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Early modern traders circumvented rules of states and companies
Individual traders should be at the forefront of the study of early modern world trade rather than institutions such as states and companies, argues Professor of Global Economic Networks Cátia Antunes. Inaugural lecture on 9 June.
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Afro-Asian Visions – Blog launch
The new blog Afro-Asian Visions showcases new and ongoing research on Afro-Asian interactions through networks of artists, intellectuals, technical experts, and activists. It is designed as an online magazine.
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Karwan Fatah-Black joins The Young Academy
Historian Karwan Fatah-Black researches the Dutch colonial past, and regularly joins in the public debate about this. He has been admitted to The Young Academy for his dedication to academia and society.
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Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision
Film screening and Book Launch
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Facebook in Africa
Chad-born youngsters in Paris come into contact with youngsters actually in Chad via Facebook: it would be difficult to find a better way to demonstrate the possibilities social media offer for people scattered across the world by war. Mirjam de Bruijn has been awarded a Vici grant for a study of the…
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Portable Islam: Swahili literary networks in the Indian Ocean
The Swahili coast has a long-standing history of transoceanic Islamic connections dating back to the 25th century. Yet, print, has changed the world – not only ours. This project unravels unique forms and archives of intellectual history emerging from within South-South connections. In East Africa Indian…
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Introducing Didi van Trijp
Didi van Trijp started her PhD project at LUCAS in October 2015. Her PhD project is part of A New History of Fishes. A long-term approach to fishes in science and culture, 1550-1880, a project directed by prof. dr. Paul Smith.
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NIAS grant for Robert Stein: Where do receipts come from?
Nowadays they can cause the fall of ministers, but once upon a time receipts were a new phenomenon. Associate Professor Robert Stein is to receive a grant from NIAS to map their origins.
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Alice Twemlow named professor by special appointment of the History, Theory and Sociology of Graphic Design and Visual Culture at University
Alice Twemlow has been named professor by special appointment in the Wim Crouwel chair in the History, Theory and Sociology of Graphic Design and Visual Culture at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam.
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Rogier Kegge in ‘de Volkskrant’ on the nitrogen crisis and the construction project exemption
Rogier Kegge, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Law of Leiden University, was interviewed by Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant in response to the recent recommendations by Johan Remkes on how to approach the nitrogen crisis.
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Jonathan StöklFaculty of Humanities
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Bareez MajidFaculty of Humanities
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Paul Nieuwenburg
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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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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Rachel SchatsFaculty of Archaeology
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Transitional Justice Model and International Law: Legal Tensions, Inter-American Challenges, and Global Insights
Lecture
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Vincent ChangFaculty of Humanities
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Elisa Goudriaan wins Ted Meijer Prize
The KNIR has awarded Elisa Goudriaan the Ted Meijer Prize for her dissertation The Cultural Importance of Florentine Patricians. Cultural Exchange, Brokerage Networks, and Social Representation in Early Modern Florence and Rome (1600-1660).
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Savvas SkoufaridisFaculty of Humanities
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Cahit Mete OguzFaculty of Humanities
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Eline WestraFaculty of Humanities
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Carlos Rilling TenorioFaculty of Humanities
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Celine OldenhageFaculty of Humanities
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Mahdis Mirzadeh
Faculty of Humanities
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Femke Fakkeldij
Faculty of Humanities
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David Home Valenzuela
Faculty of Humanities
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Elena Dacome
Faculty of Humanities
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Yann RyanFaculty of Humanities
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Samantha Sint Nicolaas
Faculty of Humanities
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Henk Zoomers
Faculty of Humanities
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Ody DwicahyoFaculty of Humanities
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Ton Elias
Faculty of Humanities
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Louie Buana
Faculty of Humanities
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Melinda SusantoFaculty of Humanities
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Christiaan van Beek
Faculty of Humanities
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Pratika DewiFaculty of Humanities
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Willemijn TuinstraFaculty of Humanities
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Travis Bowman
Faculty of Humanities
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Mamadjibeye Mamadjibeye
Faculty of Humanities
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Felix BoschFaculty of Humanities
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Manon PostFaculty of Humanities
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Zoltán Quittner
Faculty of Humanities
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Muhammad Asyrafi
Faculty of Humanities
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Floris de RuiterFaculty of Humanities
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Saskia van Anen
Faculty of Humanities
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Sanâa May Swart
Faculty of Humanities
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Aart Ruijter
Faculty of Humanities
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Alliance Mango Kubota
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Leonard Ornstein
Faculty of Humanities