Onlangs verscheen Geoffrey Parkers nieuwste biografie in het Nederlands, Keizer Karel V: Landsheer van de Nederlanden, Habsburgs wereldheerser. Het boek – van meer dan zeshonderd pagina’s – is nu al een standaardwerk over de vorst in wiens rijk de zon nooit onderging. Parker komt op dinsdag 11 mei om 17.00 uur spreken bij de Vlaams-Nederlandse Vereniging voor Nieuwe Geschiedenis. Continue reading
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VU Political History lecture
In his lecture, “Brexit and the Challenges for the EU: learning lessons from a fragile European”, Professor N.P. Ludlow (LSE) will discuss the complex relationship between the UK and continental Europe within the framework of the European integration process. He will interrogate the traditional narrative of an “awkward partnership” as well as offer his thoughts on how the EU should avoid a recurrence of the discomforts produced by Brexit. More information
Webinar on Political Parties and Harmonious Discord in the 18th Century
On Friday April 30th, 15-17h (14-16 GMT) Dr. Max Skjönsberg (University of Liverpool) will give a talk about his new book The Persistence of Party. Ideas of Harmonious Discord in Eighteenth-Century Britain. This event is co-organized by the research programmes of Leiden University: Europe 1000-1800 and Politics, Culture and National Identities (1798-present), and is open to all affiliated researchers and MA-students. Registration and more information