1,556 search results for “nature american history” in the Staff website
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Patricia KretFaculty of Humanities
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incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’
Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with…
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While the men are away, the Scheveningen women do it their way
Women confined to the kitchen? Not in Scheveningen around 1900. There, some women ran entire shipping companies. This is according to new research by history student Sjors Stuurman. He compiled the results in a book he wrote for Muzee Scheveningen.
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry
Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem like medieval methods of torture, but they are in fact therapies used in medicine. Willem van der Does writes about all of them in his new book. ‘Physicians…
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In the Making #13: Exploring the Multidimensional Nature of Radio
Arts and culture
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Why Nixon Went, and Trump Stuck Around
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Introducing: Stefano Bellucci
In August 2014 Stefano Bellucci started working as Senior Lecturer in African History at the Institute for History.
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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities
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Maia CasnaFaculty of Archaeology
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Toon KerkhoffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jay HuangFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Pieter Slaman moved by the LUS Education Prize: ‘The most beautiful prize there is’
Interview with Pieter Slaman who received the LUS Education Prize. What makes the award so special to him and does he already know how he will use his prize money?
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Comenius grant for more diverse ancient history: 'Especially in the first year of the bachelor, the impact of a project is great'
The History programme has been working for several years to make the curriculum more diverse and inclusive. With a Comenius grant, university lecturer Kim Beerden wants to take the next step.
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Public Lecture: 'How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market'
Lecture
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The history of Medicine and Asia
Conference, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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Alumnus teaching at a Texan university: pizza, guns and heated debate in the lecture theatre
Americans are electing a new president in November but they also have other choices to make in the polling booth. Alumnus Sanne Rijkhoff works at a Texas university and is trying to help make students more aware of the elections.
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Dancing around the throne: networking in the time of King William I
Showing your face at dinners and parties at court: it was the way to get noticed by the king in William I's time. Joost Welten's latest book reveals how, during the reign of William I, the elite danced around his throne both literally and figuratively.
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the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam for a unique visit with a Leiden History MA Alum
On Tuesday November 25, 2025, Sarah Cramsey travelled with students from her masters seminar on 'New Approached to the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe' taught at the History Institute to Amsterdam for a unique opportunity. There, Lotte Sophie Groenendijk, an alumna of the History Research Masters…
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Royal honour for emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer
Emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer received a royal honour from mayor Henri Lenferink on Tuesday 20 September. The university historian was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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Sara de WitFaculty of Humanities
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Joana Vondee-Awortwi
Jo Vondee-Awortwi is a lecturer at the Institute for History.
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Joost van den BrinkFaculty of Science
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Rebekka GrossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Anne PorFaculty of Humanities
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Roosje PeetersFaculty of Humanities
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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The End of Democracy? Latin American Perspectives on a Global Crisis
Debate, Panel discussion
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Roberta TamponiFaculty of Science
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Waheeda SaibFaculty of Science
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Qi HuangFaculty of Science
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Ananta ShahaneFaculty of Science
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Yash PatelFaculty of Science
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Jacob de NobelFaculty of Science
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Maarten VonkFaculty of Science
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Zhengtian Ai
Faculty of Science
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Ksenia PereverdievaFaculty of Science
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Robin van der Laag
Faculty of Science
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Sebastian EllmaierFaculty of Science
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Shuaiqun PanFaculty of Science
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Diederick VermettenFaculty of Science
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Lucas Ferreira CorreiaFaculty of Science
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Wei LiuFaculty of Science