1,276 search results for “nature american history” in the Student website
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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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Sara BrandelleroFaculty of Humanities
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty 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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Never home alone: which species share your house (unwanted or not)?
From spiders in the bathroom to mice in the kitchen, we share our homes with far more species than we realise (whether we like it or not). Researchers at Leiden University and the University of Helsinki are collecting stories about how people live alongside these non-human housemates.
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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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Roosje PeetersFaculty of Humanities
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Anna-Luna PostFaculty of Humanities
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Spring in your step – Nature Walk
Student wellbeing
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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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Matthijs OliemanFaculty of Humanities
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Julian Grob
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Dominique Schuiling
Faculty of Humanities
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Kevin Horbach
Faculty of Humanities
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Rebecca WensmaFaculty of Humanities
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News shaped the seventeenth-century Atlantic world
When people think of Atlantic trade, they often think of sugar, tobacco and cotton. However, there was something else of crucial importance on board seventeenth-century ships: new information about distant lands. In his book An Ocean of Rumours, Professor of Maritime History Michiel van Groesen reconstructs…
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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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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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Maria del Carmen Parafita CoutoFaculty of Humanities
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Liselore TissenFaculty of Humanities
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The End of Democracy? Latin American Perspectives on a Global Crisis
Debate, Panel discussion
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Internships and research vacancies
During your studies you'll acquire a good theoretical basis. But what about practical experience? By doing an internship you can gain a clearer picture of a particular position or sector. For some study programmes an internship is a compulsory part of the curriculum.
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This is the library you did not know you had been looking for
2,240 plant extracts from 1,299 different plant species of Dutch origin. That’s the collection of the Dutch Extract Library, which has recently been transferred to the Institute of Biology Leiden. To plant biologist and contact person for this library Pingtao Ding this is a true treasury. ‘To bring…
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Paul Nieuwenburg
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Bareez MajidFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan StöklFaculty of Humanities
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Vincent ChangFaculty of Humanities
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Abdourahamane Idrissa AbdoulayeAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Anouk Koenderink
Faculty of Humanities
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Eline Westra -
Henk Zoomers
Faculty of Humanities
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Sulakshana de Mel
Faculty of Humanities
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Alette VonkFaculty of Humanities
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Amza AdamFaculty of Humanities
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Cynthia VialleFaculty of Humanities
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Floris de RuiterFaculty of Humanities
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Sophie Rose
Faculty of Humanities
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Ron Vollebregt
Faculty of Humanities
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Marten van Harten
Faculty of Humanities
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Pratika DewiFaculty of Humanities
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Anne Hulzink
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Willem de Vries
Faculty of Humanities
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Jasper DekkerFaculty of Humanities