University of Leiden, 15 February 2019, 14.00-17.00 Huizingagebouw, Doelensteeg 16, kr. 023c. Are you interested in political history from the point of view of the use of language, concepts and discourse? Would you like to proceed beyond one nation state or one forum of political debate in your research? Are you looking for methodological approaches more »

Date: Wednesday 27 February 2019, 9.30 – 18.00 hrs. Location:  Amsterdam University Library, Singel 425, Doelenzaal. Over the past decades, military history has developed into a field covering a wide variety of topics, theories and methodologies. Moving beyond ‘traditional’ operational military history, successive waves of social and cultural historians have focused on the impact of more »

Berlusconi and Italian Populism The History Institute of Leiden University and the Research School Political History organize lecture with prof. Giovanni Orsina on Berlusconi and Italian Populism. Prof. Henk te Velde (Leiden University) will introduce Giovanni Orsina. Giovanni Orsina is Professor of Contemporary History and Director of the School of Government at Luiss-Guido Carli University, more »

Diplomacy at war and peace: Workshopping approaches to the history of international politics after 1815’ Beginning with a review of Maartje Abbenhuis’ own work on neutrality, internationalism and The Hague conferences, this masterclass investigates the ways in which historians construct the history of international politics, the sources they use, the lenses of interpretation they prioritise more »