History: Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present

I am very grateful for the options this has opened up to me and am looking forward to pursuing other research and teaching work when I have finished: ideally working towards a PhD.

So, if you're interested in present-day politics, particularly Dutch politics, I can really recommend this specialisation! You learn to look at politics in a different way, and you'll recognise a lot that you've come across in the tutorials.

Research on split-offs in the parliamentary parties
I have just handed in my thesis on split-offs in parliamentary parties in the 20th century and next year I will be continuing this research here in Leiden. I'm also going to take the educational master's in Civics so I can learn how to get the broad range of knowledge that I've gained across to other people.

Historians of Colonial and Global History are working together with specialists on non-European culture and history in other parts of the Faculty of Humanities, which has always been famous for its expertise in this field. They also co-operate with the specialists of the history of migration, which has rapidly developed into one of the new strengths of the department. One of the professors working in this area is based at the Campus The Hague of Leiden University.

In my own field of study, the history of political culture, we are working together with colleagues studying politics in such fields as political science and constitutional law. This combination also makes it easier to work together with government agencies, who are just around the corner, in The Hague. For classes on the history of political debate I myself benefit from the expertise of the colleagues of the Dutch department.

This again is just one example of the many ways historians in Leiden use the riches of Leiden University in order to give their students a good education and an exciting period of study.”