialises in modern Japanese history, and a special ceremony at the Academy Building made it a moving remembrance after all. See the photos…
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‘High price for British trade treaty with US’
The British government' is expecting too much of American support after Brexit: there will be a high price to pay for any trade treaty with the United States. This was the view expressed by assistant professor Joris Larik in Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant today, following the visit of American President…
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Armin Cuyvers on European infringement proceedings against the UK
This week the European Commission took a major step by starting infringement proceedings against the United Kingdom. The issue at stake is the contentious Internal Market Bill introduced by Boris Johnson’s government which is contrary to the Brexit Agreement.
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Looted art returned to Sri Lanka: ‘It was a job tracing what came from where'
A cannon, a sabre, guns: these Sri Lankan objects had been in the Rijksmuseum for centuries. In early December, they were returned to Sri Lanka. Associate Professor of Colonial History Alicia Schrikker led the research that formed the basis for the restitution and published a volume on the findings…
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Introducing Historians Without Borders
In the summer of 2015 the former Finnish foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja, together with a group of Finnish historians, took an important initiative and established the organization Historians Without Borders (HWB).