Current list of open, collaborative research topics. These topics are constantly updated and upgraded with brief descriptions.
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TLF-0001 – VOC – VOC tombs at the Armenian cemetery of Isfahan
TLF-0002 – Durighello – The business connections of Alphonse Durighello, antiquities dealer in Beirut
TLF-0003 – Oosterhout – Study of the Schwartzenberg en Hohenlansberg family at Oosterhout
TLF-0004 – TerraSancta – The history and organisation of Terra Sancta, custodians of the Holy Land
TLF-0005 – Steamers – The Lynch brothers and the “Euphrates and Tigris Navigation Company”
TLF-0006 – Babylon – Searching for the two missing coffins from Babylon
TLF-0007 – Tehran – Tehran’s antiquarians in Qajar artefacts (1860-1880)
TLF-0008 – Steamers – Dutch captains on the Wolga and the Tigris in the 19th century
TLF-0009 – Shipping – The archives of the Messageries Impériales françaises
TLF-0010 – Cannes – History of the city hall building at Cannes
TLF-0011 – Photography – Discovering Lycklama in the Qajar’s photography collection
TLF-0012 – Mezrab – Inquiry into Sheikh Medjuel el Mezrab, “Mr. Jane Digby”
TLF-0013 – Leeuwarden – A trail of donations to catholic institutions in Leeuwarden
TLF-0014 – Budberg – Andrey Fedorovich Budberg (1817-1881), Russian ambassador to Paris
TLF-0015 – Constantinople – Central and provincial administration in the Ottoman empire
TLF-0016 – Vatican – Monsignore Macchi, Tinco Lycklama’s connection to Pope Leo XIII
TLF-0017 – Amsterdam – The history behind the foundation of the Vondelkerk
TLF-0018 – Algiers – Discovering Tinco Lycklama’s travels to Algiers
TLF-0019 – Girs – Nikolay Girs (1820-1895), Russian ambassador and foreign minister
TLF-0020 – Scholars – The networks of the Société de Géographie and the Société d’Ethnographie
TLF-0021 – Tetar – Reconstructing the life of court painter Pierre Tetar van Elven (1828-1908)
TLF-0022 – Expo – Naser al-Din Shah and Tinco Lycklama at the Paris World’s Fair of 1878
TLF-0023 – Prado – Documentary trails of the Saint Nicolas parish compound, Cannes
TLF-0024 – Swiss – The swiss merchant and banking network in Qajar Persia
TLF-0025 – Italy – Tinco and Agatha, their years in Italy (1879-1882)
TLF-0026 – Massenot – Inquiry into Ernest Massenot, curator of the Lycklama Museum
TLF-0027 – Qajars – Reconstructing Naser al-Din Shah’s three visits to Europe
TLF-0028 – Paris – Student years of Tinco Lycklama in Paris (1862-1865)
TLF-0029 – Nobility – Networks around the “Nederlandsche Heraut”
TLF-0030 – Dar-ol-Funun – Forty-two Persian students in France
TLF-0031 – Witte – The Witte family of Riga
TLF-0032 – LanguesO – Teachers at the Ecole des Langues Orientales, Paris
TLF-0033 – Publishing – Lycklama’s publishing network : Amsterdam-Brussels-Paris
TLF-0034 – Taxes – Tinco Lycklama’s possessions and tax returns
TLF-0035 – The Hague – Augustinus and Eritia, Tinco’s family in The Hague
TLF-0036 – Beirut – The relationship network of Tinco Lycklama in Beirut
TLF-0037 – Library – Examining Lycklama’s library at the Cannes médiathèque
TLF-0038 – Genealogy – The quest for Tinco Lycklama’s closest living relatives
TLF-0039 – Orange-Nassau – The Lycklama connection to the Dutch royal family
TLF-0040 – Wierda – Tinco Lycklama’s Dutch administrator, Klaas Willems Wierda (1824-1889)
TLF-0041 – Karolyi – Lycklama’s connection to Tibor Károlyi (1843-1904), Hungarian politician
TLF-0042 – Middelburg – Georg thoe Schwartzenberg (1864-1945), the Villa Lycklama at Cannes
TLF-0043 – Wolvega – Exploring the Tinco Lycklama donations to the St Francis parish
Tinco Martinus Lycklama à Nijeholt (1837-1900) 