1,275 search results for “natural american history” in the Staff website
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Frits van der MeerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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This is the library you did not know you had been looking for
2,240 plant extracts from 1,299 different plant species of Dutch origin. That’s the collection of the Dutch Extract Library, which has recently been transferred to the Institute of Biology Leiden. To plant biologist and contact person for this library Pingtao Ding this is a true treasury. ‘To bring…
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Defending Nature’s Rights: Paradoxes and Challenges
Masterclass
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find-funding
To find funding, you first need to define your goal. Do you need to fund your own salary? Go abroad? Start up a collaboration? Buy equipment or do field work? Develop a company based on an invention that came out of the research? Next, find a match between your goal and the many funding opportunitie…
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Ingrained Habits: The “Kitchen Cars,” American Wheat Promotion, and the Transformation of Japanese Diet and Identity, 1956-1960
Lecture
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Sunken History
PhD defence
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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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Tycho van der HoogAfrican Studies Centre
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Jan AbbinkAfrican Studies Centre
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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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Fleeing tapestry makers picked up the thread again in Gouda
In the sixteenth century, many Protestants fled to the Northern Netherlands to avoid Spanish oppression in the south. This exodus included tapestry makers from Oudenaarde who eventually settled in Gouda. Professor by Special Appointment Yvonne Bleyerveld and researcher Jos Beerens have been awarded…
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‘We have to stay alert and keep on feeling the past’
Space for open dialogue on historical slavery was created at the Keti Koti Table at Museum De Lakenhal, organised by Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden. There, just metres away from 17th-century paintings, Leideners shared a ritual meal and spoke about the effects of slavery and our colonial…
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Menno SchilthuizenFaculty of Science
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Aafke OldenbeuvingFaculty of Science
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Ivan Olarte RodriguezFaculty of Science
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Roberta TamponiFaculty of Science
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Robin van der Laag
Faculty of Science
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Wei LiuFaculty of Science
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Jacob de NobelFaculty of Science
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Marie AnastacioFaculty of Science
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Zhengtian Ai
Faculty of Science
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Shuaiqun PanFaculty of Science
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Ksenia PereverdievaFaculty of Science
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Johan RooryckFaculty of Humanities
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Ananta ShahaneFaculty of Science
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Diederick VermettenFaculty of Science
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Joost van den BrinkFaculty of Science
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Struggle in the region: China and Taiwan fight for support in Central America
Honduras recently severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan after 82 years. In doing so, the country is following the trend of other Central American countries that have turned their backs on the Asian island in recent years. Why are these countries making this choice now and what does it mean for Taiwan's…
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Marc-Alexandre Beaulieu
Faculty of Humanities
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Rammie Cahlon
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonardo Arias AlvisFaculty of Humanities
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Jay HuangFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Toon KerkhoffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Maia CasnaFaculty of Archaeology
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Paz Gonzalez GonzalezFaculty of Humanities
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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities
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Modern Academics and their networks: new perspectives on university history
Conference, Annual Conference of the Flemish-Dutch Society for Early Modern History
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Writing Global History
Conference, Research Colloquium
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Ester van der Voet appointed professor of Sustainable Resource Use
The energy transition is already a huge challenge for society, but sustainable use of resources is even more complicated. Yet it is at least as urgent. Ester van der Voet has been working on it for decades, for example within the United Nations. Since February, she is a professor at the Centre for Environmental…
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Ghanaian Sign Language(s): History, Linguistics, and Ideology
PhD defence
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History Institute Council Meeting
Lecture
- History Institute Council Meeting
- History Institute Council Meeting
- History Institute Council Meeting
- History Institute Council Meeting
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Genocide: Lessons from 20th Century History
Lecture, Seminar