1,735 search results for “boon history” in the Public website
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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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‘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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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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Salvador Santino RegilmeFaculty 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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Isaac ScarboroughFaculty of Humanities
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‘Plastic politics’: how ideological debate was supplanted by abstract jargon
Over the course of the 20th century, politicians increasingly came to rely on experts. Their language was peppered with terms like ‘policy pathways’ and ‘evaluation frameworks’. This made debates more abstract and less ideological.
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Citizens felt less heard in virtual court hearings during coronavirus crisis
Quite a lot went wrong during the virtual hearings that courts held during the coronavirus crisis. Researchers from three universities, including Leiden University, concluded that citizens did not always feel heard and that their legal position was compromised.
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COI stakeholder meeting 2023 on governmental problem-solving and implications for legitimacy
On November 30, 2023, the research group Institutions for Conflict Resolution (COI) organized a stakeholder meeting on governmental problem-solving and its implications for legitimacy. COI is a joint collaboration between the Universities of Leiden, Utrecht, and Nijmegen as part of the Dutch Sector…
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Top Downloaded Article!
We are excited to share that the article, Does pre‐packed bankruptcy create value? An empirical study of post-bankruptcy employment retention in The Netherlands, by our colleagues, Jan Adriaanse, Jean-Pierre van der Rest, Gert-Jan Boon, and Reinout Vriesendorp, published in the International Insolvency…
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Conference on 8 and 9 July 2022: Courts as an Arena for Societal Change
Around 200 scholars from around the world are expected in Leiden to discuss the contribution of courts to societal change. Leiden Law School is hosting the conference.
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Conference on restructuring of corporate groups
The European Law Institute (ELI) and Business and Liability Research Network (BLRN) of the Leiden Law School organise a conference on restructuring of corporate groups in the afternoon of 5 December 2018. ELI’s Business Rescue Report of Prof. Em. Bob Wessels and Prof. Stephan Madaus is the starting…
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Leiden Insolvency Thesis receives Bronze Prize From International Insolvency Institute
On 11 June 2023, the International Insolvency Institute (III) announced its 2023 prizes in International Insolvency Studies during its 23rd Annual Conference in Amsterdam. Raghav Mittal from Leiden University was honoured to be a recipient of the Bronze Medal for his paper on Equity retention in SME…
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Pioneers in Migration History
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Professor Willem Otterspeer on his retirement: ‘My career is like the Danube.’
University historian Willem Otterspeer is about to retire, and he will give his farewell lecture on 4 November. Although... it is really a farewell? He still plans to write another five books, using oceans of archive material. 'An archive should be like the surf breaking on the seashore: wonderful…
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Habsburg family pulled strings to bring raiders of English North Cape expedition to justice
Richard Chancellor, the English Willem Barentsz, discovered the North Cape during the first English expedition to attempt to find a northeast passage. But the ship, the Edward Bonaventure, was ‘robbed by Flemings on its return in 1554.’ Historian Louis Sicking and legal expert Remco van Rhee found the…
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Call for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-1830
For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and institutions – not only those wielding formal responsibilities. We hope to reinvigorate this effort by inviting specialists to present their research…
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Nuranisa NuranisaFaculty of Humanities
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Frank van LunterenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Anne PorFaculty of Humanities
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Yann RyanFaculty of Humanities
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Rosanne BaarsFaculty of Humanities
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Jasper van der SteenFaculty of Humanities
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Femke Fakkeldij
Faculty of Humanities
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Rozemarijn VlijmFaculty of Humanities
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Manon PostFaculty of Humanities
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Muhammad Asyrafi
Faculty of Humanities
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Neilabh SinhaFaculty of Humanities
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Beryl PrenenFaculty of Humanities
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Savvas SkoufaridisFaculty of Humanities
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Jelmer RotteveelFaculty of Humanities
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Marjolein Jorna
Faculty of Humanities
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Willemijn TuinstraFaculty of Humanities
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Travis Bowman
Faculty of Humanities
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Daan StremmelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Lina Lerch
Faculty of Humanities
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Mamadjibeye Mamadjibeye
Faculty of Humanities
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Caspar Dullemond
Faculty of Humanities
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Hannah Busch
Faculty of Humanities
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Aart Ruijter
Faculty of Humanities
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Petr Koluch
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonard Ornstein
Faculty of Humanities
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David Knibbe
Faculty of Humanities
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Jorge Blake
Faculty of Humanities
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Jonathan Verwey
Faculty of Humanities
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Natalie EvertsFaculty of Humanities
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Gerda Huisman
Faculty of Humanities
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Celine OldenhageFaculty of Humanities
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Melinda SusantoFaculty of Humanities
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Ton Elias
Faculty of Humanities