918 search results for “nabije american history” in the Student website
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Minors
A minor allows you to develop your knowledge beyond the boundaries of your study programme, or to specialise further in your own field of study. You can follow a minor in Leiden and also in Delft or Rotterdam.
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Toon KerkhoffFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Jay HuangFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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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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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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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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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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Kerstin WinkingFaculty of Humanities
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Mehmet KentelFaculty 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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Kevin Horbach
Faculty of Humanities
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Julian Grob
Faculty of Humanities
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Jasper Krijns
Faculty of Humanities
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Rebecca WensmaFaculty of Humanities
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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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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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Maria del Carmen Parafita CoutoFaculty of Humanities
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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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Bareez MajidFaculty 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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A Historical and Etymological Look at Co-Speech Gestures and Signs
Lecture, Sign Languages & Deaf People
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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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Yann RyanFaculty of Humanities
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Fadly RahmanFaculty of Humanities
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Louie Buana
Faculty of Humanities
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Jasper van der SteenFaculty of Humanities
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Eline WestraFaculty of Humanities
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Suzan AbozyidFaculty of Humanities
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Kamila SmagulovaFaculty of Humanities
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Jasper DekkerFaculty of Humanities
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Floris de RuiterFaculty of Humanities
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Pratika DewiFaculty of Humanities
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Timo McGregorFaculty of Humanities
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Pablo Merayo MontesFaculty of Humanities
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Paul Beliën
Faculty of Humanities
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Henk Zoomers
Faculty of Humanities
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Marten van Harten
Faculty of Humanities
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Eddie Meijer
Faculty of Humanities
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Willem de VriesFaculty of Humanities
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Margaretha Kleijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Sulakshana de Mel
Faculty of Humanities
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Anouk Koenderink
Faculty of Humanities
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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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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.