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• 
  Wim Willems Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.h.willems@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Urban sketching Course

  Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure

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  Leo Lucassen Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.a.c.j.lucassen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272724

• Mapping debt, displacement, and rentier urbanism in South Korea Event - 8 April 2026

  Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar

• Historical research helps improve biodiversity in the Leiden city centre News - 22 July 2024

  The Leiden municipality wants to make the city centre climate-proof and combat heat stress by greening it. But they want to do this in a way that does justice to the city’s heritage. Researcher Fenna IJtsma delves into historical greenery to offer inspiration.

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  Roos Stolker

• Peace Movements: A Global History Event - 24 March 2027

  Conference

• Jeff Fynn-Paul wins European History Quarterly Prize News - 30 August 2016

  Jeff Fynn-Paul, lecturer at Leiden University’s Institute for History, was recently awarded the European History Quarterly’s 2016 Prize for his article “Occupation, Family, and Inheritance in Fourteenth-Century Barcelona: A Socio-Economic Profile of One of Europe’s Earliest Investing Publics.”

• The opportunities for urban food self-sufficiency through green roofs: Modeling, Optimization, and Policy Scenario Analysis Event - 8 April 2026

  PhD defence

• Histories Connected Event
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  Luuk de Ligt Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.de.ligt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272669

• Writing history together in the Transvaal News - 18 October 2021

  Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and partly South Africa. So, the fact that she is going to carry out an urban history research project together with colleagues, is something that even she…

• Introducing: Jeffrey Fynn-Paul News - 22 October 2012

  This summer, Jeffrey Fynn-Paul started as a lecturer at the Institute's Social and Economic History section.

• 
  Leonard Blussé van Oud Alblas Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.l.blusse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• From Hygienic Cities to Fossil Urbanism: Global Forces, Local Contexts, and Urban Environmental History Event - 20 May 2025

  Lecture, Global Questions Seminar

• Pioneers in Migration History Event - 27 March 2026

  Conference, Symposium

• History Institute Council Meeting Event - 30 April 2026

• 
  Jeroen Touwen Vice Dean / Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.j.touwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277772

• Three years of Urban Studies: 'Maybe it's time to think about a master's programme' News - 5 March 2021

  A study programme all about cities and their issues. Three years ago, the bachelor's programme Urban Studies was a newcomer in The Hague. By now, the first theses are being written. André Gerrits, programme director, talks about the programme’s success: 'The intake of first-years has increased from…

• Art History Book Launches Event
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  Nina Witteman Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.c.g.witteman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271636

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  Athanasios Moraitis PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  a.moraitis@cml.leidenuniv.nl |

• 
  Femme Gaastra Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.s.gaastra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Willem Otterspeer Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.otterspeer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Urban Studies students receive diploma: ‘I want to make cities better places’ News - 15 October 2024

  Lecture hall A0.06 in the Schouwburgstraat in The Hague was packed with parents, friends and other loved ones on Friday, 27 September. No fewer than 61 graduates received their Urban Studies diploma there, the highest number in the four years since the programme started.

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History Event
• Global Histories of Knowledge 2025 - 2026 Event
• Peace Histories Seminar Series 2025-2026 Event
• Ancient History Research Seminars 2025-2026 Event
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  Ajay Gandhi Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  a.gandhi@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009100

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  Henk Kern Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.h.c.kern@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272764

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  Evelien Walhout Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.c.walhout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276412

• 
  Nicolette Mout Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.e.h.n.mout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Turaj Atabaki Emeritus Professor by special appointment

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.atabaki@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Southeast Asia as method, History as prevention Decentering the history of measles (to better control the disease?) Event - 16 April 2026

  Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar

• 
  Marlou Schrover Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.l.j.c.schrover@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272786

• 
  Wim Boot Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.j.boot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• NWO and the National Science Foundation China award 1.1M euro to urban resilience research News - 21 January 2026

  Arnold Tukker and Mingming Hu (CML) will look for urban resilience solutions in the Dutch-Chinese ReSURE2 project that received 1.1M euro.

• Rethinking Urban Renewal and Citizen Engagement: Insights from Turin News - 11 October 2023

  Maria Vasile's ethnographic fieldwork in Turin reveals that volunteering and citizen engagement may not empower residents or allow them to shape their cities. Her analysis of urban gardens, food markets, and food aid initiatives calls for a broader perspective on urban peripheral areas and a shift away…

• Report: what does our urban mine have to offer? News - 21 January 2021

  On 21 January, the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) has released two reports on circular economy and urban mining in the Netherlands. In them, together with Statistics Netherlands, they take stock of part of the Dutch ‘urban mine’: how much raw material can we reuse from the electricity grid,…

• 
  Danielle Chevalier Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  d.a.m.chevalier@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271039

• What do we define as urban green space? News - 17 March 2023

  When do we define a piece of nature in the city as a park? And when is something a tree or shrub? It may seem obvious, but in scientific literature the definitions vary quite a bit. That makes comparisons difficult. Environmental scientist Joeri Morpurgo looked at the differences and designed a general…

• 
  Wim van den Doel Dean LDE / Professor

  Administration and Central Services

  h.w.van.den.doel@bb.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272922

• Literature and Spaces of Conflicts: The Lebanese War Novel as Urban and Architectural History Event - 27 February 2025

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

• 
  Lennart Bes Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.p.j.bes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272768

• Research offers surprising insights into historical crime in The Hague News - 4 November 2024

  Theft, prostitution, fortune-telling or murder. Historian Manon van der Heijden and a group of students are researching court records from The Hague from 1600 to 1800. They are tracing crimes and offenders and shedding new light on The Hague’s Gevangenpoort (or Prison Gate). Among their many discoveries…

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  Nienke Beets PhD Candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Science

  n.beets@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275082

• 
  Peter Meel University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.j.j.meel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272654

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  Lionel Laborie Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.p.f.laborie@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273546

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  Mehmet Kentel Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.m.kentel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009322