5,140 search results for “history” in the Public website
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From the First Galaxies to the Peak of the Star Formation History
How did galaxies form? How did galaxies evolve?
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Enlightened Fish Books: A New History of Eighteenth-Century Ichthyology (1686-1828)
How did learned natural historical inquiries into the underwater world develop in eighteenth-century Europe?
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Fixing history: Ancient cultural practices of stone sculpture in central Nicaragua
For three millennia, carved sculptures were ubiquitous among ancient peoples in the Americas. Sculpted in stone, metal or wood, they developed into the well-known totem poles, colossal Olmec heads, royal Maya stelae and golden Inca statues.
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classics: Reading surimono and kyōka books as social and cultural history
D.P. Kok defended his thesis on 10 October 2017
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Femme GaastraFaculty of Humanities
f.s.gaastra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Wim BootFaculty of Humanities
w.j.boot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Ben SchoenmakerFaculty of Humanities
b.schoenmaker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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State, Society and Labour: A Social History of Iranian Textile workers, 1906-1941
This research investigates everyday lives and workplace experiences of Iranian workers employed at textile industry, which was the second biggest industry after oil following the latter’s discovery in 1908.
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A connected history of eastern Christianity in Syria and Palestine and European cultural diplomacy (1860–1948)
This special issue of Contemporary Levant critically explores, at a micro and macro level, the structural role and religious, cultural and political interactions of the Greek-Orthodox, Melkite and Syriac communities in late Ottoman and Mandate Syria and Palestine.
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A Persistent Revolution: History, Nationalism, and Politics in Mexico since 1968
A Persistent Revolution: History, Nationalism, and Politics in Mexico since 1968
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Randal SheppardFaculty of Humanities
r.c.sheppard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2656
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European cultural diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine. A connected history (1920-1950)
This project aims to revisit the relationship between the European cultural agenda and the local identity formation process, and social and religious transformations of Arab Christian communities in Palestine, when the British ruled via the Mandate. What was the role of culture in European policies…
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and between Empires and Nation-States | Studies in Global Migration History, Volume: 46/14
In a modernist interpretation of migration controls, nation states play a major role. This book challenges this interpretation by showing that comprehensive migration checks and permanent border controls appeared much earlier, in early modern dynastic states and empires, and predated nation states by…
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Tiffany BousardFaculty of Humanities
t.v.c.bousard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Henk KernFaculty of Humanities
j.h.c.kern@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2764
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Willem OtterspeerFaculty of Humanities
w.otterspeer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7242
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The dynamics of light verbs in the history of West Germanic languages
The main question of this research project concerns the extent to which light verbs in West Germanic languages participate in processes of language change.
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Workshop History and International Studies - The Global Futures of the EU
Conference, Workshop
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Caroline Gräfin von CourtenFaculty of Humanities
c.j.v.grafin.von.courten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Louis SickingFaculty of Humanities
l.h.j.sicking@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2717
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Turaj AtabakiFaculty of Humanities
t.atabaki@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Tristan MostertFaculty of Humanities
t.mostert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1307
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Bart van der SteenUniversitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
b.s.van.der.steen@library.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6338
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Evelien WalhoutFaculty of Humanities
e.c.walhout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6412
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Marcella SchuteFaculty of Humanities
m.c.r.schute@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Maria Pereira BastiaoFaculty of Humanities
m.p.pereira.bastiao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Edmund HayesFaculty of Humanities
e.p.hayes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4692
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Esther ZwinkelsFaculty of Humanities
e.p.m.zwinkels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
w.h.willems@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 5374 5961
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Nicolette MoutFaculty of Humanities
m.e.h.n.mout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Jessica RoitmanFaculty of Humanities
j.v.roitman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ann Marie WilsonFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
a.m.wilson@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9355
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
j.j.l.gommans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2167
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Dario FazziFaculty of Humanities
d.fazzi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2704
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John KegelAfrika-Studiecentrum
j.b.kegel@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Professor of Dutch History Henk te Velde to be new interim Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
Professor of Dutch History prof.dr. H. (Henk) te Velde will become interim Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University for a two-year term with effect from 1 March 2025. He will succeed prof.dr. M.R. (Mark) Rutgers. Mark Rutgers’ second term of office expires on 1 March 2025; he will be professor…
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New History of Fishes. A long-term approach to fishes in science and culture, 1550-1880
From 1550 onwards, a great interest in the natural world developed across Europe. This interest was not only stimulated by a growing knowledge of local flora and fauna, but also by the import of numerous exotic animal and plant species. Think, for instance, of researches and collectors like Gessner…
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Captured on paper: fish books, natural history and questions of demarcation in eighteenth-century Europe (ca. 1680–1820)
On the28th of September Didi van Trijp successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe Volume I, Negotiating Modernity in the 'Long Nineteenth Century'
A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe is a two-volume project, authored by an international team of researchers, and offering the first-ever synthetic overview of the history of modern political thought in East Central Europe.
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Christine MertensFaculty of Humanities
c.m.m.mertens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Alp YenenFaculty of Humanities
a.a.yenen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2943
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Lauren LauretFaculty of Humanities
l.b.lauret@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2772
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Book: Sonic Modernities in the Malay World, A History of Popular Music, Social Distinction and Novel Lifestyles (1930s – 2000s)
Sonic Modernities situates Southeast Asian popular music in specific socio-historical settings, hoping that a focus on popular culture and history may shed light on how some people in a particular part of the world have been witnessing the emergence of all things modern.
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Geometry in ornament: On the history, theory and science about the presumed universality of geometrical patterns and its cognitive foundation
Knowledge and culture subproject 3:
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Institutional memory in the making of colonial culture: history, experience and ideas in Dutch colonialism in Asia, 1700 – 1870.
What did colonial officials and missionaries think they were doing?
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Ayşegül Keskin Çolak’a Armağan Tarih ve Edebiyat Yazıları [Essays of History and Literature in Memory of Ayşegül Keskin Çolak]
Despite not focusing on a particular theme, the academic contributions in this book include essays of history and literature ranging from the Middle Ages to 1970s, from Europe and America to the Ottoman Empire and Turkey.
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Bianca Angelien ClaveriaFaculty of Humanities
b.a.claveria@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4165
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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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Manon van der HeijdenFaculty of Humanities
m.p.c.van.der.heijden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2670
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Oil, Labour and Revolution in Iran: A Social History of Labour in the Iranian Oil Industry, 1973-1983
Peyman Jafari defended his thesis on 11 October 2018