Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Fri, 03 May 2024 04:35:59 +0200 Thu, 02 May 2024 12:57:00 +0200 Out of Shadows: A Graphic Novel Set in Lausanne a Century Ago https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/out-of-shadows-a-graphic-novel-set-in-lausanne-a-century-ago The graphic novel, a public engagement activity, aims to tell the complex history of peace-making in the inter-war era in a fun but still thought-provoking manner. 140260 Thu, 02 May 2024 12:57:00 +0200 Nieuws Una storia ambientale delle Paludi pontine https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/una-storia-ambientale-delle-paludi-pontine Read this book by Roberta Biasillo, 'An Environmental History of the Pontine Marshes: Terracina from the Unification to the Integral Reclamation (1871-1928)' in English, in open access. 135069 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws The Rise and Fall of the People’s Parties https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-peoples-parties Associate Professor in Political History Pepijn Corduwener presents a synthetic history of democracy in Western Europe since 1918. 134117 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:09:00 +0200 Nieuws They All Made Peace – What is Peace? The 1923 Lausanne Treaty and the New Imperial Order https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/they-all-made-peace-what-is-peace-the-1923-lausanne-treaty-and-the-new-imperial-order Ozan Ozavci and Jonathan Conlin (University of Southampton) have recently published their new book about Treaty of Lausanne and the post-Ottoman world. 129860 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 17:08:00 +0200 Nieuws Genesis and Nemesis of the First Dutch Colonial Empire in Asia and South Africa, 1596–1811 https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/genesis-and-nemesis-of-the-first-dutch-colonial-empire-in-asia-and-south-africa-1596-1811 In this publication, Professor by Special Appointment Gerrit Knaap examines the construction of the Dutch East India Company’s (VOC) empire. 129668 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 12:14:00 +0200 Nieuws Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics During the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/revolutionary-worlds-local-perspectives-and-dynamics-during-the-indonesian-independence-war-1945 Edited by Roel Frakking among others, ‘Revolutionary Worlds’ looks at the Indonesian Revolution (1945-1949) from a local and regional perspective. 127336 Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:03:00 +0100 Nieuws Living with the Land: Rural and Agricultural Actors in Twentieth-Century Europe https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/living-with-the-land-rural-and-agricultural-actors-in-twentieth-century-europe Professor of International History and the Environment Liesbeth van de Grift edited a new book on agriculture in the 20th century. 124973 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 11:06:00 +0100 Nieuws Serbian Paramilitaries and the Breakup of Yugoslavia: State Connections and Patterns of Violence https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/serbian-paramilitaries-and-the-breakup-of-yugoslavia-state-connections-and-patterns-of-violence This publication, written by Iva Vukušić, is the first to offer a comprehensive analysis of Serbian paramilitary units during the violent breakup of Yugoslavia. 123953 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 16:46:00 +0200 Nieuws Hawija: The Destructive Realities of Our Remote War Against IS https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/hawija-the-destructive-realities-of-our-remote-war-against-is-0 Jip van Dort, Lauren Gould and Marrit Woudwijk investigated the Dutch attack on Hawija and have compiled their findings in the new publication ‘Hawija’. 123498 Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:58:00 +0200 Nieuws Empire's Violent End: Comparing Dutch, British and French Wars of Decolonization, 1942-1962 (Open Access) https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/empires-violent-end-comparing-dutch-british-and-french-wars-of-decolonization-1942-1962-open-access Three UU historians contributed to the volume Empire's Violent End, published by Cornell University Press. 120342 Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:51:00 +0200 Nieuws Rethinking Liberty before Liberalism https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/rethinking-liberty-before-liberalism Building on the book Liberty before Liberalism by Quentin Skinner, Rethinking Liberty before Liberalism offers new histories of freedom and republicanism. 113888 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:17:00 +0100 Nieuws New IOS Think Paper on Contested Institutional Legitimacy https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/new-ios-think-paper-on-contested-institutional-legitimacy Institutions for Open Societies is pleased to announce the publication of the third paper in its Think Paper Series. 112466 Fri, 17 Dec 2021 10:57:00 +0100 Nieuws Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798-1864 https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/dangerous-gifts-imperialism-security-and-civil-wars-in-the-levant-1798-1864 Dr. Ozan Ozavci’s new book ‘Dangerous Gifts’ re-narrates the history of the Eastern Question by involving the largely neglected Ottoman agency. 109547 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:30:00 +0200 Nieuws Traces of slavery in Utrecht also visible at the university https://www.uu.nl/en/news/traces-of-slavery-in-utrecht-also-visible-at-the-university Research shows that a city like Utrecht, without major colonial institutions, is nevertheless closely linked to Dutch slavery history. 117376 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Remembering Social Movement: Activism and Memory https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/remembering-social-movement-activism-and-memory In May, Routledge publishes an interdisciplinary volume on activism and memory. 106078 Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:40:00 +0200 Nieuws The Rhine and European Security in the Long Nineteenth Century. Making Lifelines from Frontlines https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/the-rhine-and-european-security-in-the-long-nineteenth-century-making-lifelines-from-frontlines Recently, Joep Schenk's new book about the Rhine and European security was published. 103547 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 09:19:00 +0100 Nieuws Mobilizing Internationalism https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/mobilizing-internationalism Eleni Braat wrote a chapter about 'Mobilizing Internationalism' for the publication 'International Solidarity in the Low Countries during the Twentieth Century'. 102452 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:43:00 +0100 Nieuws Jews, Liberalism, Antisemitism. A Global History https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/jews-liberalism-antisemitism-a-global-history This month, the book "Jews, Liberalism, Antisemitism" was published, to which Ozan Ozavci contributed a chapter. 102432 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:24:00 +0100 Nieuws Self-reinforcing Secrecy https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/self-reinforcing-secrecy Eleni Braat wrote a chapter about 'Self-reinforcing Secrecy' for the publication 'Transparency and Secrecy in European Democracies'. 102375 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:46:00 +0100 Nieuws Fighters across frontiers. Transnational resistance in Europe, 1936–48 https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/fighters-across-frontiers-transnational-resistance-in-europe-1936-48 Ismee Tames co-edited the book 'Fighters across frontiers. Transnational resistance in Europe, 1936-48'. 101084 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 14:47:00 +0100 Nieuws Boek Fighters Across Frontiers