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- Volume 12 (2017)
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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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Transitional Justice Model and International Law: Legal Tensions, Inter-American Challenges, and Global Insights
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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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‘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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About the Programme
During the two-year History Research Master's programme you will learn from inspired academics and learn how to conduct high quality research.
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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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Meet History in Thessaloniki
Conference, Meet us in your country
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Meet History in Athens
Conference, Meet us in your country
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Meet History in Edinburgh
Conference, Meet us in your country
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Opinion Diversity through Hybrid Intelligence
This dissertation explores how Large Language Models (LLMs) can effectively and responsibly contribute to complex decision-making processes. By combining AI and human intelligence, Hybrid Intelligence (HI) emerges, allowing the strengths of both humans and machines to be utilized.
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What Trump's European visit didn't deliver
Professor Rob de Wijk (International Relations) monitored Donald Trump's recent visit to Europe. We discussed the outcomes of the different summits with the Leiden scholar. ‘This visit delivered exactly what I predicted: nothing!'
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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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Maartje van DijkFaculty of Humanities
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Karen van AstenFaculty of Humanities
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Lotte van Hasselt
Faculty of Humanities
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Caroline SchepFaculty of Humanities
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Edurne de WildeFaculty of Humanities
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Anne PorFaculty of Humanities
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Nuranisa NuranisaFaculty of Humanities
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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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Femke Fakkeldij
Faculty of Humanities
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Rozemarijn VlijmFaculty of Humanities
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Melinda SusantoFaculty of Humanities
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Manon PostFaculty of Humanities
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Anna-Luna PostFaculty of Humanities
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Muhammad Asyrafi
Faculty of Humanities
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Karlijn LukFaculty of Humanities
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Neilabh SinhaFaculty of Humanities
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Samantha Sint Nicolaas
Faculty of Humanities
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Beryl Prenen
Faculty of Humanities
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Savvas SkoufaridisFaculty of Humanities
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Natalie EvertsFaculty of Humanities
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Jelmer RotteveelFaculty of Humanities
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Victor Barros Correia
Faculty of Humanities
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Marjolein Jorna
Faculty of Humanities
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Willemijn TuinstraFaculty of Humanities
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Eline Rademakers
Faculty of Humanities
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Travis Bowman
Faculty of Humanities
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Rosa Kösters
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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Mark van Koppen
Faculty of Humanities
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Sanâa May Swart
Faculty of Humanities
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Zoltán Quittner
Faculty of Humanities