541 search results for “english history” in the Staff website
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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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NWO grant for the Facebook of the past: ‘Circulating images aren’t new’
GIFs, memes and videos: anyone who opens a social media platform can be in no doubt that today we live in a visual culture. But the role of images in social communications isn’t new, says Associate Professor Marika Keblusek. She has been awarded a Dutch Research Council (NWO) Open Competition (Large)…
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Lucinda Truijers-JansenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.l.truijers@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277548
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Melania Brito Clavijo
Faculty of Humanities
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Royal honour for Gert Oostindie
Gert Oostindie, Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, has been made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded the royal honour by Leiden mayor Henri Lenferink after giving his valedictory lecture, ‘The future of the colonial past’, in the Academy Building of Leiden University…
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Wayfarers: Roma and Sinti’s bumpy ride through education
Access to education for people from the lower socio-economic class has improved immensely in Europe from the 1950s onwards. Yet the Roma and Sinti were unable to reap benefits from this. PhD candidate Anita van der Hulst researched why so few Roma and Sinti went on to higher education. PhD defence on…
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Tenth Easter Island conference focuses on reconciliation
The tenth International Conference on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and the Pacific will be a special edition with a focus on reconciliation. The fatal shooting in 1722 will be remembered, when the Dutch shot and killed ten Easter Islanders. The conference will be held in Leiden from 19 to 24 June.
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Museum Talks: ‘Our access to the past starts with in-depth knowledge of objects’
Geert-Jan Janse has always been fascinated by the way objects can bring the past closer. On 16 November, he will present a Museum Talk about his work as the director of the Vereniging Rembrandt (Rembrandt Association).
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Isaac ScarboroughFaculty of Humanities
i.m.scarborough@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272655
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Student Sjoerd reveals link between cloth trade and slavery
What do the cloth trade and slavery have to do with each other? Quite a lot, as it turns out, as by history student Sjoerd Ramackers demonstrated in his bachelor’s thesis. He reveals that cloth merchant Daniel van Eijs was closely associated with four plantations in Berbice, a former Dutch colony on…
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Palestine Poster Workshop (2): History, Graphic Design, Political Solidarity
Arts and culture
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
a.g.dorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273026
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Truth and Post-Truth: Thinking with Chinese History
Inaugural lecture
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Where Are You Going? Composing Novel Oceanic Art Histories
Inaugural lecture
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Guide dogs: anything but a modern invention
For a long time, even many researchers thought that guide dogs were a relatively modern invention. An accidental encounter with archival material showed university lecturer Krista Milne that guide dogs helped their blind owners as far back as the Middle Ages. Milne now has received an NWO XS grant to…
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Art History, Art Historians, and the Search for Legitimacy
PhD defence
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The Ptolemaic Ruler Cult in Egypt: The Greek Temple of Hermopolis Magna in its Religious and Socio-Historical Context
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Yale political theorist Hélène Landemore appointed new Cleveringa Professor
The French political theorist Hélène Landemore has been appointed as the new Cleveringa Professor. She will deliver her inaugural lecture on 26 November.
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Book Talk: A Modern History of China’s Art Market
Lecture, China Seminar
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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Athanasios StathopoulosFaculty of Humanities
a.stathopoulos@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009441
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Seraina RenzFaculty of Humanities
s.renz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Gus Kraus
Faculty of Humanities
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Tony van der Togt
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
a.m.van.der.togt@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Anthony Coxeter
Faculty of Humanities
a.j.coxeter@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8001646
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Li-Fan LeeFaculty of Humanities
l.f.lee@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ruben Eijkelenberg
Faculty of Humanities
r.i.eijkelenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Orson McMahon
Faculty of Humanities
o.mcmahon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Dimitris Kastritis
Faculty of Humanities
d.kastritis@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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David André Anton Cina
Faculty of Humanities
d.a.a.cina@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Marleen ReichgeltFaculty of Humanities
m.g.w.reichgelt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272063
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Bruno AllahissemFaculty of Humanities
b.allahissem@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277392
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José María Castro Ibarra
Faculty of Humanities
j.m.castro.ibarra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Rubicon for research into Roman law: ‘We don’t know what wider society thought about law’
Expert in Classics Renske Janssen has been awarded a Rubicon grant. She will use the grant to conduct research at the University of Edinburgh into how Roman law was perceived by society at the time.
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Hugh Kennedy
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University.
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PhD candidate Didi van Trijp researches: When is a fish a fish?
Bird, butterfly, fish: when you look through a children’s book, you usually don’t think about the fact that humans divided these animals, depicted in bright colours, into categories. Yet, this division has been discussed for centuries. In her PhD dissertation, Didi van Trijp shows how natural scientists…
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‘Drawing for Dummies’, but in the Renaissance
The way the great masters of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries learned to draw is more similar to a present-day drawing class or book than you might think. Professor of ‘Art on Paper and Parchment’ Yvonne Bleyerveld tells us about the art of copying and model books.
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Anna BablFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
a.m.babl@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marike KooistraFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
m.j.kooistra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Federica LucchiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
f.lucchi@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Peter PutmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
pputman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274818
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Janet GrijzenhoutFaculty of Humanities
j.grijzenhout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271470
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Manja KoendersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
m.a.koenders@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277980
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Hester GrootFaculty of Humanities
h.e.groot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272243
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Danielle OprelFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
d.a.c.oprel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Mara van OschFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
m.van.osch@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Oana Georgiana Rus-OswaldFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
o.g.rus@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sandy OvergaauwFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
s.overgaauw@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727