1,012 search results for “nadine american history” in the Student website
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Alexandra TutwilerFaculty of Archaeology
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Robert PittFaculty of Humanities
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Göran SundholmFaculty of Humanities
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Rieneke SonneveltFaculty 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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Your vote matters: meet the Faculty of Science candidates for the university elections!
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FWN-candidates for elections announced
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
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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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The End of Democracy? Latin American Perspectives on a Global Crisis
Debate, Panel discussion
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Frits van der MeerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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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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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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Jan Wim BuismanFaculty of Humanities
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Marc-Alexandre BeaulieuFaculty of Humanities
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Rammie Cahlon
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonardo Arias AlvisFaculty of Humanities
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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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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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Willem AdelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities
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Writing Global History
Conference, Research Colloquium
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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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The United States and the War in Gaza: History, Politics, and Culture
Debate, Panel and Q&A session
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History Master Symposium
Conference, Symposium
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Book Launch | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Lecture, Book Launch
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Leiden PhD candidate writes children’s book to get girls excited about technology
PhD candidate Karen van den Akker has written a children’s book to get young girls excited about technology. The picture book ‘Met mama naar Mars’ tells the story of Luna, who wants to travel to Mars.
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Panel Discussion | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Debate, Panel Discussion
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The History of Hebrew
Lecture
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
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Lauren Antonides wins Roggeveen thesis prize
Alumna Lauren Antonides has won the Roggeveen Prize for her thesis on the regional identity of Zeelandic Flanders. She will receive a sum of 1,000 euros.
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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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Thesis and papers
When writing a thesis or paper you must make good use of the insights you have gained during your lectures and studies so far. You should also refer to relevant literature and carry out your own research on the topic.
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These are the new student members of our Faculty Council
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Rachel SchatsFaculty of Archaeology
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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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Liselore TissenFaculty of Humanities
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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.’