1,645 search results for “history” in the Student website
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European grant to research colonial medical experiments: 'Should we keep using this data?'
When we think of unethical medical experiments, we tend to think first of Nazi Germany. What is less well known is that experiments were also carried out in colonised areas without the explicit consent of the test subject. University lecturer Fenneke Sysling has received a European grant to research…
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Back to the roots of Shia Islam: ‘We need to get the full picture.'
When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change. His new ERC-funded project , focuses on the development of the early Shia community.
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Governance, and the Environment in Ottoman Yemen, 1870-1924: Revisiting the History of the Late Ottoman Frontier
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’
Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too limited and fragmented. They are looking with fresh eyes at Leiden’s archives and collections. An interview with historians Alicia Schrikker and Ligia G…
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Marie-leen RyckaertFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
m.l.e.ryckaert@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9589
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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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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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Healthcare and the Dutch East India Company: Two centuries of arrogance and challenges
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) took healthcare seriously, albeit mainly for business reasons. Former GP Ton Zwaard’s PhD research reveals that although healthcare in Asia was well organised, the VOC faced persistent problems for two centuries.
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Andrew Gawthorpe on ABC Radio about ‘Orbánism’ and the American right
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas last week. University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe explains in an interview with ABC Radio what the embrace of 'Orbánism' means for the American right, and democracy more broadly.
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Felicia RosuFaculty of Humanities
f.rosu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4116
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
l.m.g.f.e.claes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8016
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Rudi van MaanenFaculty of Humanities
r.c.j.van.maanen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 527 1646
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Thea Hilhorst
Faculty of Humanities
d.j.m.hilhorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Weilun Zhang
Faculty of Humanities
w.zhang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Karin AmatmoekrimFaculty of Humanities
k.d.amatmoekrim@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ton Elias
Faculty of Humanities
t.m.c.elias@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Sarah Siegenthaler
Faculty of Humanities
s.c.b.siegenthaler@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Eva Pfanzelter
Faculty of Humanities
e.p.pfanzelter@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273115
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Jiaxuan Huang
Faculty of Humanities
j.huang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Scholars and senators on the legitimacy of the Dutch Senate
The Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch Senate.
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The Need for Teaching a More Accurate and Inclusive History of Science: The Case of Islamic Contributions to Math and Sciences
Debate
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Chibuike UcheAfrika-Studiecentrum
c.u.uche@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3854
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Ellen van ReulerFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.a.h.e.van.reuler@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275077
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Online database with two hundred local chronicle texts launched: A few years ago that wouldn’t have been possible'
Too expensive groceries, diseases suddenly breaking out: from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, hundreds of people documented the world around them in chronicles. A significant number of these texts have been digitised in recent years. Professor of Early Modern Dutch History and project leader…
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Marijn van Putten: How many ways are there to read the Quran?
How should the Quran be read? The manuscript of this holy book makes different interpretations possible. Researcher Marijn van Putten has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of two million euros to explore centuries-old recitations.
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Slavery excuses: 'Cabinet created its own problem by rushing in'
The excuses for the slavery past? It would have been better if the cabinet had taken some more time on that, thinks university lecturer and Atlantic slavery expert Karwan Fatah-Black. 'Too bad they didn’t wait for the results of the study.'
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Beatrice Gründler: ‘Literary text can help us understand Europe better’
'Consider languages in their shared context.' That is the message of Professor and Arabist Beatrice Gründler, who will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on 8 February. ‘I would like people to learn that Arabic history has a close connection with Europe.’
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Ghulam Ali Murtaza
Faculty of Humanities
g.a.murtaza@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Suzan AbozyidFaculty of Humanities
s.i.abozyid@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5989
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Arie van der Wiel
Faculty of Humanities
a.c.a.van.der.wiel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Sanâa May Swart
Faculty of Humanities
s.m.swart@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tomás Díaz
Faculty of Humanities
t.diaz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Nicole Pereira Ríos
Faculty of Humanities
n.m.pereira.rios@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Marjolein Jorna
Faculty of Humanities
m.jorna@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Rosa Kösters
Faculty of Humanities
r.m.kosters@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Maud RijksFaculty of Humanities
m.rijks@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273516
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Felix Kram
Faculty of Humanities
f.d.kram@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Theresa St John
Faculty of Humanities
t.l.st.john@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Tony van der Togt
Faculty of Humanities
a.m.van.der.togt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Cristian Saavedra Bastía
Faculty of Humanities
c.e.saavedra.bastia@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
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Leonard Ornstein
Faculty of Humanities
l.s.ornstein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Felipe Cousiño
Faculty of Humanities
f.cousino@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Harold van der Kraan
Faculty of Humanities
h.van.der.kraan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Carla Cisternas GuaschFaculty of Humanities
c.g.cisternas.guasch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Hannah Busch
Faculty of Humanities
h.f.busch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Macarena Alegria Garcia
Faculty of Humanities
m.a.alegria.garcia@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Nadia Rojas
Faculty of Humanities
n.j.rojas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Liliana Morawietz Yanez
Faculty of Humanities
l.morawietz.yanez@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 52716646
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Zoltán Quittner
Faculty of Humanities
z.quittner@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Hein Drop
Faculty of Humanities
h.g.drop@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646