The relentless civil war in Syria is having disastrous effects on the people of Syria and their rich cultural heritage. Initiatives are taken across the world…
Marco Roling is project manager at the Centre for Global Heritage and Development. His work focuses on creating accessibility and promoting the use of the VOC…
Mariana de Campos Francozo has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council. With this 1.5 million euro grant Dr. Françozo and her research…
In March 2017, I’ve started as a Communications Officer at the Centre for Global Heritage and Development in Leiden. I’m writing and translating documents and…
Recently, a new thematic guide on Brazil has been published on the website of the National Archives of the Netherlands: Thematic guide “ Zeskamp”. Local sources…
The pipeline in Dakota, the widening of the highway near Stonehenge, the construction of dams in the Near East: the newspapers and social media are full of…
Recently, Berghahn Books published the volume Sentive Pasts in the well-known series "Making sense of history" nr. 27, founded by prof.dr. Jörn Rüsen. Prof.dr…
Introduction At the end of WWII the Japanese Army had to quickly abandon three of their airfields in Papua Provence Indonesia, at that time called Netherlands…
The Centre for Global Heritage and Development is looking for a suitable candidate to carry out a feasibility study for the establishment of a summer school on…