Arsenaal, Arsenaalstraat 1, 2311 CT, Leiden

Snellius, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333 CA, Leiden

Plexus Student Centre, Kaiserstraat 25, 2311 GN, Leiden

Reuvens, Reuvensplaats 2-4, 2311 BE, Leiden

Kamerlingh Onnes Building, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES, Leiden

The experiences of ethnic ‘Other’ females have – until recently – been widely overlooked in the study of sport. There continues to be a need to produce critical scholarship about ethnic 'Other' girls and women in sport and physical culture, in order to represent their complex, multifarious and dynamic…

On the 23rd of March, Alessandro del Tomba successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Alessandro on this achievement!

FSW building, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden

This study focuses on the local level impacts of a highly globalised industry: the international trade in tropical timber.

A new paperback edition of Brian Heffernan's book Freedom and the Fifth Commandment. Catholic priests and political violence in Ireland, 1919-21 was published by Manchester University Press in September 2016.

LUMC Research Building, Einthovenweg 20, 2333 ZC, Leiden

Willem Einthoven, Kolffpad 1, 2333 BN, Leiden

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Herta Mohr, Witte Singel 27A, 2311 BG, Leiden

LUMC Education Building, Hippocratespad 21, 2333 ZD, Leiden

Anna van Buerenplein, Anna van Buerenplein 301, 2595 DG, The Hague

Academy Building, Rapenburg 73, 2311 GJ, Leiden

Van Steenis, Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC, Leiden

P.J. Veth, Nonnensteeg 1-3, 2311 VJ, Leiden

Beehive Student Centre, Turfmarkt 104, 2511 DC, The Hague

Old Observatory, Sterrenwachtlaan 11, 2311 GW, Leiden

Johan Huizinga, Doelensteeg 16, 2311 VL, Leiden

This article examines the effects of introducing proportional representation (PR) in Polish local elections on women’s political representation.

Oude UB, Rapenburg 70, 2311 EZ, Leiden

This book surveys a distinct human phenomenon in the history of the ancient Near East: individuals who were born males but, under various social and historical circumstances, their masculine identity was considered ambiguous. They bore specific titles and were engaged in cult or palace administration.…

The central aim is to systematically study differences in gendered crime patterns in the records of different types of courts in various English and Dutch cities in the early modern period.

The central aim is to systematically study differences in gendered crime patterns in the records of different types of courts in various Dutch cities in the early modern period.

A growing amount of literature is being devoted to interrogating gendered dynamics in both violent extremism and terrorism, contributing to the integration of international and feminist security. This includes how such dynamics can shape differences in the motivations and participation of women and…

The research group Politics, Culture and National Identities 1789-present investigates a wide range of national political cultures in Europe and the Americas in the 19th and 20th centuries. Instead of only analyzing high politics (the acts of governments and political parties), the research group focuses…

Yearbook of Women's History.

By analysing neglected (continental) spy centres and integrating these groups of female intelligencers into the traditional, male-orientated historical narratives, this project will proceed towards a gendered history of early modern espionage.

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The main aim of this project is to reveal and unravel the invisible histories of the UN, transcending the dominant Western perspective to recover the historical agency of Global South actors. The research will investigate how the UN has both facilitated and limited their role in shaping global order…

What is nationalism and how can we study it from a historical perspective? Writing the History of Nationalism answers this question by examining eleven historical approaches to nationalism studies in theory and practice.

This book examines how gender relations were regulated in ancient Near Eastern and biblical law. The textual corpus examined includes the various pertinent law collections, royal decrees and instructions from Mesopotamia and Hatti, and the three biblical legal collections. The book explores issues beginning…

Punching Back is a detailed ethnographic study that demonstrates that young Muslim women who kickbox develop agentive selves by challenging gender norms, challenging expectations, and living out their religious subjectivities.

This volume publishes the proceedings of the eleventh annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar. It uses the sphere of legal institutions as a prism through which to consider gender relations in the ancient world, both in the Near East and beyond. It examines how similar issues were manifested…

The dissertation’s general aim is to investigate how a peer educator intervention can promote social acceptance of LGBT in pre-vocational education and whether the activities in this intervention ensure that students learn to respectfully deal with LGBT people in school.

This summer school focuses on the emergence of sexual orientation, gender identity (SOGI) and intersex issues in different areas of international law, such as human rights law, refugee law, international economic law, and international criminal law. The announcement for the next edition is set for December…

Adopting a largely chronological approach, Gerrits links the historiography of post-war Europe and the major theoretical approaches to nationalism with analysis of key historical developments and events.

Twenty years after the passing of Resolution 1325, the participation of women as military personnel in peacekeeping operations remains limited. Women currently comprise just under five per cent of military personnel in UN peacekeeping missions, and the UN consistently calls for more.

Mei-Wen Chen defended her thesis on 29 June 2016

When did the Mali Empire disintegrate? What does the Sunjata heritage demonstrate about the political situation after 1600?

How do women and men living in logging concessions in Solomon Islands experience the impacts of logging during and after logging operations? This project assesses how and why industrial logging affects men and women differently. Using insights from an ethnographic case-study of the logging industry…