1,481 search results for “cultural history” in the Staff website
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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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Miguel John Versluys -
Pioneers in Migration History
Conference, Symposium
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Robbert StriekwoldFaculty of Humanities
- History Institute Council Meeting
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History Institute Council Meeting
Lecture
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Wreck in the Wadden Sea: ‘Objects tell the story’
More than 40 years ago, a wrecked merchant ship was found in the Wadden Sea. PhD student Geke Burger looked at this archaeological find from a historical perspective.
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Azeb AmhaAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Letty ten Harkel: ‘I am interested in what happens when different cultures come together’
In August 2022 we welcome our new colleague Dr Letty ten Harkel as Assistant Professor in Roman and Post-Roman Archaeology. For the past ten years she has built up an impressive track record in the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. Read the interview about her background and research…
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University launches Vision on Student Well-Being: ‘An open culture where we look out for one another’
How can we work together to create a safe study and learning environment and offer students the support that they need? The Vision on Student Well-Being outlines the University’s plans to promote student well-being in the coming years.
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The History of Hebrew
Lecture
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Meet the members of the Cultural Anthropology OLC 2021-2022
Benjamín Maldonado, Orestes Kyrgiakis, Roos Capel and Iskra Cvitković are the new student members of the Programme Committee (OLC). The board advises the Executive Board and the Faculty Board about educational matters, such as the determination of the Course and Examination Regulations and the evaluation…
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Shared Histories, Different Memories: Dutch East India Company (VOC) histories entwined with Australian aboriginal narratives
Conference
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Students go on virtual exchange to Virginia: 'This is the most fun programme there is'
University lecturer Dario Fazzi and postdoctoral researcher Gaetano Di Tommaso set up a virtual collaboration with the United States last year thanks to a VIS grant. And it was a such a success the project will be repeated next year. Fazzi is looking forward to once again offering his students a multicultural…
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Is it a fake or not? Time for a new kind of connoisseurship
If a forged Vermeer or Rembrandt is discovered, it is world news. Yet tracing fakes has long been a low priority in art history. University lecturer Anna Tummers will receive an ERC grant of almost two million euros to change that.
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European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’
Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…
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The Social and Cultural Construction of Adulthood and Sexual Maturity: Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Conference, Interdisciplinary Workshop
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‘In the second half of the eighteenth century, decisions were made in the stadtholder’s audience chamber.’
The stadtholder’s court in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands has long been underestimated. Real courts and the associated court culture were to be found elsewhere in Europe. PhD candidate Quinten Somsen is trying to reverse this image. ‘The stadtholder’s court was actually very lively.’
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Marit PauwelsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mariska Moreu-de JongFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Colin EwenFaculty of Humanities
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Irna HofmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sissy HofmeesterFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Janine PrinsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sarah BozuwaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tommie Lambregts
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wigke Wigke Capri Arti Sukmana Putri
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eric Mulder -
Sarah SmithFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wiebe RuijtenbergFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Diederik HulsebosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Emily Elizabeth GdulaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Roxane HeidenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Louise van Gent
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Belia Schuurman
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Aida GholamiFaculty of Humanities
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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
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Erik Danen -
Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Lydia Boer wins incentive prize for bachelor's thesis
History student Lydia Boer has won the Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt incentive prize. She receives the prize for her bachelor’s thesis The marriage between Johan de Witt and Wendela Bicker: a political affair?
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Wim van den Doel wins 2024 Boerhaave Biography Prize
Professor of Contemporary History Wim van den Doel has won the 2024 Boerhaave Biography Prize. Van den Doel receives the prize for his book 'Snouck: Het volkomen geleerdenleven van Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje'.
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Marianne Maeckelbergh
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Gerard Persoon
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Abhimanyu ChettriFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences