642 search results for “intellectuele history” in the Student website
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Claire VergerioFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sander van der HorstFaculty of Humanities
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NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’
A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.
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Yichieh Mireille ShihFaculty of Humanities
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Tom de BruijnFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Eddie Meijer
Faculty of Humanities
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Moesha SnoekFaculty of Humanities
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Dominant style stifled innovation in 19th century seascapes
Long into the 19th century, seascapes were considered an expression of patriotism. Artists who painted in a 17th century style were valued more. This tradition stifled innovation in the genre, Cécile Bosman has concluded. She will defend her PhD thesis on 13 October.
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Jessica den Oudsten wins the eighth Uitgeverij Verloren/ Johan de Witt thesis award
Jessica den Oudsten won this year’s Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis award for history with her master’s thesis, entitled "The descendants of Norwegian and Danish Immigrants". The prize was awarded for the eighth time in collaboration with Elsevier Weekblad. The incentive award went to Amber…
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Frits van der MeerFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Alexander GeurdsFaculteit Archeologie
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Rieneke SonneveltFaculty of Humanities
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Writing Global History
Conference, Research Colloquium
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Kerstin Winking
Faculty of Humanities
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Neilabh SinhaFaculty of Humanities
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Beryl Prenen
Faculty of Humanities
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Sam Peters
Faculty of Humanities
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Christina Zymari
Faculty of Humanities
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Martijn Treur
Faculty of Humanities
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Twan Bosman
Faculty of Humanities
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Christien Smits
Faculty of Humanities
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Ariette Dekker
Faculty of Humanities
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Olivier Wijdicks
Faculty of Humanities
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Brianne WesolowskiFaculty of Humanities
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Nina Witteman
Faculty of Humanities
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Valérie Slijkerman
Faculty of Humanities
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Sophie van RomburghFaculty of Humanities
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Tycho van der HoogAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jan AbbinkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jan Wim BuismanFaculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
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Paula HarveyFaculty of Humanities
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Martijn van EtteFaculty of Humanities
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History Master Symposium
Conference, Symposium
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Anne Hulzink
Faculty of Humanities
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Katja PaijensFaculty of Humanities
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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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Lauren Antonides wins Roggeveen thesis prize
Alumna Lauren Antonides has won the Roggeveen Prize for her thesis on the regional identity of Zeelandic Flanders. She will receive a sum of 1,000 euros.
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Is it a fake or not? Time for a new kind of connoisseurship
If a forged Vermeer or Rembrandt is discovered, it is world news. Yet tracing fakes has long been a low priority in art history. University lecturer Anna Tummers will receive an ERC grant of almost two million euros to change that.
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…
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Maria Voltsichina
Faculty of Humanities
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Marije Cornelissen
Faculty of Humanities
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Wim van den Doel wins 2024 Boerhaave Biography Prize
Professor of Contemporary History Wim van den Doel has won the 2024 Boerhaave Biography Prize. Van den Doel receives the prize for his book 'Snouck: Het volkomen geleerdenleven van Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje'.
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Lydia Boer wins incentive prize for bachelor's thesis
History student Lydia Boer has won the Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt incentive prize. She receives the prize for her bachelor’s thesis The marriage between Johan de Witt and Wendela Bicker: a political affair?
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.