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The Monroe Doctrine Refurbished? The US-Latin American relations under Trump 2: Exploring possible scenarios
Lecture
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg: 'How does the discourse on war influence practice?'
As a student, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg was primarily interested in diplomacy surrounding conflicts. Through research on peace operations and subsequently the fight against guerrillas, he became increasingly involved with the most violent aspects of colonial warfare. Per 1 September 2024 he is appointed…
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Wouter de VriesFaculty of Humanities
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
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Should Nature be given Rights?
LeidenGlobal Annual event
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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and Scientific Analysis in the History of Philosophy, History of Political Thought, and Intellectual History
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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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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When Hospice Isn’t a ‘Choice’: Disregard, Care and End of Life on the American Periphery
Lecture
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Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun
On 1 July – Keti Koti, in the year ahead, our university community will be able to reflect extensively on the history of slavery by engaging in research, education and many other activities.
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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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Gioconda Belli: ‘La poesía es la palabra llevada al máximo de su capacidad expresiva’
Aprovechando la conferencia Spinoza, Nanne Timmer, Universitair Docent LUCAS, le hace unas preguntas a la escritora y Premio Reina Sofía Gioconda Belli sobre su poesía y su lugar en la Nicaragua de hoy.
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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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In the Making #13: Exploring the Multidimensional Nature of Radio
Arts and culture
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May Shaddel BasirFaculty of Humanities
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Elsemieke DaalderFaculty of Law
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Claire VergerioSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Anahita ArianSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Paul Nieuwenburg
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Rachel SchatsFaculty of Archaeology
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Alexandra TutwilerFaculty of Archaeology
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Ivo SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Mirjam de BaarFaculty of Humanities
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Maia CasnaFaculty of Archaeology
- Histories Connected
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Juliët TinebraFaculty of Humanities
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José María Castro Ibarra
Faculty of Humanities
- Histories Connected
- Histories Connected
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The history of Medicine and Asia
Conference, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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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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Sander van der HorstFaculty of Humanities
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Why Nixon Went, and Trump Stuck Around
Lecture, Studium Generale
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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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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
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Public Lecture: 'How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market'
Lecture
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Linus Ekstrøm
Faculty of Science
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Eddie Meijer
Faculty of Humanities
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Moesha SnoekFaculty of Humanities
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Joana Vondee-Awortwi
Faculty of Humanities
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Terence RenaudFaculty of Humanities
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Min Zhang
Faculty of Humanities
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Frits van der MeerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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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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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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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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Sunken History
PhD defence
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Defending Nature’s Rights: Paradoxes and Challenges
Masterclass
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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.